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It’s Flash Fiction Friday! The game is simple: check out the prompts below, write literally anything based on any, all, or none of the prompts, post a story to your stack before next week, and share your story in the chat thread!
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Prompts for 30 May 2025
Write about a sunny day
dismal celebrations
“Just a matter of perspective”
A character with a twin
Flash Fiction Highlights
Every week I will choose some (or all!) of the stories shared in the Chat to highlight in the subsequent weeks issue of Flash Fiction Friday. I’m loving all the stories coming out of this so I can’t resist—here’s this week’s Flash Fictioneers! First timers are marked with a ✨
✨ Gerard DiLeo - Halves, Have-Nots, and Halfway There
Jeannine - The Sailor Without A Ship
DIANA ADMIRE - A Speechless Boy
Stephanie Loomis - The Cost of Coffee Part 13
Scott MacLeod - Missed Chance
Bill Ferguson 🇨🇦 - Longing For The Sea
B.C. Ray - The Witch’s Eye
Kerry Sutherland - Hush
Thank you all for sharing your wonderful fiction!
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Thank you and God bless!
Thx for the leadership and opportunity
For Flash Fiction Friday, I pursued the challenge prompt, "a character with a twin." Here it is: https://gmdileo.substack.com/p/entanglement-happens.