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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 23 May 2025
Write about a sailor without a ship
the eye of the moon
“You don’t know the half of it”
A character who can’t speak
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 ✨
Scott MacLeod - Under the C-Suite
Stephanie Loomis - Cost of Coffee Part 12
✨J. Venere - She wrote a story in five sentences in the Gibberish Chat!
Michael S. Atkinson - Storm
✨Kailani B. - High Seas at Night, Spirits Delight
Jeannine - Believe
B.C. Ray - Legacy
✨ H. C. Kingsley - The Wreck of the Liberty Dunbar
Kerry Sutherland - Honeymoon
Thank you all for sharing your wonderful fiction!
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Thank you and God bless!
Thanks for mentioning me! I had a lot of fun writing for this prompt.
Thank you for the highlight! Another great bunch of stories. It's fantastic to see all the new people showing up! 😎