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Flash Fiction Friday is back! This time a little better structured than when I ran it on notes last summer! 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!
Once you’ve posted your story, make sure to check out the other stories and share your favorites on notes!
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Prompts for 21 February 2025
Write about a blizzard
weighs down lightly
“That’s not what I asked.”
The type of character who is good at tricking people.
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. This week, I decided to choose three! Here are the highlights:
Michael S. Atkinson - Around the Fire
This is a chilling little story and when I tell you these annotations are chaotic I hope you’ll trust me!
John E. Dobbs - Under the Pines
This is such an interesting story from John. It could be the prequel to a horror story, it could be a feel-good story with a spooky non-sequitur in the middle. This is one of those stories that tells us about ourselves and how we read!
Michael P. Marpaung - The Stakeholder
Michael has given us a spooky story about a shadowy hidden figure, a conspiracy, or perhaps the Accuser himself. Whatever you think about this story—we know this figure wants to stay hidden!
There were so many more stories than just these, make sure you check out the FFF Subscriber Chat, and post your story there so everyone can find it!
Thank you for checking out these prompts! Come back next week for another round of prompts!
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Thank you and God bless!
Mine's in!
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Good prompts … I’ve been needing a wee spark to relight the flame … newsletter first then I’ll dive in.