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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 25 July 2025
Write about a dormant volcano
effortlessly strenuous
“which way should we go?”
A character who is on a pilgrimage
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 here’s this week’s Flash Fictioneers! First timers are marked with a ✨
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- Rise of the Black Wolf- The Cost of Coffee Part 19
- Pamola vs. The Blogosphere
- Summer Storm
✨ - The Winner Takes It All
✨ - Boxed Skies ← Claire was a Day 1 supporter of Gibberish back in 2023, and this story is her triumphant return after a couple years away from substack. Show her some love! Welcome back, Claire!
Thank you all for sharing your wonderful fiction!
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Thank you and God bless!
I’m not a first timer. But I am a second timer. The first time was back in May.
Another great line up! You are attracting a lot of good writers with your prompts, Scoot. Thank you for including mine.