Eilidh from Thain in Vain and Charlotte of Drafty Devil are your fabulous co-hosts for the 13 Week Streak – Summer Flash Fiction Challenge. One flash fiction story under 500 words a week for 13 weeks – this is your challenge. Prompt – Week 10 Who the hell is this family? A family has an argument while waiting in line for … Continue reading You gotta give 3 Fs this week: family, fight and ferris wheel
Flash Fiction Challenge Writing prompt: The first men/women to set foot on Mars return to their ship only to find a large, strange insect on the door of the ship. Knight Rider: Mars Edition By Eilidh Thain “Come in Rover KATT,” said Matthew Knight as he scanned the bank of monitors for signs of the … Continue reading Knight Rider: Mars Edition – Flash Fiction Challenge 23 #FFC52
Flash Fiction Challenge Writing prompt: You (or your protagonist) walk through a door, only to find that not only are you not where you expected and there doesn’t seem to be a way back…” Beautiful Door By Eilidh Thain Maysi checked herself in the smoked mirror wall of the elevator. The light was unflattering, but … Continue reading Beautiful Door – Flash Fiction Challenge 22 #FFC52
Flash Fiction Challenge Writing prompt: "A woman purchases a cookbook at a charity book sale and discovers a note tucked in the pages.” Old-Timey Cook By Eilidh Thain Joan Whirly was more than pleased with her purchase. She traced the texture of the cover, embossed. “Mrs Poppycock’s Marvelous Old-Timey Recipes” it was called. She’d flipped … Continue reading Old-Timey Cook – Flash Fiction Challenge 21 #FFC52
Flash Fiction Challenge Writing prompt: Staring at the painting (or sculpture) in the museum, I was horrified to discover… I looked down at the strange invitation I'd received a week earlier. It read: You are cordially invited to attend the “Create or Die” exhibition. I had no idea who the invite was from, but … Continue reading Create or Die – Flash Fiction Challenge 20 #FFC52
Flash Fiction Challenge Writing prompt: "Weird things remind me of her. Cabbage, for instance.” Miss Maple By Eilidh Thain I first met Miss Maple in the hallway of the apartment building we lived in. She was in 201; I was in 202 across the hall. She had held out a bony, withered hand the temperature … Continue reading Miss Maple – Flash Fiction Challenge 52 #FFC52
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