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Category: Flash Fiction Draw

February Flash Fiction Draw: The Results

Flash Fiction DrawFebruary 8, 2021

Thanks to everyone who wrote a story inspired by this month's Flash Fiction Draw writing prompt! A Stitch in Tāne by Colin Colgrave (note his CW: it's a wee bit NSFW) The Great Blackout of 1989 by Iarra Warriorfeather The Golden Goose by E.H. Timms Down by the River by Jeff Baker Deceptive Expectations by …

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February Flash Fiction Draw: Out of the Woods

Flash Fiction DrawFebruary 8, 2021February 8, 2021

And here we are, right down to the wire yet again with February’s Flash Fiction Draw story. If you’ll recall (or if you don’t recall, you can go back and check the post), this month’s prompt called for a suspense set in a sewer containing a suitcase. Suspense, sewer, suitcase. No, I did not plan …

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Flash Fiction Draw for February 2021

Flash Fiction DrawFebruary 1, 2021January 31, 2021

Okay, where did January go? I mean, I know where it went (into the past, obviously). Is it just me, though, or did it go by at warp speed? At the same time, it seemed like the longest month ever. Now that it's over, I look back and am surprised I remembered to use 2021 …

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January Flash Fiction Draw: The Results!

Flash Fiction DrawJanuary 11, 2021

This is the thing I love about a writing prompt. Give it to a bunch of different writers, and they'll all come up with something completely different. Even poetry. Check them all out below. (And if I missed your story, please let me know. I want to make sure I give everyone recognition.) Balcony Gardening …

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January Flash Fiction Draw: Towers

Flash Fiction DrawJanuary 11, 2021

So, this month's prompt, if you'll recall, was a fairy tale, set in a studio apartment in a big city, including a potted plant. I'm going to skip any preamble except to say that, as usual, I bent the rules. But! I did manage to clock in under a thousand words, and for me that's …

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Flash Fiction Draw for January 2021

Flash Fiction DrawJanuary 4, 2021January 4, 2021

Happy New Year, I hope. If you want to skip the preamble and get the writing prompt, go ahead and scroll down to the video below and mash the play button. And if you don't want to watch the video (where I'm sure to be awkward and fumbling), then click here to skip all the …

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Flash Fiction Draw: Shufflers—And Some News for 2021

Flash Fiction DrawDecember 14, 2020December 28, 2020

I'm tempted to ask how we got to December so fast and how it took so long at the same time. To recap, for those just tuning in, the first Monday of every month this year, Cait Gordon has offered a writing prompt with three elements chosen based on a random draw of playing cards: …

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November Flash Fiction Draw: Nurse Erin

Flash Fiction DrawNovember 16, 2020

My entry for this month's Flash Fiction Draw is coming right down to the wire, it seems. You may have noticed that's a trend. I think I'm overextended, is why. But anyway. This month's challenge came a little late because Cait Gordon gave those of us south of 49 a little bit of a break …

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September Flash Fiction Draw: The Thaw

Flash Fiction DrawSeptember 14, 2020September 14, 2020

Whoa, I haven't done the monthly Flash Fiction Draw that Cait Gordon presents since June. I would say I slacked off over the summer, but nah: I finished revising a novel and put all the pieces in place for my sci fi novella The Final Decree, which is coming out at the end of the …

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June Flash Fiction Draw: The Valkyrie

Flash Fiction DrawJune 8, 2020June 15, 2020

So, I missed Cait Gordon's Flash Fiction Draw last month—that is to say, I started it but didn't have time to finish it. And I've got to admit, it would have been a fun one: an action adventure set at a fandom gathering and featuring a silk garment. My entry would have been titled "The …

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