NFFD 2026 Prompt #24: Last Crossing

Prompt #24: Last Crossing 

Welcome to The Write-In!  This year, we're celebrating the 2026 National Flash Fiction Day Anthology theme of Bridges. Throughout National Flash Fiction Day, we'll be posting one prompt every hours from 00:00 until midnight (BST), for a total of 25 prompts in all.  You have until 23:59 BST on Sunday to submit your responses for possible publication here at the Write-In over the course of the next week.

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We've reached midnight here in the UK, and the last of this year's Write-In prompts.

Write a microfiction of no more than 50 words about an ending that is also a beginning. 

The title does not count toward the word count.

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If you’re submitting this to us, make sure to note that this is a response to Prompt 24: Last Crossing.

You can submit responses until 23:59 BST on Sunday, 14 June 2026 for a chance to be published here at The Write-In.

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