Saturday, 13 June 2026

NFFD 2026 Prompt #21: Future Mudlarking

Prompt #21: Future Mudlarking

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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Write a flash from the point of view of someone in the future who has found an object from our present day. Let them misunderstand it beautifully.

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If you’re submitting this to us, make sure to note that this is a response to Prompt 21: Future Mudlarking.

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

You can claim the badge for this prompt by visiting our badges page.



Photograph by Michael Dziedzic via Unsplash.




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