NFFD 2026 Prompt #9: Single Crossing

 

Prompt #9: Single 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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Write a flash using no word more than once, and yes, this includes small words like the, and, I, and is. The minimum word count is 75 words.  Bonus points for longer stories.

This is fiendish. We recommend drafting freely first and then editing ruthlessly.

You may wish to use a tool like https://www.online-utility.org/text/analyzer.jsp to check that you've not unintentionally duplicated a word. 

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If you’re submitting this to us, make sure to note that this is a response to Prompt 9: Single 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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