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Showing posts with label 2026 Prompt #24. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2026 Prompt #24. Show all posts
Saturday, 20 June 2026

'The Groundhog Says There’s Still Six More Weeks of Winter' by Lucienne Cummings

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‘Almost done!’ Sandra sits by me. ‘Hmmm,’ I coat my brush. ‘Wanna celebrate?’ ‘I want a bath, and sleep.’ I yawn. ‘C’mon! Let’s go for a dri...

'1919, Moving On' by Christine Reeves

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Once war was over it was impossible for the Rober family to remain in Maribor. Formerly within the Austro-Hungarian Empire and home for gene...

'Shift Change' by Scott MacLeod

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The elusive championship secured. Chalamet and 19,000 of his friends file out into the night to light the fuse in earnest. The arena soon em...

'An Overdue Change' by Birgit K. Gaiser

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“Are you sure?” Rada asked. “It’s been your family’s business for –“ “120-odd years,” Anton finished her sentence. “Time for a change. Mihae...
Friday, 19 June 2026

'An Icon – Like Marilyn' by Sue Massey

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Like Marilyn, in her billowing dress, you are an iconic image. Captured forever. I had the joy of admiring you in your prime; then senseless...

'Panta Rhei, Dear Sweetsalt' by C. Oulens

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River on edge. Skylarks thumb the mudmotherbed. The sea’s whalemouth awaits sweetsweet heartrickles. Lose it. Floose it. Goneunder. O dear s...

'The Black Purge' by Willow Woo

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The spores spread like mosquitoes until I zapped them with vinegar. Walls wept mascara in a downpour as I boxed Lego, confronted memories I ...
Thursday, 18 June 2026

'The Day I Sent My Son to University' by Madeleine Armstrong

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I packed everything he needed into my little Fiat: laptop, spare phone chargers, clothes. I placed my heart in his suitcase, tucked it under...
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'Metamorphosis' by Suzie Broughton

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Eggshell fragments between razor-sharp jaws deliver precious lifeblood. Lime-green milkweed plentifully serrated, chomped to nourish. A swol...

'The Air Out There' by Leigh Loveday

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“Onward and upward!” cried Montgolfier. Into the silver rift. Versailles vanished. Their balloon swept across polar deserts and sentient sea...

'Pregnancy Concludes' by Julia Goodlet

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5am, a niggle in my back wakes me. Waters break, then fear — meconium there. Hospital bound, rushing down the empty bypass — speed limit ign...

'This Scorpio Boy' by Kate Axeford

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This Scorpio boy is starryeyed. This Scorpio boy is frightened. Frightened of his mother’s icicles. Scared of the live rail. Today, instead,...
Wednesday, 17 June 2026

'It Shines Again' by Heain Joung

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Oh! This silver ring you treasured so. You couldn’t bear to be apart. It was a gift. You couldn’t quite remember where from. It had discolou...

'Thursday, 8 September 2022' by Pam Makin

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Newspapers are insulating on a cool night. Whatever the news, fold a broadsheet in quarters, it fits snuggly across a chest. This evening’s ...
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'One Moon' by Birgit Solvsten D'Alpoim

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They met on a moonlit night. Are you leaving the sun where two oceans meet? There, two seas meet. You? Where my night is your day. They cros...

'Hurricane' by Vallie Lynn Watson

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We had always preferred the instrumental version because the lyrics were too difficult. Ten years later, the voicelessness still suited us, ...
Tuesday, 16 June 2026

'Retirement' By Abida Akram

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The shift from working to not - takes some adjustment. How to fill the hours? Who will I become now?... Listing all the activities I want to...
Saturday, 13 June 2026

NFFD 2026 Prompt #24: Last Crossing

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Prompt #24: Last Crossing  Welcome to The Write-In!  This year, we're celebrating the 2026 National Flash Fiction Day Anthology theme...