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#WritingPrompt № 12: Mean and Terrible Things ✍️
"Don't forget to wash your hands, kiddo."
"Yes, Dad."
Mickey immediately mounted the step ladder and started the hygienic ritual of washing his hands thoroughly with soap and water—just like his Mom and Dad had taught.
"Dad?"
"Yes, son..."
"You see those little, dark things in the sink?"
"What things, kiddo?"
"Those little, black dots... There."
He put on his glasses and leaned
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👁️ FLASH FICTION FRENZY 👁️
Want to see your writing published?
Write a horror story in just two sentences.
Every entry is published in the next volume of Dark Descent: Whispers From Beyond, making this one of the easiest ways to get your work in front of horror readers.
✍️ Join the challenge:
https://www.darkholmepublishing.uk/group/flash-fiction-frenzy/discussionWhat's the creepiest thing you can say in two sentences?
#FlashFiction #MicroHorror #WritingPrompt #HorrorWriters #ReadingCommunity #HorrorCommunity
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That fateful dinner
They met at a restaurant neither one would have chosen. Both alone after the non-appearance of their respective dates, they got to talking.
#eatingOut #fate #food #romance #writingPrompt -
That fateful dinner
They met at a restaurant neither one would have chosen. Both alone after the non-appearance of their respective dates, they got to talking.
#eatingOut #fate #food #romance #writingPrompt -
That fateful dinner
They met at a restaurant neither one would have chosen. Both alone after the non-appearance of their respective dates, they got to talking.
#eatingOut #fate #food #romance #writingPrompt -
That fateful dinner
They met at a restaurant neither one would have chosen. Both alone after the non-appearance of their respective dates, they got to talking.
#eatingOut #fate #food #romance #writingPrompt -
That fateful dinner
They met at a restaurant neither one would have chosen. Both alone after the non-appearance of their respective dates, they got to talking.
#eatingOut #fate #food #romance #writingPrompt -
Esther Chilton’s Can you tell a story in…
This week Esther Chilton invites us to tell a story in 60 words using the following words in it somewhere: COW / SARONG / GRAPEFRUIT / HOBBY / WHEELBARROW / ALPHABET. Image generated using ChatGPT The Manifest The door gave, exhaling cold and diesel. Inside, arranged like a nursery display: a child's wheelbarrow, alphabet blocks spelling HELENN, a plastic cow on its side. Half a grapefruit, rind blackened. Draped over all of it, a woman's sarong, sun-faded, wrong for this cold. Tucked […]https://markneweden.wordpress.com/2026/09/03/esther-chiltons-can-you-tell-a-story-in-11/
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#ThursThreads Week 721 is now LIVE. Come tie on your tale for judge Nellie Batz. Have prompt, got tale? #FlashFiction #WritingCommunity #WritingPrompt #Writing https://siobhanmuir.com/thursthreads-tying-tales-together-week-721/
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Esther Chilton’s Can you tell a story in…
This week Esther Chilton invites us to tell a story in 60 words using the following words in it somewhere: Fan, Insomnia, Dare, Tambourine, Dust and Fox. Image generated using ChatGPT Insomnia gnawed her raw nerves. The ceiling fan clicked, a metronome counting down to something terrible. Dust settled over photos of victims she'd failed. A dead fox hung from her porch railing this morning. His message. She wouldn't dare sleep now. Her phone vibrated: a video. A child's tambourine shaking […]https://markneweden.wordpress.com/2026/07/09/esther-chiltons-can-you-tell-a-story-in-6/
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Esther Chilton’s Can you tell a story in…
This week Esther Chilton invites us to tell a story in 52 words using the following words in it somewhere: - GODFATHER- TOFFEE- APP- RECYCLE- STEALTH Image generated using ChatGPT Who supplied the poison?" Torres demanded. He chewed a stale toffee, still refusing to answer her. She tapped his seized phone. "We recovered your encrypted app from your recycle bin. Your legendary stealth ends today." He finally looked up, eyes wide. "The Godfather," he whispered. "and he is already watching […]https://markneweden.wordpress.com/2026/07/03/esther-chiltons-can-you-tell-a-story-in-5/
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Esther Chilton’s Can you tell a story in…
This week Esther Chilton invites us to tell a story in 71 words using the following words in it somewhere:• CAPTAIN• LEAPFROG• BAKERY• PRESCRIPTION• WIDOW• SHAMPOO• ANAGRAMThe Widow’s RecipeThe captain’s widow ran the small bakery on Elm, rain or shine. Nobody ever questioned her prescription for grief: flour, heat, quiet repetition. Her daughter played anagram games on the flour-dusted counter, leapfrogging letters into bright new words while the good bread rose. […]https://markneweden.wordpress.com/2026/06/26/esther-chiltons-can-you-tell-a-story-in-4/
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🖊️🚫 Wrong answers only! What is this hulking behemoth? Share a creative or crazy backstory for this scene. Use your imagination!
PSA - I know what it is, but I am bored and feeling silly ;)
#Story #Photography #WritingPrompt #Abandoned #JustForFun #Creativity
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Writer's prompts for short fiction
#Wss366
#MastoPrompt
#MicroPromptThere are some non-English ones as well, but I don't keep track of them.
Edit: Fix typo in hashtag name.
#WritingPrompt
#Introductions
#FollowFriday
