Weekly Prompt: Jellyfish
Write a microfiction story about a jellyfish
Have you ever searched for “jellyfish” on Unsplash or Pixabay?
Stop reading right now, hop over there and take a peek. Looking at those jellyfish is like being in a forest where every tree is a different color, and every breeze bends and twists the tree into unimaginable shapes.
Who knew that Unsplash and Pixabay are repositories for so many beautiful jellyfish photographs?
This week’s prompt is: Write a story about a jellyfish. Your story’s photograph must be of a jellyfish.
I thought about filling this prompt with fun jellyfish facts, like how the Lion’s Mane jellyfish has the longest tentacles, 27-meters, or that the Snap jellyfish can leap ten meters in the air and drag low-flying planes into the sea. (Yes, I made up Snap jellyfish.)
Your jellyfish story can be Disney or Stephen King. It can be an aqua version of The Bridges of Madison County or a reboot of The Hunt for Red October. The only limit to what your jellyfish story can be about is your imagination.
Centina Pentina is now open to microfiction of up to 250 words. Stories do not need to be exactly 50 words (a pentina) or 100 words (a centina) anymore, though they can be. In addition to centinas and pentinas, we’re also showcasing stories that are six words long and stories that are just one sentence.
Please include one of the following tags with your story:
6wordstory for stories that are exactly six words long
Pentina for stories that are exactly 50 words long
Centina for stories that are exactly 100 words long
OneSentenceStory for stories that are told entirely in one sentence
PostcardFiction for all the rest, stories that are 250 words or fewer
