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To relax…or to be a sadist?
Tim Reed
Jan 24, 2023
Life Path
Life Path
10 Minute Flash Fiction
Meghan E. Gattignolo
Feb 21, 2023
Latest Prompts
10 Minute Writing Prompts: Fiction Collection Challenge #2
10 Minute Writing Prompts: Fiction Collection Challenge #2
flash fiction prompts for may 1 — may 15, 2023
Atlas Blaine
May 1, 2023
10 Minute Writing Prompts: Fiction Collection Challenge
10 Minute Writing Prompts: Fiction Collection Challenge
flash fiction prompts for april 16–30, 2023
Atlas Blaine
Apr 18, 2023
Latest Stories
What Happened Here?
What Happened Here?
I left almost 20 years ago; to live on Mars. I came back to Earth today to find the world destroyed. There is no life left. All I saw was…
Fun Daily Stories
May 17, 2023
Why does it feel so wrong?
Why does it feel so wrong?
The Crown. By CassiopeiaArt, From Deviant Art.
Fun Daily Stories
May 1, 2023
A War to Win or to Lose
A War to Win or to Lose
It was a year into the war. My sister and I were on the verge of ending the war once and for all. We were planning on attacking their…
Fun Daily Stories
Apr 17, 2023
No Rest
No Rest
10 Minute Flash Fiction
Meghan E. Gattignolo
Apr 9, 2023
10 Minute Writing Prompts: Apr #1
10 Minute Writing Prompts: Apr #1
flash fiction prompts for april 1–15, 2023
Atlas Blaine
Apr 1, 2023
The Dust Storm
The Dust Storm
10-Minute Flash Fiction
Meghan E. Gattignolo
Mar 23, 2023
10 Minute Writing Prompts: Mar #2
10 Minute Writing Prompts: Mar #2
flash fiction prompts for march 16–31, 2023
Atlas Blaine
Mar 16, 2023
Keep Your Secrets
Keep Your Secrets
10 Minute Flash Fiction
Meghan E. Gattignolo
Mar 9, 2023
10 Minute Writing Prompts: Mar #1
10 Minute Writing Prompts: Mar #1
flash fiction prompts for march 1–15, 2023
Atlas Blaine
Mar 7, 2023
The Bounty Hunter
The Bounty Hunter
Do you believe in aliens? I do. I believe they are out there somewhere in the great beyond waiting to be found. I won’t just discover them…
Fun Daily Stories
Feb 23, 2023
10 Minute Writing Prompts: Feb #2
10 Minute Writing Prompts: Feb #2
flash fiction prompts for february 15–28, 2023
Atlas Blaine
Feb 17, 2023
A Spark
A Spark
There was once a spark of magic that made this world great, but as all stories go, it ended. What once was a fairy tale is nothing more…
Fun Daily Stories
Feb 9, 2023
He Didn’t Have a Silver Spoon
He Didn’t Have a Silver Spoon
10 Minute Flash Fiction
Meghan E. Gattignolo
Feb 2, 2023
Those Who Fall
Those Who Fall
We all must fall toward the councilors, that do nothing, but make us starve. We are one, they say, but we are not. Everyone is divided…
Fun Daily Stories
Feb 1, 2023
10 Minute Writing Prompts — Feb #1
10 Minute Writing Prompts — Feb #1
flash fiction prompts for february 1–14, 2023
Atlas Blaine
Feb 1, 2023
Alarms
Alarms
Ten-Minute Flash Fiction
Arnie Sabatelli
Jan 23, 2023
10 Minute Writing Prompts — January
10 Minute Writing Prompts — January
Flash fiction prompts for January 18 — 31, 2023
Atlas Blaine
Jan 18, 2023
Time
Time
The seconds becomes hours and days become months that my soul aches to be free from this darkness. My very existence is always in danger…
Fun Daily Stories
Jan 15, 2023
Guilty Conscience
Guilty Conscience
10 Minute Flash Fiction
Meghan E. Gattignolo
Jan 13, 2023
The Wheel of Fortune
The Wheel of Fortune
19 of 💯 — Tarot as a Portal
Corin Buffington
Jan 10, 2023
Write for The Lightning Project
Write for The Lightning Project
The Home of 10 Minute Flash Fiction
Atlas Blaine
Jan 7, 2023
Perfection
Perfection
Flash Fiction
Jack He
Jan 6, 2023
Florida Man Claims He Must Click on All How-To Articles or He’ll Die
Florida Man Claims He Must Click on All How-To Articles or He’ll Die
Tampa, FL, 10/18/2022
Atlas Blaine
Oct 18, 2022
Control
Control
10 Minute Flash Fiction
Atlas Blaine
Sep 4, 2022
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