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FFM 2023 is organized on WordPress! by Flash-Fic-Month, literature

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FFM 2023 is organized on WordPress!

Greetings, brave writers. We have been informed that journals' visibility on DeviantArt hinders the spread of the message of our recent migration announcement journal and hence we are making this deviation. If you are craving for flash fiction action, please head to flashficmonth.wordpress.com/. FFM 2023 day 1 post (featuring a challenge! :dummy: ) and the prompt bank are already up and there's a TL;DR on our current situation on the front page. We hope to see you all there. :eyes:

FFM Links - 31 July 2022 by Flash-Fic-Month, literature

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FFM Links - 31 July 2022

Welcome to Flash Fiction Month, day 31. The last day of FFM is finally here! You can all rejoice - after you finish today's story, that is. Don't forget to submit your Weeks 3 & 4 challenge pieces for judging, and submit your favorite story of the month for posterity! Instructions Flash Fiction Month is about writing – and posting – a story between 55-1000 words in length every day during July. Each day we'll upload a deviation where you can post your story for the day, with optional prompts, and the occasional optional challenge. Paste a link to your flash fiction piece for July 31 in the comments below. If you write a story every day this month, and complete every challenge you could win a prize! When you upload your newly minted literature deviations remember to use these official FFM tags: #flashfictionmonth , #ffm2022 Reminders Comments are the best motivation. Help boost the FFM community spirit, and take the time to read and comment on fellow FFMers work whenever you can.

FFM Links - 30 July 2022 by Flash-Fic-Month, literature

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FFM Links - 30 July 2022

Welcome to Flash Fiction Month, Day 30! It's nearly the end of the month. We hope you are all proud of how far you have come! The songs have been sung, the monsters slayed, the fights resolved (maybe). It's time for our final CHALLENGE. Instructions Flash Fiction Month is about writing – and posting – a story between 55-1000 words in length every day during July. Each day we'll upload a deviation where you can post your story for the day, with optional prompts, and the occasional optional challenge. Paste a link to your flash fiction piece for July 30 in the comments below. If you write a story every day this month, and complete every challenge you could win a prize! When you upload your newly minted literature deviations remember to use these official FFM tags: #flashfictionmonth , #ffm2022 CHALLENGE: Penultimate ELEMENT ONE: The sky’s the limit We’re talking about the upper limit of our FFM wordcount. Today’s story must be exactly 999 words. ELEMENT TWO: Taking a look back Your

FFM Links - 29 July 2022 by Flash-Fic-Month, literature

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FFM Links - 29 July 2022

Welcome to Flash Fiction Month, day 29. The end is nearly upon us. But don't you worry, we still have plenty left in store for your sufferi- I mean, fun and enjoyment! Instructions Flash Fiction Month is about writing – and posting – a story between 55-1000 words in length every day during July. Each day we'll upload a deviation where you can post your story for the day, with optional prompts, and the occasional optional challenge. Paste a link to your flash fiction piece for July 29 in the comments below. If you write a story every day this month, and complete every challenge you could win a prize! When you upload your newly minted literature deviations remember to use these official FFM tags: #flashfictionmonth , #ffm2022 Reminders Comments are the best motivation. Help boost the FFM community spirit, and take the time to read and comment on fellow FFMers work whenever you can. Inspire the masses! Donate prompts, music, and images to the 2022 Prompt Bank and help keep the writing

FFM Links - 28 July 2022 by Flash-Fic-Month, literature

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FFM Links - 28 July 2022

Welcome to Flash Fiction Month, Day 28! What is that we hear? Typical human posturing, cheap insults, cheering from oblivious bystanders. Uh-oh, sounds like a fight is about to start. Let’s go check it out, shall we? Instructions Flash Fiction Month is about writing – and posting – a story between 55-1000 words in length every day during July. Each day we'll upload a deviation where you can post your story for the day, with optional prompts, and the occasional optional challenge. Paste a link to your flash fiction piece for July 28 in the comments below. If you write a story every day this month, and complete every challenge you could win a prize! When you upload your newly minted literature deviations remember to use these official FFM tags: #flashfictionmonth , #ffm2022 Fight of your Life ELEMENT ONE: The battle Your main character(s) must be fighting for or against something. Physical battling is not required. ELEMENT TWO: The knock out punch The last line of your fic must

FFM Links - 27 July 2022 by Flash-Fic-Month, literature

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FFM Links - 27 July 2022

Welcome to Flash Fiction Month, day 27. The end of the last week is looming in the horizon. Are you worried about the fun ending? We sure are! :nuu: Instructions Flash Fiction Month is about writing – and posting – a story between 55-1000 words in length every day during July. Each day we'll upload a deviation where you can post your story for the day, with optional prompts, and the occasional optional challenge. Paste a link to your flash fiction piece for July 27 in the comments below. If you write a story every day this month, and complete every challenge you could win a prize! When you upload your newly minted literature deviations remember to use these official FFM tags: #flashfictionmonth , #ffm2022 Reminders Comments are the best motivation. Help boost the FFM community spirit, and take the time to read and comment on fellow FFMers work whenever you can. Inspire the masses! Donate prompts, music, and images to the 2022 Prompt Bank and help keep the writing doldrums at

FFM Links - 26 July 2022 by Flash-Fic-Month, literature

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FFM Links - 26 July 2022

Welcome to Flash Fiction Month, day 26. Do you hear music? We do. Is it Lady Stardust that breaks the silence of the void? Perhaps. Come and join us in this day of music - the David Bowie Day! Instructions Flash Fiction Month is about writing – and posting – a story between 55-1000 words in length every day during July. Each day we'll upload a deviation where you can post your story for the day, with optional prompts, and the occasional optional challenge. Paste a link to your flash fiction piece for July 26 in the comments below. If you write a story every day this month, and complete every challenge, you will enter the history books as a writer of singular purpose, unbowed and unshaken by the perils of flash fiction month. You could also win a prize! When you upload your newly minted literature deviations remember to use these official FFM tags: #flashfictionmonth , #ffm2022 David Bowie Day: Fan At Heart The repeat offenders among you have no doubt been waiting for this day to

FFM Links - 25 July 2022 by Flash-Fic-Month, literature

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FFM Links - 25 July 2022

Welcome to Flash Fiction Month, day 25. Another day, another story, another offering to the gods of literary excellency. Instructions Flash Fiction Month is about writing – and posting – a story between 55-1000 words in length every day during July. Each day we'll upload a deviation where you can post your story for the day, with optional prompts, and the occasional optional challenge. Paste a link to your flash fiction piece for July 25 in the comments below. If you write a story every day this month, and complete every challenge you could win a prize! When you upload your newly minted literature deviations remember to use these official FFM tags: #flashfictionmonth , #ffm2022 Reminders Comments are the best motivation. Help boost the FFM community spirit, and take the time to read and comment on fellow FFMers work whenever you can. Inspire the masses! Donate prompts, music, and images to the 2022 Prompt Bank and help keep the writing doldrums at bay. Have questions? Need someone to

FFM Links - 24 July 2022 by Flash-Fic-Month, literature

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FFM Links - 24 July 2022

Welcome to Flash Fiction Month, day 24. Since you are here, we assume that you have either survived the collaboration challenge, are working on taking it out or deftly dodged it altogether. Each option is more than fine and we applaud you for your continuing survival. Instructions Flash Fiction Month is about writing – and posting – a story between 55-1000 words in length every day during July. Each day we'll upload a deviation where you can post your story for the day, with optional prompts, and the occasional optional challenge. Paste a link to your flash fiction piece for July 24 in the comments below. If you write a story every day this month, and complete every challenge you could win a prize! When you upload your newly minted literature deviations remember to use these official FFM tags: #flashfictionmonth , #ffm2022 Reminders Comments are the best motivation. Help boost the FFM community spirit, and take the time to read and comment on fellow FFMers work whenever you

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FFM Links - 27 July 2022 by Flash-Fic-Month, literature

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FFM Prompt Bank 2022 by Flash-Fic-Month, literature

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FFM Prompt Bank 2022

The Flash Fiction Month party approaches and it looks like someone ate all our tasty prompty snacks. Be a dear and refill the bowl… or else we’ll have to snack on something, or someone, else. Leave your delicious literary morsels in the bowl (bank) below so that hungry writers may feast upon them when needed. ______________________________________ Leave your prompts for FFM 2022 below! Writing prompts, music prompts, image prompts (dA links only, please), undead messages from the beyond, and anything else you can think of. As always, throughout July we shall sift through the spectral chatter in order to divine the true inspirational messages from beyond, and the chosen few will be featured and credited in our daily uploads. ______________________________________ Are you providing a musical, or visual prompt for our consumption? Please let us know the title and artist for the prompt you're linking to by creating a descriptive text link (or even just writing it beside the

Golden Mug Awards Categories 2021 by Flash-Fic-Month, literature

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Golden Mug Awards Categories 2021

Flash Fiction Month is just around the corner, and that means it's time to announce this year's GOLDEN MUG AWARD CATEGORIES. This is where you come in. Yes, YOU, because FFM is nothing without our community, and we are relying on your suggestions to get things rolling. How does it work? Below you will find the various GMA categories for nomination. Nominations are only going to be needed at the end of July, so for the rest of FFM we want you to keep these categories in mind. If you read an FFM story that seems like a good fit for a particular category make note of it for later. We will be accepting nominations for all categories throughout the month of July. But you are also welcome to hoard your suggestions in secret like a word-hungry dragon, and give us all your top picks for each category at the end of FFM. NEW DEADLINE IS SUNDAY, AUGUST 8th - TELL YOUR FRIENDS. We've also made some small adjustments and added a couple of categories so be sure to skim over the available

FFM Prompt Bank 2021 by Flash-Fic-Month, literature

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FFM Prompt Bank 2021

Flash Fiction Month approaches, but still the future is shrouded in darkness. Are you brave enough to see what awaits? Will you convene with the spirits to uncover your true fate? Step into the soothsayers tent, and confer with Msr Hydra across the Spirit Board. Listen to the ghostly whispers, take their terrible secrets to heart - and then transcribe it all below so that the poor beleaguered Flash Fiction Month writers have some unearthly inspiration to call upon when they have need. ______________________________________ Leave your prompts for FFM 2021 below! Writing prompts, music prompts, image prompts (dA links only, please), undead messages from the beyond, and anything else you can think of. As always, throughout July we shall sift through the spectral chatter in order to divine the true inspirational messages from beyond, and the chosen few will be featured and credited in our daily uploads. ______________________________________ Are you providing a musical, or

Official FFM Prompt Bank 2020 by Flash-Fic-Month, literature

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Official FFM Prompt Bank 2020

It's nearly summertime and you know what that means: almost time for FFM shenanigans! But before we get to that, Hydra needs its annual sacrifice of prompts to flourish. Please submit any writing prompts, image prompts (deviations only), music prompts, and anything else that might catch your fancy below. After all, inspiration is one of the things that keeps Flash Fiction Month an exciting experience year after year. Thanks in advance for your nuggets of inspiration, and we look forward to seeing all your bright and shining faces come July!

Official FFM Prompt Bank 2018 by Flash-Fic-Month, literature

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Official FFM Prompt Bank 2018

When you were little your mother used to warn you about going off on adventures. Alas, if only you had listened to her sage advice. You probably wouldn't have ended up here, stranded in the midst of a Flash Fiction wilderness. It's been days since you left the edges of civilised reality. You're sweaty, tired, and covered in spider bites, and last night you were forced to share a cave with a desiccated corpse! Now night is falling, your machete's blunt, and you only have a few drops of inspiration left to see you through till morning. It's a jungle out there, all manner of beasts prowl the darkness, and to make matters worse there isn't a si

Suggestion Box by Flash-Fic-Month, literature

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Suggestion Box

Welcome to the Suggestion Box! Do you have a staggeringly brilliant flash fiction challenge idea? Or do you have a specific challenge element that you think we could use in the future? Then you're in the right place because Flash Prompts wants your input! Suggestion Guidelines: Your suggestion can be vague, or ultra specific. Just make sure it's for a challenge idea (e.g. Write a story without any adverbs), and not a general prompt (e.g. "It's dangerous to walk the halls of the nunnery at night."). Unless of course you're suggesting that the prompt be used as a starting/ending sentence or something similarly devious, in which case we'r

Official FFM Prompt Bank 2017 by Flash-Fic-Month, literature

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Official FFM Prompt Bank 2017

The beast of Flash Fiction Month rises up before you, and it is both great and terrible to behold. To be honest, you aren't sure how you got here. You were just a humble farmhand/trapeze artist/travelling salesman/intergalactic overlord trying to mind your own business when you were accosted by a madman on the roadside, and conned into signing your name to some sort unholy writ. You should have realised it was more than just a petition to save the local Library when he asked you to sign the thing in blood, but it's too late to back out now. You've been press-ganged into a bizarre monster-hunt/month long literary marathon, and if you don't go

Flash Prompts FAQ and Resources by Flash-Fic-Month, literature

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Flash Prompts FAQ and Resources

Flash Prompts: Frequently Asked Questions What is "Flash Prompts" about? Flash Prompts is a community writing event that revolves around the writing of flash fiction. Every two months on the 1st, we will post an optional flash fiction challenge, asking you to write a story containing various elements, and at the end of those two months we'll gather all those submissions together and feature them in one big journal. Flash Prompts will be posted on the following months: January, March, May, September, and November. The only time we won't post a Flash Prompt is during the month of July, when we host our annual writing event Flash Fiction M

Official FFM Prompt Bank 2016 by Flash-Fic-Month, literature

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Official FFM Prompt Bank 2016

You knew it was coming, but still you feel the slightest frisson of excitement now that the day is finally here. It's been a whole year since this place was last open to visitors, and as you wait in line at the ticket booth you watch as custodians pull dusty sheets from the cages, exposing their strange inhabitants to the light. It isn't so much a zoo as it is a menagerie, host to any number of unsettling creations, and after so many months in hibernation they have all become lean, and hungry. They need prompts, and you are the only ones who can slake their hunger! Be it mouthwatering dialogue, sumptuous turns of phrase, delectable musical

FFM 2016 SIGNUP by Flash-Fic-Month, literature

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FFM 2016 SIGNUP

FLASH FICTION MONTH IS HERE ONCE AGAIN! VIVA! #FlashFictionMonth (https://www.deviantart.com/flashfictionmonth) July is nearly upon us, and we ask each of you to offer up your name. 31 days. 31 pieces of indecently exposed short fiction. Are you ready? If the answer is yes, leave a comment below declaring your intent to partake in the glorious, delirious, sleep deprived mayhem otherwise know as FFM 2016! In your sign-up comment, please also note the following: What you hope to get out of FFM 2016, plus any handy suggestions you might have for the future. On a rising scale from 1-10, (1 being "Positively giddy", and 10 being "Effusive with joy") let us know just how excited

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A Convening of Muses by Tsuuretsu2Unabara, literature

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A Convening of Muses

The muses were, well, amused at the proposition. It must be- clearly they were so inspired, and inspiring, that they could successfully bargain for the unions. Art, and Print, and Poetry were at the guildhall already in their silk and gossamer robes, and Painting was rumored to be arriving later that day in a chariot pulled by horses of each color. "What do we do? Just encourage the corporate negotiators until they feel something and are compelled to create?" said Art, running her hands through her hair. Art never looked the same way twice. She morphed slowly but constantly, tempting those who followed the figure to try and capture her glory and her grace. Her robes shimmered and shifted colors, always putting her at best, or most interesting, appearance. "I'm happy to call for them to be more disciplined-- To check their greed, and cease censoring our writers thus." Print was scrappy, her black robes revealing well muscled arms that were never quite clean of ink or asphaltum.

How / You / Feel by Atheshya, literature

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How / You / Feel

It was patterns. It was a thing spinning in time, existing only in how it changed from one moment to the next. Existing only in how it stayed the same. It was music. It was a song, the song. The one Master had made with loving iron gloves, had been told: spin, sing, here, manage each beat, overlay them, control them— It was the one who could see through itself as it spun its vibrations in the air—could see all people from the land—and lower the note, quicken the beat, do what it was created for, its great art. It could see all, know all, and be the music in their hearts. Change the music in their hearts. Master had said: make sure they love me. What is love? it had asked, off-beat to itself. This one, Master had patiently said, led it to the patterns that meant love, the collections of notes that invoked it, the rising motion, the bridges. Oh, it said, and it was beautiful. Make sure, Master reminded. And here, here’s what anger looks like— Rhythms on top of each other, a

A Kind of Good by CouchSessions, literature

FFM 2020: Grow by The-Inkling, literature

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FFM 2020: Grow

“Papa, don’t forget to do your injection.” Cara calls from the other room, and tilts her head around the corner of the door, just to check. Her father sees her, and rolls his eyes, his face creasing with old laugh lines. “I won’t forget.” Which is what he always says, but she knows better, and leaves the living room lights on because otherwise he’ll just fall asleep in his chair. “You’re meant to take it on a schedule.” Always the same exchange, every night. But she’s glad for it, because it means he’s still here. He grumbles, but to her surprise he gets up, grimacing with pain as his legs creak beneath him like old wood. Every day, the disease reaches a little further, takes over a little more of him. The medicine helps, but he has to take it regularly or it won’t work. Sometimes Cara wonders if it’s some subconscious thing. Maybe he wants to die. Maybe he’s tired. Maybe, it’s all of those things. She knows plenty of people live for years with the treatment, and manage to have

Witness Not the Watcher by DamonWakes, literature

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Witness Not the Watcher

“Has Harry told you about tulpas yet?” “That Spanish thing?” Ryan had seen a restaurant in town. “I dunno if it’s Spanish, but it’s like…” Anton leaned in closer “…an imaginary friend! Like he’s gonna think about this anime girlfriend really hard—he’s way into anime—and that’ll make her real. It’s way sad!” “Yeah, sounds weird.” It did sound sad, but Ryan hadn’t actually heard Harry say any of this. He wasn’t even positive he knew who Harry was, except that he strongly suspected he was the fat guy with the Bleach t-shirt. “You here for pre-drinks?” asked Anton. “No, I’m…” Ryan had been thinking of heading down to the club later, but since it was 4pm and Anton already had a Strongbow he got the feeling this might be one of those days they never made it out of the communal kitchen. “Was there a torch in here?” “Don’t think so.” Ryan spotted it by the microwave and picked it up. “What do you want with that anyway?” “Gotta grab a book for ‘Literature in Translation,’ but all the

martyr (n.) bearer of testimony by Atheshya, literature

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martyr (n.) bearer of testimony

???. If you loved me, you’d let me die. Aaron&Erin, Erin&Aaron—it’s so funny, I said when I met you. How our names are the same. Speak it fast enough and there’s no difference between us. That was as true in sixth grade as it is now. Sometimes if we touch it seems like our skin could meld. Maybe. But lately I’ve been starting to wonder if that means the same thing for you, as it does for me. I did let you kiss me when you asked. Maybe that was a mistake. I told you: I like hand-holding better. You told me: we really need to get back to work. The people around us don’t understand. They don’t get anything at all. In between the class assignments and the way I’ve seen you looking over high school brochures even when you’ve said again and again that you’ll go wherever I go—in between all that, we have something more important to do than play. No, that’s wrong. Play is the important part. The play, that is. The one we’re making. And it’s not about anything stupid either. Not young

FFM21.7 - The Best by The-Inkling, literature

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FFM21.7 - The Best

Lola loved the feeling of the wind in her hair, her feet pounding against the ground as she ran, keeping up the pace through every twist and sudden leap. It was hard work, but rewarding. And if was honest, she only truly felt like herself when she was out here running. Finished for the day, Lola let the gate swing shut behind her, and sat down, still full of a dizzy joy as she tried to catch her breath. “Good girl.” Her Trainer said, walking up to her and ruffling the hair on her head. “Who’s the best Lola?” Ridiculous question. Obviously she was the best Lola, and she dared anyone to say otherwise. Wagging her tail like a mad thing, Lola pressed against her Trainer’s legs, one watchful eye still levelled at the wily sheep. “Time to go home girl.”Her trainer said eventually, slapping one hand against his knee — and just like that Lola was off, racing back across the green like a streak of lightning. She loved the wind in her hair, and being “the best Lola”, but more than all

FF8: Lost in this City by NamelessShe, literature

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FF8: Lost in this City

Rowan couldn't smell brimstone. That was something. “Curry,” she said, after a long pause, “Curry, coffee, and cheesecake. Not in any particular order.” Elijah wrinkled his nose a bit but helped her shove an old sofa up against the door. It was probably sturdy enough to hold. She wouldn't want to sleep on it or anything but with any luck no one would have to. “Cola,” he said, “Coffee needs too much junk dumped in it to make it taste good. Maybe chow mein and chocolate cake.” He turned to a rather clunky looking bookshelf. She didn't wait for him to ask, she took the spot beside him and helped work it up against the sofa, one corner wedged between the wall and the counter. The door groaned, straining against the lock and hinges, but it held. “Good coffee is fine black,” she said. She ignored the scritch-scritch-scritching of bloodied fingernails outside and the heavy press of a body thumping against the wood. “I mean it's good if you've fried your taste buds

Treasure Chest by joe-wright, literature

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Treasure Chest

Smogg, the greatest of the crimson dragons, wheeled in the skies above Pondtown, belching impenetrable clouds of smoke and showers of white-hot sparks. A band of treasure-hunting dwarves had driven it out of its lair, and their fastest messenger had raced into town bearing the sole arrow capable of killing it. Burt the bowman drew the arrow back to his cheek and waited patiently for his target to present itself. He had a reputation for unfailing accuracy, and it was well deserved. “His entire underside is coated in gems from his hoard,” said the messenger, hurriedly, “but there's a gap on his left breast. It's the only way to kill him.” “No!” protested the mayor, waving his arms blubberously. “If you kill it now its body will crush half the town! Aim for its eye – drive it back to its lair!” Smogg swooped low, flaring its wings to impose upon them the full majesty of its impervious glittering armour. Still, Burt held off, the perfect opportunity apparently not yet perfect enough.

At the Teddy Bear Hospital by Tobaeus, literature

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At the Teddy Bear Hospital

“He’s losing stuffing fast. I need 30 CCs of polyester, stat!” Nurse Cuddles rushed to the dispenser. Her stubby, stuffed hands shook. It took several tries to engage the lever. There were so many. How was she supposed to know which was the right one? She filled the container and hurried back. Doctor Snugglebug took one look and pushed it away. “That’s wool, not polyester. Get me polyester or get me someone who knows the difference.” Another nurse took Cuddles by arm. “I’ve got this.” She filled the container and rushed it over. Snugglebug scooped it right in. Doctor Buttons swooped in with the stitches and bandages. Nurse Tuffy applied the feel-better kisses, and just like that, it was over. The patient was wheeled into the recovery ward, and they all cleaned up. Cuddles sat in the chair in the corner and tried not to cry. It was her first emergency, and she’d nearly blown it. The other nurse sat next to her. Her nametag read Nurse Honey.

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FlashFictionMonth is a month long Flash Fiction writing event that has been running since 2009. Every July we ask you to write 31 pieces of flash fiction, providing you with numerous prompts, extra challenges, prizes, and an overwhelming amount of community love and support. For the last few years we have also organised these efforts through our group FlashFictionMonth .

For the remaining 11 months of the year, you are welcome to share ANY and ALL (FFM related or not) flash fiction stories (under 1000 words, or thereabouts) to our "General Flash Fiction" folder for the edification of the masses.

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Flash Fiction Month 2022 Is Upon Us! by Flash-Fic-Month, journal

Flash Fiction Month 2022 Is Upon Us!

Jun 30, 2022

Hark, the herald angels sing; GLORY TO THE FFM. Again, and again, and again we rise in righteous glory to bring forth the most anticipated literature event in the world*! Yes indeed, wordsmiths, littérateurs, and scriveners, we are here to celebrate the THIRTEENTH annual sojourn into the wild depths of madness to write for thirty one days straight– WELCOME TO FLASH FICTION MONTH 2022! *Our lovely Hydra-lic world. Here. On dA. Flash Fiction Month kicks off this year on Friday the 13th! Actually, it's the thirteenth on the first. Well, more accurately it's Friday, July 1st, the 13th year of Flash Fiction Month. Haven't signed up yet? DO IT NOW. :stare: MOREOVER! You may have noticed a theme in the last sentence. Yes! Precisely! It's Flash Fiction Month. For the thirteenth time. Don't know what Flash Fiction Month is? Find out the answers to your burning questions right here. 2022 News for Veterans and Newbies alike: 1. Scales et al.: We are working with a skeleton crew

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FFM 2022 Sign-Up Page by Flash-Fic-Month, journal

FFM 2022 Sign-Up Page

Jun 9, 2022

Something sinister is coming. It slithers. It runs. It flies. It crawls. It stops and looks at you. It starts galloping straight towards you, papers full of words detailing the screams of the damned souls flying in its wake like a startled murder of crows. It’s yelling something about word counts and an ungodly challenge. You know exactly what it is. We know what you're thinking: It's dangerous. It's unseemly. It definitely doesn't fit in with my schedule! Writing 31 flash fiction stories in 31 days? Only a madman would undertake such a foolish venture. But luckily we're all mad here. If you'd like a chance to stretch your creative muscles, and push your fictional prowess to the limit, Flash Fiction Month is the event for you. Are you ready for a month of prompts, challenges, mixed metaphors and literary contortion-ism? Are you ready to witness the horrors, and wonders that lie beyond? Not sure what Flash Fiction Month is? Check out our shiny FAQ for all the sordid details,

2021 Winners!

FFM 2021 Challenge Winners! by Flash-Fic-Month, journal

FFM 2021 Challenge Winners!

Aug 25, 2021

At last we are here to reveal the challenge winners of Flash Fiction Month 2021! To be eligible for the community-funded prize pool, writers needed to have completed all 31 days and all 14 challenges. Each week we asked you to choose your best and brightest challenge stories. These stories were submitted to various rounds of judging, where they poked and prodded, and their little story hearts were weighed on Anubis' scales to discover if they were +/- the weight of a feather. You know, all the standard stuff. For the thirteenth year running Flash Fiction Month is proud to reveal four overall winners based on the total challenge scores for the entirety of the month! The numbers have been tallied, and the tallies have been numbered, and now they have become sentient and started singing the praises of various writers. It's all a bit alarming to be honest. (On account of Eclipse, this is best viewed on a computer; we can't guarantee the behavior of formatting gremlins in any other

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Flash-Fic-Month

Jul 16, 2022

Weeks ONE and TWO Challenge Journal!

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WEEKS ONE AND TWO, (or A Series Of July-itis Delays) CONGRATULATIONS! You’re halfway there, and you weren’t even sure that we were coming to talk to you today, were you? We left you wondering last week, didn’t we? Well, precious inkslayers, as say the youths, “hard same”. Please accept our profound apologies for making you put TWO WEEKS IN ONE POST*. In other words, A Twofer. Grab your coffee, tea, or squid ink and read on, soldiers. *The pain is mutual, and as recompense there will be a second GIF somewhere in this post. :bulletred: Please note that you are only eligible for the judging process if you have written a flash fiction story for every day so far, and completed every challenge. :bulletred: Week ONE (+1) Challenges If you've written a piece for every day of this month, and completed all the challenges so far, then link us to your ONE BEST challenge piece of the following Week One (and guest) challenges pieces in one post in the comments below. To remind you

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Flash-Fic-Month

Jun 30, 2022

Flash Fiction Month 2022 Is Upon Us!

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Flash-Fic-Month

May 11, 2022

Flash Fiction Month 2022 - DANGER Will Robinson!

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Hark! Yes, you read that correctly. Flash-Fic-Month is in danger! Hydra, the all seeing, all powerful beast is on the brink of extinction, and with that falls the mighty Flash Fiction Month, this delicious literature event that we've been running since 2009. We need volunteers in order to make this year happen. We need Hydra heads and we need Judges, but we can only look for judges if we have the infrastructure to run the event. Now, before you starting jonesing for it, please read the koalafications below. Hydra Head Requirements :bulletblue: COMMITTED: #1, first and foremost, above all things, hallelujah amen, Actually Available. Almost nothing else matters but this. Quite literally. Can you read? Doesn't matter. Be here. Now, we get that people have lives, because it'd be weird otherwise unless you’re a blob of neurons floating in space (no offense to any neurons floating in space, please apply), and truly that is why we have an evil, er, magnificent council of flesh--no

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PrinceOfFire

Jun 18, 2023

Is FFM happening this year? It's getting close to July.

Flash-Fic-Month

Jun 25, 2023

We’re figuring out what to do, but there should still be some form of FFM this year! We’d recommend joining our discord if you haven’t already.

PrinceOfFire

Jun 25, 2023

Ah, very cool.

I don't have a Discord account at the moment.

Flash-Fic-Month

Jun 25, 2023

It’s certainly not mandatory for enjoying 31 days of fiction, but with a lot of people moving from dA it’s a better place to stay connected to the FFM community if that matters to you.

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WizardandGalaxy

Aug 27, 2022

Thank you so much again!

Ink-Singer

Aug 24, 2022

Damn, thank you for the diamond badge on make a wish!!

Flash-Fic-Month

Aug 26, 2022

It was part of our randomized community contest awards! We threw badges into the abyss and one landed (perhaps fittingly) on your story!