I will have a micro out on Saturday with @natflashfictionday.bsky.social. check out all the stories and the write in prompts.
Evolution of a sunflower 🌻
Melissa Flores Anderson
Melissa Flores Anderson
It's still June 12 over here, but due to time zones the @natflashfictionday.bsky.social prompts have started getting rolled out. I have written 2 out of 3 so far! Hoping to submit at least half of them before the end of the program. Also reading all the amazing stories being shared for 24 hrs!
Its has been a rough week (again), but here are some new flowers in my garden.
Also if you've got some heartache to share, old or new, send it to brokenheartsliterary.com
Subs open now - 50 words max and a photo!
brokenheartsliterary.com/2026-heartbr...
Melissa Flores Anderson
1.) Prof Communicators like to talk a lot more than me.
2.) I am bad at networking.
3.) My kid says he misses me when I'm out of town, but really he loves video chats with filters.
4.) I should not watch criminal minds/law and order svu when I am alone in a hotel room.
5.) Fresno room views...
Two days to go till National Flash Fiction Day! Read with us! Write with us! Publish with us! Celebrate with us! www.nationalflashfictionday.co.uk
Melissa Flores Anderson
These candles seemed like a great idea until I tried to light them all with 20 9 yr old clamoring for a cupcake...I lit like three letters and said just sing...
@melissacuisine.bsky.social’s California-based story collection, ALL AND THEN NONE OF YOU, came in perfect time for my quick trip to LA this weekend for a friend’s wedding! Excited to read it!
It's Wednesday so the latest heartbreak is up @brokenheartslit.bsky.social. @jayhonstetter.bsky.social has a truly sad one for us:
brokenheartsliterary.com/2026-heartbr...
Subs are open now, so send me your heartaches, too.
@brokenheartslit.bsky.social has a good heartbreak for you this morning. Check out the latest from @bsherm36.bsky.social.
As a reminder, we are open for submissions -- a photo of an object that represents your heart ache and a max 50 word micro.
See link below.
Peacock Sighting by Beth Sherman @bsherm36 We watched the bird rattle his blue green, eye-spotted train. The mating season was over and tail feathers dropped to the grass – useless beauty. You saw …
Adam, Remember Fashion Class? by Jay Honstetter @friendstergram It’s the mid 90s. Laughing at the noise on our faces, flannels draping our bones.It’s the 2000s. We’re at Cavestomp! Fred Perry…
Peacock Sighting by Beth Sherman @bsherm36 We watched the bird rattle his blue green, eye-spotted train. The mating season was over and tail feathers dropped to the grass – useless beauty. You saw …
The Write-In: NFFD 2026 Prompt #0: Water Under the Bridge #nffd2026
National Flash Fiction Day
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Prompt #0: Water Under the Bridge
Welcome to The Write-In! This year, we're celebrating the
2026 National Flash Fiction Day Anthology theme of Bridges. Throughout
National Flash Fiction Day, we'll be posting one prompt every hours from
00:00 until midnight (BST), for a total of 25 prompts in all. You
have until 23:59 BST on Sunday to submit your responses for
possible publication here at the Write-In over the course of the next week.
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To kick off our series of hourly prompts, write a flash about forgiveness or reconciliation. Use water in your story in some way, but do not use the phrase 'water under the bridge'.
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If you’re submitting
this to us, make sure to note that this is a response to Prompt 0: Water Under the Bridge.
You can submit responses until 23:59 BST on Sunday,
14 June 2026 for a chance to be published here at The Write-In.
You can claim the badge for this prompt by visiting our badges page.
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