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#Flash Fiction Challenge for Carrot Ranch Literary Community
April 8: Flash Fiction Challenge April 8, 2021, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story that “rethinks the hero.” Define the hero, comparing or contrasting to the classic definition. Break the mold. What happens to the hero in the cave? Is it epic or everyday? Is there resistance or acceptance? Go where…
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#Flash Fiction Challenge for Carrot Ranch Literary Community #Poetry
April 1: Flash Fiction Challenge April 1 2021, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about a swift passage. You can take inspiration from any source. Who is going where and why. What makes it swift? Go where the prompt leads! The red flame of life, love, spirituality, the journey taken with…
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#Flash Fiction Challenge for Carrot Ranch Literary Community #Poetry
March 25 2021, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write an escape. It can be daring or subtle. Who is escaping from what and why? Go where the prompt leads! Over the past few months I have felt like a caged bird I will be 75 come the beginning of April I cannot…
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#Flash Fiction Challenge for Carrot Ranch Literary Community #Poetry
March 18: Flash Fiction Challenge March 18, 2021, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story that takes place a year later. It can be any year. Explore the past year or another significant passing of time to a character. Go where the prompt leads! My last memory of Joe Doesn’t match the…
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#FlashFiction Challenge for Carrot Ranch Literary Community
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March 11, 2021, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about deep wishes. Where is the deep — in the sky, the ground, or outer space? What kind of wishes reside there for whom and why? Sitting in the middle of the field, mysterious in the moonlight, was a wishing well.…
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#Flash Fiction for Carrot Ranch Literary Community #Poetry
March 4, 2021, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story that includes sweet potatoes. It can be part of a recipe, meal, or used as a nickname. Where do sweet potatoes take you? The grocery store? The garden? Mars? March 4: Flash Fiction Challenge I have never eaten sweet potatoesThe thought of…
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#FlashFiction Challenge for Carrot Ranch Literary Community #Poetry
February 25 2021, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story using the word frozen. It can be descriptive, character focused, action driven. Go out onto the ice and find a frozen story. Frozen with horror by the razor-sharp edge,the blade at my throat, the overlapping fear of warm bloodFree flowing from…
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#FlashFiction Challenge for Carrot Ranch Literary Community #Poetry
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February 18: Flash Fiction Challenge In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story where a character is in the right place at the right time. It may be cause for celebration! Turning 75, something to celebrate, you think?Not me.The morning went slow,dragging my mind further into darknessDeciding on a fresh cup of coffeeto pull…
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#FlashFiction Challenge for Carrot Ranch Literary Community #Poetry
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February 4, 2021, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that features a substitution. How might a character or situation be impacted by a stand-in? Bonus points for fairy tale elements. I woke late this morning, feeling less than my usual self.As if a part of me had run off during the…
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Special Collection Flash Fiction Challenge for Sue Vincent ~ Carrot Ranch Literary Community
Special Collection Flash Fiction Challenge This 99-word story prompt will be posted and presented to Sue Vincent on February 17. If you want to be included in this special collection, respond through the form over at Carrot Ranch.com January 28, 2021, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about life as a…