Welcome back to the home of #ThursThreads for Week 728. Year foundation 14! The first year of the new cycle, the Mountain Year. To those who keep coming back, I’m delighted to see you again!
This year to celebrate our anniversary, we’re doing a special TWO DAY CHALLENGE on Friday, October 23 2026 and Saturday, October 24 2026. Not only will there be two days to submit your tale, but there will be prizes and badges for overall Winner, Best Fantasy, Most Funny, Best Horror, Most Romantic, and Best Sci-Fi. And you have 2 days to write it. Easy peasy, right? lol
The rest of the rules remain the same and they are listed below. When we started this challenge, I asked for your Twitter handle, but that died in 2022. Now I ask you put an email addy or social media handle in the body of your tale so I don’t have to scour esoteric places to notify you when you win/place. So welcome back to #ThursThreads, the challenge that ties tales together for the last 14 years. Want to keep up each week? Please check out the #ThursThreads #flashfiction group on Discord.
Need the rules? Read on.
Here’s how it works:
- The prompt is a line from the previous week’s winning tale.
- The prompt can appear ANYWHERE in your story and is included in your word count.
- The prompt must be used as is. It can be split, but no intervening words can be inserted or tenses changed.
Rules to the Game:
- This is a Flash Fiction challenge, which means your story must be a minimum of 100 words, maximum of 250.
- The story must be new writing, not a snippet from something published elsewhere with the prompt added.
- Incorporate the prompt anywhere into your story (included in your word count).
- Post your story in the comments section of this post
- Include your word count in the post (or be excluded from judging)
- Include your social media handle or email in the post (so we easily notify you)
- The challenge is open 7 AM to 8 PM Mountain Time US.
- The winner will be announced on Friday, depending on how early the judge gets up.
How it benefits you:
- You get a nifty cool badge to display on your blog or site (because we’re all about promotion – you know you are!)
- You get instant recognition of your writing prowess on this blog!
- Your writing colleagues shall announce and proclaim your greatness on Bluesky, MeWe, Discord, and Mastodon, etc.
Our Judge for Week 728:
Scottish Word Slinger, Dauntless romance author, gluten-free baker, and #ThursThreads host, Siobhan Muir.
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And now your #ThursThreads Challenge, tying tales together.
The Prompt:
“Didn’t you hear me?”
All stories written herein are the property (both intellectual and physical) of the authors. Comments do not represent the views of the host and the host reserves the right to remove any content. Now, away with you, Flash Fiction Fanatics, and show us your #ThursThreads in the Mountain Year. Good luck!