Welcome back to the home of #ThursThreads for Week 702. Year Lucky 13! The last year of the cycle, the Moon Year. To those who keep coming back, I’m delighted to see you again!
Today is Thursday and that means it’s time to start flashing on #ThursThreads, the challenge that ties tales together. Want to keep up each week? Check out the #ThursThreads #flashfiction group on Discord and the Group on MeWe.
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 702:
When her eyes get tired from reading, she switches to audiobook, her ears don’t close, Mirra Allure.
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And now your #ThursThreads Challenge, tying tales together.
The Prompt:
“Despite everything, there’s hope.”
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 Moon Year. Good luck!
Two Guys Killing Time Talking Life Stuff
“Well, aren’t you a bundle of opulent optimism!”
“It’s always darkest before…”
“The Don? D O N?”
“Don’t twist my words.”
“Look who’s talking. Anyway, I’m not a complete cynic. I do wonder though about our civilization…”
“Ours?”
“Yeah, the entire planet we live on…putting aside what might be out there…up there…One way to look at us is that we are one gigantic civilization…you know, with component parts. One breaks, we should fix it.”
“Now you’re sounding like me.”
“I am you. You are me. Beatles had it right. Still, not everyone sees it that way.”
“No, that’s for sure. Look, despite everything, there’s hope, right. If we don’t have that, we might as well shuffle off to Buffalo.”
“Where’d you drag that old saw up from. And aren’t buffalos’ almost…extinct?”
“I don’t know. Let me ask A.!.”
“Right!”
“Exactly…here it is. American Bison doing okay. Near Threatened…that doesn’t sound all that good.”
“Anyway, forget Buffalo or buffalos, it’s the human animal I’m sorta worried about.”
“Lets get another round. Talk space…splashdown Friday.”
“That’ll be something.”
“Yup!”
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