Category Archives: flash fiction

Flash Fiction: Witch by Val Muller

Posted on October 19, 2017 by Val

Welcome to the Spot Writers. Today’s tale comes to us from Val Muller, author of the Halloweenish tale The Man with the Crystal Ankh, a story of a violinist who is contacted by spirits while she plays. This month’s prompt … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction: Wolves Don’t Knock by Cathy MacKenzie

Posted on September 28, 2017 by Val

Welcome to the Spot Writers. This month’s theme is “monster,” to be interpreted in any way. Today’s post comes from Cathy MacKenzie, who is hard at work finishing her first (and only) novel, WOLVES DON’T KNOCK. The following is an … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction: Monster by Val Muller

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Val

This month’s theme is “monster,” to be interpreted in any way. This week’s story comes to us from Val Muller, YA author of The Scarred Letter and The Girl Who Flew Away, both discounted to $2.99 for the rest of … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction: Suffice by Dorothy Colinco

Posted on September 7, 2017 by Val

Welcome to The Spot Writers. September’s prompt:  Write about a character whose one ability is to amplify the best traits in others. Who would they hang around? Who would they choose to avoid? Suffice by Dorothy Colinco It’s hard to love … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction: The Day the Doctor Melted by CaraMarie Christy

Posted on August 17, 2017 by Val

Welcome to the Spot Writers! The prompt for August: Where have you always wanted to vacation? Pick a country and set your story there – only in this story, the dream location sadly is a setting for disaster. Today’s post … Continue reading →

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(Late) Flash Fiction: Hugger-Mugger Eyes by Cathy MacKenzie

Posted on August 3, 2017 by Val

Welcome to The Spot Writers. August’s prompt is: Where have you always wanted to vacation? Pick a country and set your story there—only in this story, the dream location, sadly, is a setting for disaster. Please excuse the lateness of … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction: Staycation

Posted on July 27, 2017 by Val

Welcome to the Spot Writers. This month’s prompt: Where have you always wanted to vacation? Pick a country and set your story there—only in this story, the dream location sadly is a setting for disaster. This week’s story comes to … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction: A Reason Not to Work Retail by CaraMarie Christy

Posted on July 20, 2017 by Val

Welcome to the Spot Writer’s! This month’s prompt is The Sound of Silence: Write about staying quiet when you feel like shouting. This week’s post comes from CaraMarie Christy, the young-un of Spot Writers. Visit her blog on Word Press … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction: Kijji People by Cathy MacKenzie

Posted on July 6, 2017 by Val

Welcome to the Spot Writers. This month’s prompt: “The Sound of Silence. Write about staying quiet when you feel like shouting.” This month’s story (real instances with identifying items changed to protect the guilty!) comes from Cathy MacKenzie. Check out … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction: The Two Little Pigs and the Prepper

Posted on July 4, 2017 by Val

For an online class I taught, about working with archetypes (Campbell and Jung, for example), one of the assignments was to take traditional fairy tale and add a modernized character–or a character from a current work-in-progress. Though I’m not writing … Continue reading →

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