Category Archives: flash fiction

Flash fiction: Reaching through the Years by Val Muller

Posted on June 8, 2017 by Val

Welcome to the Spot Writers, bringing you your weekly dose of flash fiction. The prompt for this month: Check out these 10 fancy nature words. Choose one of the words, and make it either the title or theme of your … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction: That One Time I Got Punched on Stage by CaraMarie Christy

Posted on May 25, 2017 by Val

Welcome to the Spot Writers. This month’s prompt: Think back on a memory when you were angry. REALLY angry. Now change the names of the people in the memory, the setting, everything familiar about it, and most importantly… the ending. … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction: The Pineapple Plant by Dorothy Colinco

Posted on May 18, 2017 by Val

Welcome to the Spot Writers. This month’s prompt: Think back on a memory when you were angry. REALLY angry. Now change the names of the people in the memory, the setting, everything familiar about it, and most importantly… the ending. … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction: Grading on Effort by Val Muller

Posted on May 11, 2017 by Val

Welcome to the Spot Writers. This month’s prompt: Think back on a memory when you were angry. REALLY angry. Now change the names of the people in the memory, the setting, everything familiar about it, and most importantly… the ending. … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction: Faded Beer Cans by Cathy MacKenzie

Posted on May 4, 2017 by Val

Welcome to the Spot Writers. This month’s prompt: Think back on a memory when you were angry. REALLY angry. Now change the names of the people in the memory, the setting, everything familiar about it, and most importantly… the ending. … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction: Dino Express by Dorothy Colinco

Posted on April 20, 2017 by Val

Welcome to the Spot Writers. This week’s post comes to us from Dorothy Colinco. This month’s prompt: These objects should appear in your story: a train, a pink post-it note, and keys. One of your characters must be an animator. … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction: Courage by Val Muller

Posted on March 30, 2017 by Val

Welcome to the Spot Writers. This week’s post comes to us from Val Muller. Check out her brand-new release: The Girl Who Flew Away is a coming of age tale of a freshman prone to keeping secrets. Follow this link … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction: “The Trophy” by Cathy MacKenzie

Posted on March 9, 2017 by Val

Welcome to The Spot Writers. March’s prompt is to use these five words in a story: builder, chance, trophy, glory, unexpected. Today’s post comes from Cathy MacKenzie. Her one-woman publishing company, MacKenzie Publishing, has a submissions call for stories for … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction: Toddler Glory by Val Muller

Posted on March 2, 2017 by Val

Welcome to March! This month’s Spot Writers’ prompt is to use the following words in a story: builder, chance, trophy, glory, unexpected. This month’s post comes to us from Val Muller, author of the YA novel The Man with the … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction: The Language Addict by CaraMarie Christy

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Val

Welcome to the Spot Writers! This February’s prompt: Pick up the two books closest to you (a mandarin textbook and A Court of Mist and Fury). For the first book: copy the first 3 words of the book. This is … Continue reading →

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