250+ Category: Flash Fiction Prompts
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The Miracle Cure
Write a short fiction where a deadly disease finds a cure in the unlikeliest of places.
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The Accidental Time Traveler
Create a fantasy world where a normal person accidentally stumbles upon a time-traveling device.
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Parallels in Time
Describe a situation where your protagonist simultaneously exists in two parallel realities, experiencing different lives.
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Non-human Monologue
Create a story narrated entirely from the perspective of an inanimate object, pet or landscape.
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Cosmic Solitude
Imagine you are the last human being left in existence, in the vast emptiness of the universe.
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Quantum Quirk
Craft a story around an everyday object that suddenly starts to disobey the normal laws of physics.
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Flashback in a Flash
Write a flash fiction story where the most important event happens in a flashback.
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Object of Significance
Use a unique or unusual object as the central focus of a flash fiction story.
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Paradox of the Past
Create a flash fiction story about a character who learns a shocking secret from their past.
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Flash Forward
Imagine a future event involving one, two, or three characters only and describe it in a single moment.
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The Numbers Game
Write about a protagonist who starts noticing a repeating string of numbers in their day to day life, leading to a sinister discovery.
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Marked For Death
Create a tale of a protagonist who discovers they have 24 hours to live—owing to a deadly prediction. How will they confront their last day alive?
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The Lone Island
Stuck on a deserted island, your character comes across traces of inhabitance. Develop a story revealing the chilling history behind this solitude.
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Night Shift Mystery
Set in a sleepy, late-night store, your character interacts with a string of peculiar customers, gradually suspecting that they aren’t ordinary.
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Elevator Suspense
Write a flash fiction piece about three individuals who get stuck in an elevator, each hiding secrets that start to unravel.
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Castle and the Captive
Write a flash fiction piece where a castle is a metaphor for a character’s mental imprisonment.
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Echoes of the Heart
Craft a flash fiction piece where music serves as a metaphor for a character’s deeply buried emotions.
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The Clockwork Character
Write a piece of flash fiction where a mechanical clockwork mechanism is a metaphor for a character’s regimented and controlled life.
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Garden of Life
Write a flash fiction story where a flower garden stands as a metaphor for a character’s growth and evolution.
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The Language of Seasons
Use a particular season of the year as a metaphor for a significant life phase in a flash fiction piece.
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Flash Fiction Future
Pen a prediction about the role and form of flash fiction in the literature of the future.
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Hidden Depths in Brevity
Author a Flash Fiction tale that appears simple on the surface, but harbors a deeper, hidden meaning.
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Flash Fiction in Waiting Rooms
Imagine scenarios in which people utilize flash fiction in everyday life situations like in waiting rooms.
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Intimacy of Ideas
Tell the story of a complex character within the limited word count of flash fiction.
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The Origin of the Flash
Write a fictional historical account of how flash fiction was first conceived.
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Feast of the Gods
Develop a story centered around an extravagant meal where each dish is described vividly to stimulate the reader’s senses.
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Artifact from Another Era
Describe a day in the life of a character who stumbles upon an artifact from a bygone era.
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Kaleidoscopic Sunset
Describe a sunset so vivid and alluring that it feels like it’s casting a spell on the protagonist.
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Overwhelming Silence
Create a story set in a world where all sound suddenly disappears, and convey how your characters navigate through this silence.
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A Whisper of Frost
Write a flash fiction piece centered around a harsh winter’s morning where the frost almost appears alive.
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The Forgotten Side Character
Tell a fairytale from the perspective of a minor or overlooked character.
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Unrequited Fairy Love
Reimagine a classic fairy tale where the prince/princess falls in love with a non-human entity like a magical creature or an inanimate object.
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The Fae World order
Create a story where the magical creatures from various fairy tales create their own united world, changing their destiny.
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From Villain to Hero
Rewrite a classic fairy tale from the perspective of the villain, showcasing him/her as a misunderstood hero.
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Puppeteering Reality
Write a story in which a classic fairy tale character manipulates their story to avoid their original fate.
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Word Limit Wonders
Write a story that explores a complex theme or issue within a strict word limit of 100 words.
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Essence of an Era
Choose a historical event or period you find engaging. Write a flash fiction piece that captures its essence within just a few hundred words.
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A Thousand Words
Write a piece based on a photograph or painting, capturing the essence of the subject, the emotions they evoke, and their potential backstory.
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A Moment Suspended
Describe a pivotal moment in a character’s life, focusing on their thoughts, feelings and sensations.
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Unexpected Reversal
Write about a character who has everything going for them and then, in a mere sentence, everything changes.
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Impending Deadline
Write a story, in less than 200 words, about a character who must make a life-altering decision in just 10 seconds.
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Time Capsule Triumph
Write a short narrative about a person who stumbles upon a time capsule filled with predictions about their future which all have already come true.
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Crystal Clear Conclusions
Craft a hyper-short story that leaves no room for interpretation at the end.
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Lone Victory
Write a story in which the protagonist achieves their goal but loses something essential in the process.
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Dance With a Stranger
Create a story based on a dance with a mysterious stranger at a masquerade ball.
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Missed Love Letters
Write about a series of love letters that never reached the beloved and how it changed their lives.
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Midnight Proposal Under Northern Lights
Narrate a story where the protagonist plans to propose their love under the Northern Lights.
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Alien Anthropologists
Write from the perspective of an extraterrestrial anthropologist studying the humans on Earth.
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Dystopian Love’s Victory
Craft a story portraying love flourishing in a dystopian society against all odds.
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Future Life Recollection
Write a story from the perspective of an elderly person reflecting on a life yet to happen.
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Supernatural Subway
Imagine encountering a supernatural entity on a subway journey. Describe your encounter.
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The Relic Hunt
Your character hears rumors of a hidden vault containing items from the pre-apocalyptic era and sets off on a perilous journey to find it.
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Radiation’s Children
Set your story in a world where radiation has triggered unpredictable mutations in the next human generation.
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Messages from the Past
Your character finds a series of hand-written letters from the pre-apocalyptic period. What do they say and how does your character react?
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Forgotten Memories of Civilization
The character stumbles upon remnants of a once thriving city. What memories do these remnants trigger and what story unfolds from there?
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Long Lost Letters
Discover a trove of letters from your younger self. What do they say, and how do they make you feel?
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The Forgotten Object
Write about an object that, although forgotten, reappears and holds substantial power.
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A Moment Suspended in Time
Describe an instant that seems unimportant at first glance but carries great significance upon reflection.
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A Journey’s Beginning
Start a story with the line “I thought I was prepared, but nothing could have prepared me for this”.
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Through a Child’s Eyes
Write from the perspective of a child, interpreting their surroundings in unique and innocent ways.
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Twisted Time
Convey your story in a non-linear timeline. The events in your story must not happen in sequential order.
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Rapid Fire
Write a story where the pace is highly accelerated, essential events happening within mere moments.
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Point of View Challenge
Write your story from an unconventional viewpoint, like an inanimate object or an animal.
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The Unseen Stalker
Create a chilling story about a protagonist being stalked by an unseen, unknown figure.
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The Forgotten History
Develop a story exploring a mysterious and forgotten aspect of local city’s history.
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The Missing Cousin
Write a flash fiction piece revolving around a sudden disappearance of the main character’s cousin.
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Unfamiliar Reflection
Write a story where the protagonist wakes up finding out they’ve become a person they don’t recognize.
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Hospital Holdup
Your main character is trapped in a hospital during a lockdown. Something’s not right, and they have to escape to survive.
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Cracking the Code
Draft a flash fiction piece in which the protagonist must solve a cryptic message or puzzle in order to avert disaster.
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Pandora’s Box
Create a scene where your main character stumbles upon a mysterious box that may or may not contain something horrific.
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The Unlikely Hero
The least likely character, someone everyone overlooks or underestimates, saves the day.
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Dual Reality
Create a world where everyone lives, unknowingly, in two realities and your protagonist accidently switches between the two.
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Amnesiac Protagonist
Your main character wakes up with no memory of who they are, slowly they discover shocking truths about their true identity.
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Reverse Chronology
Write a story that starts at the end, revealing the outcome, then gradually unveils what led to it.
