250+ Category: Flash Fiction Prompts
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News from the Future
You receive a newspaper from the future. Write a flash fiction about how you react to the headlines.
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The Shadows We Carry
Extract a character from your shadow and write a flash fiction where it interacts with you.
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The Silent Object Speaks
Choose an inanimate object in your room, and write a flash fiction story from its perspective.
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The End is the Beginning
Write a flash fiction story that ends on the same note or line as it started.
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Embrace the Unfamiliar
Write a story about a character who ventures into unfamiliar territory and benefits immensely from the experience.
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Innovation of Necessity
Craft a narrative about a society facing a daunting crisis that gets resolved by an unexpected innovation.
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Unsung Hero
Write a story about an unnoticed or underappreciated individual who makes a significant impact.
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Adventure to Purpose
Create a narrative about a character who embarks on an adventure leading to the discovery of their life’s purpose.
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Overcoming the Impossible
Compose a story about a character who has to face and overcome an impossible challenge.
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Hidden Identities
Depict a character who’s living a double life, balancing a façade and their true self.
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Loss and Regeneration
Write about a character who experiences a devastating loss and how they piece their life back together.
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Driven by Desperation
Craft a story revolving around a character compelled to drastic action due to their desperate situation.
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Balancing Act
Critique a piece of flash fiction, balancing positive aspects and areas of improvement.
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Brief Butterfly Effect
Tell a story that traces the impact of a minor event on a character’s life in 150 words.
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The Lovecraftian Nightmare
Write a horror story inspired by Lovecraft’s universe, detailing the encounter of a curious archaeologist with different cosmic entities or deities.
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Sinister Rituals
Develop a story about a town where an ancient, sinister ritual must be performed every year to avoid catastrophic consequences.
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The Midnight Visitor
Detail a plot about a late-night unexpected visitor who brings with him a haunting revelation.
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Horrifying Shadows
Craft a story around a character who starts seeing terrifying shadows that no one else can see.
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The Haunted House
Write about a group of friends who decide to explore an abandoned, rumored haunted house on a dare.
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The Forgotten Pharaoh
Pen a story set in Ancient Egypt about the life of a pharaoh overlooked by history.
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Rosie’s Revelation
Create a short tale about a factory working women during World War II realizing her potential.
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Daring Defector
Write about a brave individual defecting from their oppressive regime during the Cold War.
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Eyes of an Editor
Imagine you are an editor at a publishing house and base your story on a submission that absolutely blew you away.
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Unraveling Mystery of Forgotten Artifacts
Design a narrative around a character who unearths an ancient artifact, leading to unexpected consequences.
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Wrong Turn
A character takes a wrong turn during an everyday routine and ends up somewhere completely unexpected.
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Vanished Without a Trace
Create a scenario where a well-known public figure disappears under mysterious circumstances.
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Chance Encounter
Imagine a character who runs into someone who is a spitting image of a significant person from their past.
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Hidden Letters
Write about a character that discovers a hidden letter in an old trunk, revealing a family secret.
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Pocketful of Memories
Compose a story about a character who empties their pockets to unveil memories associated with each item.
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Unexpected Transformation
Write a story where a mundane, everyday object becomes something extraordinary.
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The Last Two Minutes
Write a flash fiction story that takes place in the last two minutes before a major event.
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Abandonment in the Arctic
Write a piece where your character is stranded in the cold and desolate landscape of the arctic.
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Enigmatic Market Square
Describe an exotic marketplace set in a far-off land and craft a storyline around a unique object found there.
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Eclipsed Moonlit Night
Create a story based on a quiet, eclipsed moonlit night, where two characters meet for the first time.
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Twilight Momentum
Write a piece of flash fiction where the most important event occurs right before the story begins.
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Emotion Emission
Pen a narrative that subtly expresses a strong emotional journey without ever naming the emotion in question.
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Lost & Found Chronicles
Create a story based on a lost item looking for its owner in the school’s lost and found box.
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School’s Out Forever: The Series Finale
Imagine your school life was a television series and you’re the lead character. Write the final episode.
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The Secret Life of School Supplies
Write a flash fiction story from the perspective of a piece of school equipment such as a blackboard, microscope or textbook.
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Classroom Time Capsule
Imagine burying a time capsule at school. What items would you include and why?
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Hollowed Halls
Set a flash fiction story in a seemingly desolate space, where the atmosphere and objects within the space tell a story of their own.
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Unseen Spectator
Write a story from the perspective of an inanimate object that watches the world around it.
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Whispers of the Past
Write a story where each line reveals a different decade in the character’s life.
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River of Consciousness
Write a flash fiction piece in the stream of consciousness mode, focusing on the thoughts and reactions of your protagonist rather than the events happening.
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Crypto Mystery
You have just inherited a digital wallet of unknown cryptocurrencies from a mysterious benefactor. What happens next?
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Recipe of Love
You are a renowned chef known for cooking meals that mend broken hearts. What’s your secret ingredient?
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Parallel World
What if one day you woke up to find yourself in a parallel world with minor but significant shifts?
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Missing Letter
Envision receiving a letter in the mail that wasn’t meant for you but is so intriguing you can’t resist reading it.
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Breaking News
Imagine you are a news reporter who has just learned of an unforeseen global event. Write a breaking news report.
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Exploring the Story of Forgotten Song
Imagine a forgotten song that holds the key to an unsolved mystery.
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In a Blink of an Eye
Write about a Cosmic event that occurs in the blink of an eye and is witnessed by one person.
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A Second at Midnight
Tell a story about the unusual event that happens only for a second at midnight.
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Tales of the Unseen City
Craft a story about a hidden dimension in a bustling city that only a few can see.
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Ghostly Encounter
Write a narrative where the main character unknowingly communicates with a ghost, only realizing it in the startling finale.
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Double Life Unveiled
Create a story revealing the mundane, humdrum life of a character who, in reality, is living a remarkably contrasting parallel life.
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Innocent Assassin
Write about a character who, unbeknownst to them, carries out an action that drastically alters another’s life.
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Hidden Protagonist
Craft a flash fiction focusing on a secondary character, only to reveal in the final lines that they were the protagonist all along.
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The Sudden Hero
Write a flash fiction story about a seemingly ordinary character who is thrust into an extraordinary situation and must quickly rise to the challenge.
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Mystery-Unraveled Puzzle
Your challenge is to write a flash fiction story that begins with a mystery and abruptly ends with a solution no one saw coming.
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Exchange of a Lifetime
Create a high-stakes negotiation in a flash fiction format, letting tension, pacing, and resolution play out on a quick turn.
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Flashback Microcosm
Write a piece of flash fiction that takes your readers from a moment of startling revelation back through key memories of your protagonist’s life.
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Dragon Whisperer
Write about a protagonist living in a world where dragons are enslaved and they have the unique ability to communicate with them.
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Magical Object’s Curse
Create a story around a person who discovers a magical artifact that bears a powerful curse.
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Quest for the Lost Kingdom
Write a brief tale about a royal heir’s journey to reclaim his lost kingdom.
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Evasive Love
Write a flash fiction about a character who actively avoids acknowledging their feelings of love.
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Guilt’s Embrace
Write a piece wherein a character has done something they deeply regret and must grapple with their guilt.
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Sensory Melancholy
Write a brief tale where the character experiences a deep sense of melancholy triggered by one of their five senses.
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Overwhelming Joy
Write a flash fiction about a character experiencing an unexpected moment of pure joy.