2022 FFC Round 1 Titles & Synopses
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Topic: 2022 FFC Round 1 Titles & Synopses
Posted By: taaaylor
Subject: 2022 FFC Round 1 Titles & Synopses
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 1:10am
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Congrats to you all for triumphing over this weekend and whatever circumstances it threw at you. Nothing about this contest is easy, and you kicked ass if you sat down and gave it your all. Feel free to share titles and synopses, but don't post your story until you get the email from NYC Midnight (should be Wednesdayish) ------------- https://t.ly/-6-VL" rel="nofollow - 500-word R2 SSC 2021 winner |
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Posted By: AdamGensler
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 1:15am
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Scavenger Hunt
A beloved bookmobile owner leaves clues to his own murder. |
Posted By: fioOxf
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 1:15am
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Group 22. Fairy tale / foster home / a spice rack Hush In a world buried under a blanket of silence, an
abandoned baby’s cry rings out as she’s left on Mama Jacinta’s doorstep. The
emerald-eyed, honey-skinned child will grow at Jacinta’s side, bringing magic,
color… and something more to the land where hush rules all. ------------- https://forums.nycmidnight.com/r1-g101-hot-horrorish_topic67248.html" rel="nofollow - R1 G101 Hot (Horror) https://tinyurl.com/2rs4nw9z" rel="nofollow - SW26 R1 G27 The Inevitable End of Pau (Suspense) |
Posted By: Eggcorn
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 1:15am
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Crime Caper/ Poolroom / Couch Nearly accidentally deleted my couch when cutting words, which is rough as I usually make the object more important lol and didn't care much for this prompt -- but somehow got it done! Not a fan of my hasty synopsis either, but c'est la vie. Get a Cue Plans A and B, to swap the famed and framed 5k bill from behind the bar of the legendary Get a Cue poolroom and auction it off, seem simple enough, but when both fall through, will a risky Plan C succeed? Or should we have known better than to hustle a hustler? ------------- https://forums.nycmidnight.com/topic66252_post705791.html#705791" rel="nofollow - Bliss (Scary Story) https://forums.nycmidnight.com/topic67128_post714776.html#714776" rel="nofollow - The Others (r2 Scary) |
Posted By: surnica
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 1:17am
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My prompts were Spy/Police Station/ Fire Hydrant. For the King Frank’s been embedded as a mafia mole in the police department for years. When Tony King, the leader of the Bronzeville Bangers, gets arrested, it’s up to Frank to take drastic action to retrieve the evidence before it can be used to put The King away forever. ------------- https://forums.nycmidnight.com/topic43498_post455381.html#455381" rel="nofollow - Author Archive |
Posted By: WhistlerCrowe
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 1:18am
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Group 11 | Horror | Roadblock | Wedding Cake This is written as a free-verse poem. Blood Covenant A girl’s moonlit pilgrimage to lay her mama to rest is halted at a drunk driving checkpoint set up by a group of backwoods cops. ------------- Flash R1: https://bit.ly/3Jp42RZ" rel="nofollow - Rabbit Sun, Dog Stars 500 Final 2024 (2ND!): https://tinyurl.com/yfcess3y" rel="nofollow - When The Blue Smoke Drowns |
Posted By: Suave
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 1:19am
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20 - Crime Caper - poolroom - couch Not my fav genre, but I submitted. FOOL’S
GOLD ------------- https://shorturl.at/BYBEf" rel="nofollow - Screenplay Magic and Mayhem https://shorturl.at/FwVkk" rel="nofollow - 500 RomCom/ Making Music FB |
Posted By: AdamGensler
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 1:19am
Sorry for double post. I barely submitted and am extremely tired and forgot to give my prompts. Group 15, Mystery / Bookmobile / String |
AdamGensler wrote:Posted By: WhistlerCrowe
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 1:20am
Ooohhh... I hope you'll share yours for peer review when we're able, the synopsis has caught my eye. ------------- Flash R1: https://bit.ly/3Jp42RZ" rel="nofollow - Rabbit Sun, Dog Stars 500 Final 2024 (2ND!): https://tinyurl.com/yfcess3y" rel="nofollow - When The Blue Smoke Drowns |
Posted By: CLRosser
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 1:21am
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Group 50 - Drama / a pond / a sewing machine Reflections As the sun sets, Dolores is trying to muster all her strength to give her daughter one last bit of motherly advice. So, side note. I just saw that my tagline name is spelled differently than the name in the story, a detail that a Beta pointed out to me and I could have SWORN I fixed immediately *bangs head on desk in despair* ------------- https://forums.nycmidnight.com/topic61832_post667418.html#667418" rel="nofollow - 500R1 https://forums.nycmidnight.com/topic61833_post667420.html#667420" rel="nofollow - 500R2 |
Posted By: jennifer.quail
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 1:21am
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Group 26: Romantic Comedy, a chair lift, gasoline/petrol The Life Line Is a romantic getaway worth putting it all on the line? ------------- https://forums.nycmidnight.com/topic66313_post706147.html#706147" rel="nofollow - Closing Costs |
Posted By: ZoeLou
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 1:21am
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Group 20 - crime caper / a poolroom / a couch. I'll admit I had a minor heart attack when I saw these prompts, but crime caper was sooo much fun. Definitely played fast and loose with the poolroom, but eh, it's in the judges' hands now. Faith, Trust, and Highly Flammable Pixie Dust The Curiosity Club is a death-trap for faeries, but Meri is determined to get herself–and her friends–out safely. All they’ll need is faith in human men’s greed, trust in each other, and the help of some (slightly explosive) pixie dust. ------------- All my NYCM work: https://bit.ly/3QV6sHG" rel="nofollow - Author Archive |
Posted By: Bard
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 1:22am
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Group 61: Spy/Tunnel/Hacksaw The Thunder of Dragons An undercover agent issues a final solution to a centuries-old feud between two powerful Chinese crime syndicates.
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Posted By: SamMesz
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 1:23am
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Group 32: Historical Fiction | Gasworks | A butterfly Tavasz József Halasz has a wife and children now. He had me once, too. |
Posted By: ramblejamble
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 1:24am
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Group 7: Comedy / A kindergarten class / A kite Diary of a Wimpy Kite A kite suffering from PTSD (after its owner let go of its string one time) is held captive inside a kindergarten classroom. Can it survive until help arrives? ------------- https://forums.nycmidnight.com/topic66779_post710016.html#710016" rel="nofollow - MF250 R1 - Praise Be (Action & Adventure) |
Posted By: ZoeLou
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 1:25am
Group mates! I love how we've all come up with something wildly different haha. These sound amazing, I can't wait to read the full stories!! ------------- All my NYCM work: https://bit.ly/3QV6sHG" rel="nofollow - Author Archive |
Posted By: taaaylor
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 1:25am
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Group 96: fantasy / a funeral procession / a lasso The Light Will Leave You Warmer Adie is a spirit-welder like her late father, able to attach the ghosts of extinct animals to scrap-metal recreations. But when she discovers one of her metal animals dying, she reckons with her fear of failure and her father’s ghost. ------------- https://t.ly/-6-VL" rel="nofollow - 500-word R2 SSC 2021 winner |
Posted By: The.Black.Violet
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 1:25am
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Group 90: Drama / A Trading Post / A Fireplace Hyphen-hated A mother hatches a plan to reunite with her long-separated child, but doesn’t foresee what could foil it. I raced to finish that not very good synopsis ------------- CH1 Flash https://bit.ly/3HpOxnQ" rel="nofollow - Hyphen-hated 2021-CH2 Flash https://bit.ly/3CgZrsi" rel="nofollow - Ready, Salt, Go |
Posted By: ihavenoprocess
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 1:26am
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Group 118 Sci Fi / A ready room / a porthole The
Waters The world’s super
elite think they have found the proverbial fountain of youth, but a local
biologist seeks to stop this unnatural treatment and all that comes along with
it. ------------- https://tinyurl.com/yuaxk592" rel="nofollow - 250: Pieces of Yourself https://forums.nycmidnight.com/r1-g82-close-call-dad-knows-best-hist-fic_topic52971.html" rel="nofollow - 100: Close Call |
Posted By: ZoeLou
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 1:27am
Omg. 10/10 for that title, 10/10 for that synopsis, and 10/10 for NYCM giving you comedy. But 0/10 for the rules making me wait days to read it - I wanna do that nowwwww.  ------------- All my NYCM work: https://bit.ly/3QV6sHG" rel="nofollow - Author Archive |
Posted By: WhistlerCrowe
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 1:28am
PLEASE share this story when we're able to post to the forums. I LOVE your title and the idea of a crime caper done in a fantasy setting... It makes me think of The Lies of Locke Lamora somehow. ------------- Flash R1: https://bit.ly/3Jp42RZ" rel="nofollow - Rabbit Sun, Dog Stars 500 Final 2024 (2ND!): https://tinyurl.com/yfcess3y" rel="nofollow - When The Blue Smoke Drowns |
Posted By: raerae1332
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 1:28am
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Group 100: Suspense/ A Rest Area/ A Tree Stump Somewhere In Northern Arizona A young couple on a road trip stops to get some rest, but they begin to question if they are truly alone, especially when time and their senses begin to play with their exhausted minds. |
Posted By: kareeve17
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 1:31am
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Hey everyone! So excited to partake in this lovely contest again :D Here's mine: Group: 116 Genre: Mystery Location: A driving range Object: A fanny pack Swing A private eye, a cheater, and a jealous lover enter a driving range. What happens next should be obvious. |
Posted By: TelepathicTeaTime
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 1:31am
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Group 103 | Horror | Dry dock | A rowboat Sisters of the Depths Below Recent tragedies cause a marine surveyor to reflect on her own personal losses while performing a sanctioned craft inspection I think the title of my story is the only thing I like about it lmaooooo 🙃 ------------- MR1 https://tinyurl.com/4c5knut6" rel="nofollow - The Way The Cookie Crumbles 3rd MR2 https://tinyurl.com/2p8ubbn4" rel="nofollow - Like A Hell-Broth |
Posted By: Eggcorn
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 1:32am
I was just coming to post that yours sounds so creative! I wish I could have had as much fun as it seems you two did, lol. Can't wait to read yours Zoe! Love the title. ------------- https://forums.nycmidnight.com/topic66252_post705791.html#705791" rel="nofollow - Bliss (Scary Story) https://forums.nycmidnight.com/topic67128_post714776.html#714776" rel="nofollow - The Others (r2 Scary) |
Posted By: EMeadows
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 1:32am
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Group 110 ¦ Spy ¦ An armory ¦ Smoke Detector Bless
Your Heart and Hope to Spy
When
the body count at a Texas retirement community grows suspiciously, an eccentric octogenarian sets out to discover the cause. Will the elderly
espionage lead to the culprits – or will the pursuit of justice go up in
flames? ------------- https://forums.nycmidnight.com/topic62266_post671737.html#671737" rel="nofollow - R1 MF250 - Surf's Up in Paradise |
Posted By: GenieAZ
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 1:32am
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Group 106! Horror | A Rescue Helicopter | A Fishing Pole What’s in the Wood When her chopper goes down after a mysterious event, a rescue pilot must save herself from what’s in the wood.
Best of luck to all you brave souls. ------------- https://tinyurl.com/ve4f53da" rel="nofollow - 500 R1 https://tinyurl.com/3pbp4z7p" rel="nofollow - FF R2 Story Archive< |
Posted By: LadyGrey
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 1:35am
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Group 43/Thriller/A Lumberyard/A Fuel Gauge Matches and Madmen When Becca receives an ominous text that threatens the life of her daughter, she must fight to save her even if that means braving flames and fury, memories and misery, matches and madmen. ------------- Short Story 2025 R1 Gr:167 https://forums.nycmidnight.com/topic63332_post681316.html#681316" rel="nofollow - A Glass Worth |
Posted By: nobodyowens
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 1:35am
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Group 70 Action/Adventure A Catamaran Worm The Tale of Captain Silver Teeth When a Father takes his son on a treasure hunt young Alex discovers his family's past an inherits a unique heirloom to remind him of an important life lesson. First time trying this challenge 🙈 not sure how I'll do but it was quite fun to participate 😊 good luck everyone
------------- https://tinyurl.com/ydrpekbz" rel="nofollow - The Dutchman's Wife FF R1 2024 https://tinyurl.com/37e9vccz" rel="nofollow - Who Let the Dogs Out FFR2 |
Posted By: NERdling
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 1:35am
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Group 74 Ghost Story, a parlor, a humidifier Dearly Departed and Other Euphemisms for the Dead Chris encounters Olivia, the most popular girl at his high school, at his family’s funeral home. He shows her that the business of death is not as scary as some people think. ------------- https://tinyurl.com/fnl500" rel="nofollow - 500 Final https://tinyurl.com/nycm5" rel="nofollow - Archive |
Posted By: jennifer.quail
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 1:36am
I can't wait to read this one. ------------- https://forums.nycmidnight.com/topic66313_post706147.html#706147" rel="nofollow - Closing Costs |
Posted By: Wingardium Leviosa
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 1:36am
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Group 97: Mystery | A Toy Shop | A Revolving Door Mira’s Wonderful Tuesday Toy Shop
Timothy’s life became very weird, When his trousers and mother both disappeared. Did it have something to do with the toy shop That had been a law firm, then suddenly swapped? Didn't have much time for this one as I am in the middle of exams ------------- MF100 Final https://tinyurl.com/4xtzvvrd" rel="nofollow - Sarah Miller’s Graveyard of Lost Selves MF100 R2 https://tinyurl.com/24ywxdbh" rel="nofollow - Summoning a Spirit to Get Love Advice |
! The real mystery is how I am going to survive my exam tomorrow... Posted By: ZoeLou
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 1:38am
A poem! A wonderful toy shop! The mystery of the missing trousers! I'm hooked and so excited to read it!! ------------- All my NYCM work: https://bit.ly/3QV6sHG" rel="nofollow - Author Archive |
Posted By: toeditishuman
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 1:42am
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Group 73 - Suspense/A feast/A brick wall Whale Fall With the discovery of a fallen whale carcass on the deep ocean floor, a team of researchers sends a submersible to observe the unique ecosystem that blooms around it. But when the submersible is recovered without its crew, an investigator tasked with analyzing the footage finds the research team less than cooperative. I realised after the deadline that the version of the synopsis on the title page was different to the one I put on the submission form, and it's kind of a significant detail (I originally had the second line start with "But when the submersible doesn’t return"), so that's a bit annoying lol. Hopefully it won't matter too much, either way I'm just glad I got it in before the deadline!
------------- FF CH3 https://forums.nycmidnight.com/topic50270_post530885.html#530885" rel="nofollow - Eyes in the Field (sci-fi) FF CH2 https://tinyurl.com/2nww8x7t" rel="nofollow - Marbles (fantasy) |
Posted By: booklover13
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 1:43am
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Group 87: Political satire / monorail/ an energy drink Incentive
Gloria, a saleswoman for an energy drink company, rides the monorail to her job and attempts to sell energy drinks to exhausted workers. In a society where people are constantly struggling to stay motivated, the energy drink (named Incentive) offers a brief solution to a depressing problem. ------------- 2nd Place, SS, R1, G161 - https://bit.ly/3wK89hU" rel="nofollow - We Found Love in an UberPool (RomCom) |
Posted By: iress
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 1:44am
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Group 72 Horror / a night court / a mosquito Like Mother A star tennis player struggles with the court of popular opinion and a legacy of perfection. First time with horror in fiction! Had fun in large part to my amazing betas. Congrats all on submitting! ------------- https://forums.nycmidnight.com/topic67358_post715942.html#715942" rel="nofollow - SS R1 https://forums.nycmidnight.com/topic67101_post714516.html#714516" rel="nofollow - Scary Story R2 |
Posted By: Wingardium Leviosa
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 1:45am
ZOE!!!! THIS SOUNDS AMAZING!!! I love the title and the fantasy vibes and I can't wait to read it! ------------- MF100 Final https://tinyurl.com/4xtzvvrd" rel="nofollow - Sarah Miller’s Graveyard of Lost Selves MF100 R2 https://tinyurl.com/24ywxdbh" rel="nofollow - Summoning a Spirit to Get Love Advice |
Posted By: TessaK
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 1:45am
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Group 1: Ghost Story - Icebreaker - White Flag (Side note: I interpreted “icebreaker” to mean a ship rather than a social mixer) Where Terror Burns the Night The Northwest Passage is a graveyard of ghostly ships, broken by the thick, unforgiving ice. The crew of the SS Cocytus find that when the moon is high, the ghosts don’t always stay in the depths, and in an icy wasteland the line between life and death is too easy to cross. ———————- Looking at everyone’s titles and sypnosis makes me so excited to do peer reviews!!! |
Posted By: SumFemina
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 1:47am
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Group 3 Drama - an airstrip - a fishnet EQUILIBRIUM Newly married Chloe harbors serious second thoughts about her husband until a dark encounter with a stranger makes her appreciate what she has. ------------- https://forums.nycmidnight.com/topic58489_post631823.html#631823" rel="nofollow - Screenplay: The Perfect Downward Dog |
Posted By: Zero11
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 1:47am
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Group 100: Suspense / a rest area / a tree stump Flower Arrangement As she discovers the final piece, a forensic botanist finds herself the final piece of a flower arrangement of a serial killing in a rural area To be honest, these writing prompts felt really cliche to me. I struggled to find something creative to write. The one I wrote and LOVED is not the one I submitted, as I didn't have time to make the story work. But I have plans for that one. I really love these challenges! ------------- https://forums.nycmidnight.com/topic58099_post627682.html#627682" rel="nofollow - 2023 R2 250 |
Posted By: sfuji
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 1:52am
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Group 88 ——— Romance / Cable Car / an X-ray picture Deployment of the Heart On the brink of deployment, a couple spends their final hours together, taking in their favorite things, and each other. ------------- https://bit.ly/4c7KvBK" rel="nofollow - SS 2026 R1 https://bit.ly/3NUmdS6" rel="nofollow - 100 Micro https://bit.ly/3X99yKz" rel="nofollow - Author Archive |
Posted By: sfuji
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 1:57am
I second this motion! This looks juicy….. ------------- https://bit.ly/4c7KvBK" rel="nofollow - SS 2026 R1 https://bit.ly/3NUmdS6" rel="nofollow - 100 Micro https://bit.ly/3X99yKz" rel="nofollow - Author Archive |
Posted By: cford
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 1:58am
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Group 32/Historical Fiction/A Gasworks/Butterfly Bullets and Butterflies Aleksy, a former polish Gasworks factory worker reminisces on his memories of the building before and after world-war 2 as he writes to his beloved wife Kasia. I can not believe I got anything at all submitted. This was a completely new story done in 3 hours with that cringey title made up on the spot one minute before the deadline. I am really dubious about the quality but it was complete, 1000 words exactly and most importantly, submitted!! Big thanks to certain forum members for some pointed encouragement to not give up ------------- Happy Writing All! |
Posted By: sfuji
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 2:00am
YES! YES! YES! YES! YES! ------------- https://bit.ly/4c7KvBK" rel="nofollow - SS 2026 R1 https://bit.ly/3NUmdS6" rel="nofollow - 100 Micro https://bit.ly/3X99yKz" rel="nofollow - Author Archive |
Posted By: Aggie
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 2:01am
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Group 118: Sci fi / a ready room/ a porthole By far the best prompts I've gotten in a genre I actually write... struggled the most. Damn Cat A space officer realises she’s woken up with something worse than a hangover—and that every ship needs a cat. ------------- FF R1 G74 https://forums.nycmidnight.com/topic54082_post574445.html#574445" rel="nofollow - Paradise Beach (Crime Caper) |
Posted By: mhelgens
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 2:02am
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Group 72 horror/a night court/mosquito Courtroom Buzz When a man enters the night court riddled with Zika virus, Judge Stanton is relatively unfazed. It’s what follows that makes his blood run cold. Note: I had a bachelorette party out of state this weekend. I started writing the first draft of my story around 3 PM on Sunday. I haven’t skipped a flash fiction contest since I started several years ago, so I wanted to submit something. Not my best work, but it met the criteria and I don’t TOTALLY hate it 🤷♀️
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Posted By: Kali42
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 2:05am
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Group 44 - drama/ a traffic jam/ an eyedropper The Devil I Knew Scavenging a post-apocalyptic traffic jam, a woman sees a chance to escape her husband. But is the risk worth it? ------------- https://bit.ly/3n7L0kA" rel="nofollow - Archive MF100 R2 https://bit.ly/3SbAYyy" rel="nofollow - Protecting Him |
Posted By: ihavenoprocess
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 2:07am
You are so very right - these were fantastic prompts, and I struggled so hard with them too! I'm starting to think I can't write anything but romcom, and it's frankly depressing. Good luck group 118! ------------- https://tinyurl.com/yuaxk592" rel="nofollow - 250: Pieces of Yourself https://forums.nycmidnight.com/r1-g82-close-call-dad-knows-best-hist-fic_topic52971.html" rel="nofollow - 100: Close Call |
Posted By: mrscharleybrown
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 2:10am
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Fantasy/ A Lagoon/ A Kayak Concession When magic grants a young teenager’s wish for solitude, natural beauty fails to fill the void. ------------- https://forums.nycmidnight.com/topic49308_post519371.html#519371" rel="nofollow - FF84 Suspense The Box https://forums.nycmidnight.com/topic47819_post504384.html#504384" rel="nofollow - FF Concession/Fantasy/G84 |
Posted By: taaaylor
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 2:13am
Ahh I love the sound of this! Always love a ship cat in space. I hope you post <3 ------------- https://t.ly/-6-VL" rel="nofollow - 500-word R2 SSC 2021 winner |
Posted By: manifestlynot
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 2:15am
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Where my group 53 folks at?? Group 53 - Historical fiction / a town meeting / a rain barrel The (Once) Great Republic of Rough and Ready In April 1850, the residents of the small Gold Rush town, Rough and Ready, voted to secede from the state of California and the United States to form their own country. On July 4th, 1850, they realized they’d made a huge mistake. ------------- Rhyming R1: https://forums.nycmidnight.com/topic51185_post541412.html#541412" rel="nofollow - Lionheart (Hist fic) |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 2:18am
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Group 11: Horror / A roadblock / A wedding cake Pièce de Résistance.
Recognised as the ultimate luxury comfort food, Ange Déchu’s wedding cakes offer unique, sculptural works of art made using secret French artisanal baking techniques; and the freshest, locally sourced organic ingredients in the area.
“Five stars! Gabriel’s cakes are to die for!” – Anna Walker, wedding cake customer. Tuesday 1st June, 2021. |
Posted By: Vernacula
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 2:18am
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Group 1 Ghosties An Icebreaker White Flag THE LEGENDARY FRANKLIN
It’s one of the most famously haunted buildings in the world. And now one young
resident wants to know what tales the building—or its mysterious unofficial
historian—is willing to tell.
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Posted By: Bridget
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 2:19am
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Group 12 Mystery| An eating contest | A dishwasher Sweeter than Victory No-nonsense Susan doesn’t mind fair
competition, but she’s convinced that the rookie who beat her number one son
has a secret. ------------- https://forums.nycmidnight.com/topic68051_post720952.html#720952" rel="nofollow - MF100 R1 https://forums.nycmidnight.com/r2-g3-everyone-loves-a-capybara-drama_topic67621.html" rel="nofollow - MF250 R2 |
Posted By: Mister_Write
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 2:22am
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That was a wild ride! But I ended up with something , so yay haha. Group 66: horror/a castle/a battering ram The Obsidian Keep ------------- R2 SSC https://tinyurl.com/248kbtej" rel="nofollow - The Shepherd King (FT) R1 SSC https://tinyurl.com/4reruzt6" rel="nofollow - It's Never Too Late (romance, 3rd) |
Posted By: Will703
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 2:23am
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Group 79: Comedy / A man cave / A credit card I dread the comedy draw, but my amazing betas have assured me it's funny! Best of luck everyone, excited to read yours later this week :) The Scott Harringtons of the World Scott Harrington thinks he’s God's gift to the world. We’ll see about that.
------------- 250R2 https://tinyurl.com/2s3b3cuc" rel="nofollow - "What Any Father Would Do" 250R1 https://tinyurl.com/5n9xj62w" rel="nofollow - "An Elevator in Perspective" |
Posted By: lesleykg
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 2:25am
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Group 108: Ghost/swamp/jukebox The Hurricane A hurricane brings out a small town’s nameless, faceless dead . . . who are hell bent on revenge. |
Posted By: RumpleStinkbug
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 2:27am
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Group 72: Horror/ a night court/ mosquito The Offering Synopsis: Two brothers commit horrible atrocities while trying to survive in their tribe Good luck everyone! I was thrilled to get Horror, but I’m surprised how tame this story developed from a kid raised on reading Stephen King novels. |
Posted By: SZMerilainen
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 2:29am
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Group 26! Romcom | Chairlift | Petrol Jerry Can Two old friends ride a chairlift to perform an act of arson for undetermined reasons. Along the way, they reminisce on moments from their past and wonder about the future. Everyone's stories sound excellent, I'm excited to read them :D
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Posted By: northernwriter
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 2:41am
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Group 31: Historical fiction / an icehouse / a broom Seamstress, Mother, Warrior Wanted: English-speaking Native Alaskan seamstress to sew furs on Stefansson’s 1923 Arctic expedition to Wrangell Island - riches guaranteed. Based on a true story. ------------- Microfiction 2021: 4th place overall Flash Fiction 2020: 8th place overall |
Posted By: Reasonably_Crazy
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 2:49am
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Group 33: Crime Caper | movie theater | a sledgehammer Operation: F**k Jerry When a movie theater manager pushes his employees to the limit, they decide to give the film critics a premiere they’ll never forget. ------------- https://bit.ly/R2Gr6" rel="nofollow - FF R2: The Truth is Out There https://bit.ly/RCNyC" rel="nofollow - Links to all my NYC midnight stories! |
Posted By: halium
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 2:49am
Hello fellow heatsmate! Damn yours is intriguing! I don't have enough wits to plot a mystery so I present to you... The Case of the Missing Pies A girl must find the missing pies before the Independence Day Pie Eating Contest begins. ------------- 250 R2 https://tinyurl.com/ynav44d2" rel="nofollow - Ich Bin Keine Trümmerfrau (Hist Fic) https://tinyurl.com/mw87jc2w" rel="nofollow - NYCM Archive |
Posted By: taaaylor
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 2:59am
Holy sh*t I love this hahahah ------------- https://t.ly/-6-VL" rel="nofollow - 500-word R2 SSC 2021 winner |
Posted By: meegandavies
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 3:01am
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Posted By: meegandavies
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 3:03am
Love this! Look forward to reading :) ------------- https://forums.nycmidnight.com/ch1-gr46-the-great-creamery-caper_topic47927_post511352.html?KW=#511352" rel="nofollow - THE GREAT CREAMERY |
Posted By: Bridget
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 3:03am
Yay, a groupmate! It was a tough genre/location combination for sure... can't wait to read about your pies (I went with cupcakes )------------- https://forums.nycmidnight.com/topic68051_post720952.html#720952" rel="nofollow - MF100 R1 https://forums.nycmidnight.com/r2-g3-everyone-loves-a-capybara-drama_topic67621.html" rel="nofollow - MF250 R2 |
Posted By: theinquisitor
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 3:04am
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GR 106 | Horror | A rescue helicopter | A fishing pole
Thin Ice A search and rescue operation becomes a desperate fight for survival. ------------- https://shorturl.at/WllFm" rel="nofollow - MF250 R1 https://bit.ly/3aRQtG6" rel="nofollow - Archive |
Posted By: milesmum
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 3:04am
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R1, CH1, G95: RomCom/A Dress Rehearsal/A Bale of Hay God Hates Vags Jessie came to the school for a protest. What he got was an education. ------------- %5bURL=http://www.example.com" rel="nofollow - 250R1-The Butterfly Effect |
Posted By: LivStrom
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 3:13am
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G15 mystery / a bookmobile / string After getting mystery for FF last year and short story this year (and a few crime capers inbetween), I didn't feel like another detective / PI story. Might be stretching the genre but hopefully the judges will find it mysterious enough. What Would Sherlock Do Archibald drives a book bus through the Scottish highlands and starts connecting children’s disappearances. Channeling his favorite detective, he decides to investigate but maybe some mysteries are better left alone. ------------- //forums.nycmidnight.com/topic67205_post715556.html#715556" rel="nofollow - SS R1 Misspelled Youth (FT) |
Posted By: cjr169
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 3:19am
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Group 25: Spy/Police Station/Fire Hydrant Curtains A spy is telling the story of how he was captured to a man who doesn’t speak English while they both await their execution.
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Posted By: StopStalkingMe
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 3:20am
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Group 23 Action/adventure, launch pad, ambulance Tea Party Is there really one right way to react when your kid gets abducted by aliens? ------------- https://bit.ly/3BzcW6O" rel="nofollow - FF2021: Louise |
Posted By: cheddarbaked
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 3:22am
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Group 12 - mystery / an eating contest / a dishwasher THE DISH KEEPER Synopsis: A dish washer in the Emperor’s palace tries to figure out why her coworker—and best friend—has gone missing on the biggest festival day of the year. |
Posted By: milesmum
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 3:23am
This looks glorious! Please post it on the forum! ------------- %5bURL=http://www.example.com" rel="nofollow - 250R1-The Butterfly Effect |
Posted By: TeeHi
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 3:25am
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Group 84: Fantasy / Lagoon / Kayak LOST, AND FOUND Nessie and Jay travel far from home while on a Scavenger Hunt and are shocked by what they find. Now that I think about it, "Lost" is no longer apropos; fudgegonnit! ------------- https://bit.ly/4hWfF04" rel="nofollow - 2025 Scary R1 https://bit.ly/42BweaT" rel="nofollow - 2025 Rhym R1 TeeHi NYCM writes< |
Posted By: AndrewShootsScores
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 3:26am
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Group 33: crime caper / a movie theater / a sledgehammer Opening Night During a star-studded movie premiere, two hapless thieves try – and spectacularly fail – to pull a daring jewel heist. ------------- https://tinyurl.com/2mmwfskn" rel="nofollow - News You Can Use (2022 FFC / R2 / suspense) https://tinyurl.com/msn8bw4y" rel="nofollow - All NYCM Stories |
Posted By: alromanos
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 3:26am
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Group 62 (I think): Crime Caper / Manhole / Auto Repair Shop 1991 Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais Quad 442 W41 Alright geniuses, let me tell you what I’m gonna do: I’m gonna take my goshdurn car back. ------------- 500FC R1 '24 https://shorturl.at/Scjem" rel="nofollow - Under the Canvas Roof SC R1 '23 https://bit.ly/3zxc6I1" rel="nofollow - Don't Let Sleeping Dogs Lie (5th) |
Posted By: Aggie
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 3:31am
I think maybe it's because they fit together SO clearly. Like sci-fi + porthole, and a ready room being such a specific thing. The type of setting is quite narrow (though there is some room to play) so I think I also got a bit stuck on wanting to make it original. ------------- FF R1 G74 https://forums.nycmidnight.com/topic54082_post574445.html#574445" rel="nofollow - Paradise Beach (Crime Caper) |
Posted By: milesmum
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 3:33am
Please post this to the forums when the times comes. I would love to read it! ------------- %5bURL=http://www.example.com" rel="nofollow - 250R1-The Butterfly Effect |
Posted By: Aggie
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 3:35am
For sure! It definitely goes a bit silly... but silly seems to have been working okay for me so far. Can't wait to read yours as well, it sounds like a very interesting story with some very fun prompts :) ------------- FF R1 G74 https://forums.nycmidnight.com/topic54082_post574445.html#574445" rel="nofollow - Paradise Beach (Crime Caper) |
Posted By: AutumnBe
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 3:38am
I can't. ------------- 100 R1: https://forums.nycmidnight.com/topic68007_post720732.html#720732" rel="nofollow - Lite Brites 500 - 2nd Place Overall - https://tinyurl.com/4b6wnbfr" rel="nofollow - Simmering |
Posted By: TeeHi
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 3:41am
THIS, I 100% need to read! ------------- https://bit.ly/4hWfF04" rel="nofollow - 2025 Scary R1 https://bit.ly/42BweaT" rel="nofollow - 2025 Rhym R1 TeeHi NYCM writes< |
Posted By: FerretKittyMom
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 3:46am
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Group 17-- Suspense/A Borderlands/ A lantern Dark Watch Man's desire to shoot for the moon has dire consequences. ------------- Rhyming1 https://tinyurl.com/2v9arjw6" rel="nofollow - Bridging the Heartache Rhyming2 https://tinyurl.com/3uf4nyh6" rel="nofollow - The Restoration |
Posted By: FireHorse
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 3:48am
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Love in the Valley of Souls A sailor and a princess share a love which lasts when all is lost. Group 36: romance | a sailboat | an antler Forget romance, two days of romance is way more than enough. And don't talk to me about antlers! (prickly subject) As soon as we're allowed to post, I'm off to visit Group 20 for crime capers and then to check up on @ramblejamble's PTSD-stricken kite.
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Posted By: EMoon
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 3:56am
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Group 25: Spy / a police station / a fire hydrant (i see there's a couple of us here!) Espionage At Tiffany’s
“White cop’s phone, Koori woman’s nudes, ain’t a good mix.” Tiffany goes undercover on a mission to rescue her best friend’s dignity. I have no idea what the judges are going to make of what is, for possibly the first time in my life, a very markedly Australian story, but we'll see! I'm fully prepared to take the moral high ground of bitching about all the things they don't get. ------------- FFC22 Ch1: tinyurl.com/5n7yjtfe" rel="nofollow - Espionage At Tiffany's FFC22 Ch2: tinyurl.com/cmew2h8r" rel="nofollow - No Mortal Woman |
Posted By: AutumnBe
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 3:57am
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Group 75 | RomCom | A five-and-dime | A bat Candy Crush See your lifelong crush at a five-and-dime, spill gumballs everywhere, and then remind him that you nearly murdered him with a piece of wood. ------------- 100 R1: https://forums.nycmidnight.com/topic68007_post720732.html#720732" rel="nofollow - Lite Brites 500 - 2nd Place Overall - https://tinyurl.com/4b6wnbfr" rel="nofollow - Simmering |
Posted By: Ally
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 4:00am
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Group 8 Political Satire/A Skybox/Oil Deal of The Century High above a football stadium in a luxurious skybox the Most Powerful Men Of The United States (MPMOTUS) gather to chew the fat and fix gun laws once and for all ------------- https://tinyurl.com/e7t87rdv" rel="nofollow - MF100R1 https://tinyurl.com/ys65kkzu" rel="nofollow - MF250R1 FFR2 |
Posted By: AutumnBe
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 4:03am
MPMOTUS. ------------- 100 R1: https://forums.nycmidnight.com/topic68007_post720732.html#720732" rel="nofollow - Lite Brites 500 - 2nd Place Overall - https://tinyurl.com/4b6wnbfr" rel="nofollow - Simmering |
Posted By: Draiglas
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 4:12am
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Group 36 represent! - Romance/a sailboat/an antler The World Without You Two young women meet in a fantasy and struggle to find a reason to return to reality.
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Posted By: LeilaLay
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 4:13am
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Group 38: Fantasy (yay) | Cropland (okay) | A Food Stamp (nay) Nix and Alba A Queen takes extreme measures to control her wild Princesses and ensure they bear only her approved fruit. ------------- 500 '23: https://bit.ly/3t1OOdV" rel="nofollow - 1st 500 '24: https://bit.ly/47pdIDY" rel="nofollow - R2 SW:1st |
Posted By: bgg1996
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 4:14am
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Group 107: Spy / Fighter Jet / Rubber Band F-007 F-007 may be an airplane, but she's also an international superspy. Her mission is to infiltrate a secretive kingdom of magic to find out its secrets, but what happens when she discovers the truth? |
Posted By: FireHorse
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 4:15am
Don't know about the judges, but I'm ready to read more! ------------- https://bit.ly/4sEtR2k" rel="nofollow - MF100 R1 https://bit.ly/3UIKKH7" rel="nofollow - All (most of) my NYCM |
Posted By: FireHorse
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 4:16am
@Draiglas, you and me so far. Can't wait to see what you crafted.  ------------- https://bit.ly/4sEtR2k" rel="nofollow - MF100 R1 https://bit.ly/3UIKKH7" rel="nofollow - All (most of) my NYCM |
Posted By: orchaic
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 4:19am
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suspense / treehouse / 10-speed bicycle - group 76 Things are never easy A journey to the treehouse in the dark has unexpected consequences. This is the first time I have participated in a writing contest. I think this also may be the first time I've ever written flash fiction - I'm used to writing things that are much longer. Do you find it easier or harder to write something so short?
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Posted By: FireHorse
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 4:22am
First time I entered NYCM was Flash and it felt so short. Had to cut everywhere. Then I did the microfictions. Brutal. But boy do you learn to edit. This Flash my longest draft was 1017 words. ------------- https://bit.ly/4sEtR2k" rel="nofollow - MF100 R1 https://bit.ly/3UIKKH7" rel="nofollow - All (most of) my NYCM |
Posted By: fronny
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 4:24am
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Group 65 Horror/a debut/a baton Donelle
Shy and lonely Fleur hates her life but is delighted
when mysterious Donelle befriends her and calls her special. At her clarinet
debut as part of the Youth Orchestra Fleur is about to find out how special she
really is. ------------- https://forums.nycmidnight.com/ch-1-gp-19_topic18291.html" rel="nofollow - Sensory Projection Read my challenge #2 story titled https://bit.ly/2DeuyLp" rel="nofollow - The Liberation of Carlotta Sosa |
Posted By: Draiglas
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 4:24am
Ah I missed your synopsis. Just found it. I am excited to read. Sounds like we went very different routes! ------------- https://tinyurl.com/5yc2784p" rel="nofollow - MF250 R1 https://tinyurl.com/3jka54u9" rel="nofollow - Others |
Posted By: salgal80
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 4:27am
Hi, heatmate! This sounds terrific! I wanted to set mine in Alaska, but I was on a plane and couldn’t research so had to go more obvious. I can’t wait to read this!
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Posted By: TeganH
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 4:28am
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It was my first time entering (hurrah!) I was excited to get comedy - but not really feeling like I nailed it. Still, it was fun. Group: 89 Comedy / A dog day care facility / A report card Out of Area A dog-owner fibs on an application to enrol her pet at an elite day care centre, but her lies threaten to unravel when her dog performs a daring rescue that propels them both into the spotlight. |
Posted By: GenieAZ
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 4:32am
Ah... a group mate! I look forward to seeing what you've done with these prompts! :) ------------- https://tinyurl.com/ve4f53da" rel="nofollow - 500 R1 https://tinyurl.com/3pbp4z7p" rel="nofollow - FF R2 Story Archive< |
Posted By: salgal80
Date Posted: 13 Jun 2022 at 4:37am
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Group 31: historic fiction/ice house/broom The Other Side of the River At the turn of the twentieth century, a young man learns more than he bargained for on the other side of the river. I’ve wanted historic fiction for awhile, so when do I get it? When I have a handful of hours after the prompt dropped before getting in a plane for Europe (losing 6 hours for the contest because of time zones) with no internet for research, and almost a day of travel without internet. Wrote the story longhand in sleep deprivation and revised with major jet lag. Just goes to show ya, one can write in the worst of situations. Hopefully it’s historic enough. Best of luck to everyone. We’re all winners just for accomplishing the task!
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