This post is part of Writer’s Digest February Flash Fiction Challenge. Flash Fiction is a short, often under 1,000 words, style of writing. I hope you enjoy my 28 contributions! Day 22 Prompt: Play With Form “LA Command – Calling all units – An Amber Alert has been issued for Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura Counties –…
Author: ryanhougardy
Movie Night
This post is part of Writer’s Digest February Flash Fiction Challenge. Flash Fiction is a short, often under 1,000 words, style of writing. I hope you enjoy my 28 contributions! Day 21 Prompt: Something That Scares You “Come on, you guys!” Megan pleaded. She was standing in the center of the aisle with her hands on her hips. Sarah and…
The Card
This post is part of Writer’s Digest February Flash Fiction Challenge. Flash Fiction is a short, often under 1,000 words, style of writing. I hope you enjoy my 28 contributions! Day 20 Prompt: An Unopened Letter “Bye Grandma… Bye Grandpa!” Haley hugged her grandparents tightly. “Thank you again for the gift – I really appreciate it.” She shut the front…
The Pursuit
This post is part of Writer’s Digest February Flash Fiction Challenge. Flash Fiction is a short, often under 1,000 words, style of writing. I hope you enjoy my 28 contributions! Day 19 Prompt: An Argument The tires squealed as their car ripped around the corner, sending Kate flying against the passenger door. She grunted as she pulled herself back into…
Celestial Queen of the Jungle
This post is part of Writer’s Digest February Flash Fiction Challenge. Flash Fiction is a short, often under 1,000 words, style of writing. I hope you enjoy my 28 contributions! Day 18 Prompt: Fake Dating Profile The picture immediately above the profile description is a zoomed-out photo of a field of flowers amidst a bright blue sky. If you squint…
Computing for Grandmas
This post is part of Writer’s Digest February Flash Fiction Challenge. Flash Fiction is a short, often under 1,000 words, style of writing. I hope you enjoy my 28 contributions! Day 17 Prompt: Second-Person How-To It was a sunny Saturday morning and Kathleen woke up determined to send her family an email. She scooted over to her sewing room that…
Chem 101
This post is part of Writer’s Digest February Flash Fiction Challenge. Flash Fiction is a short, often under 1,000 words, style of writing. I hope you enjoy my 28 contributions! Day 16 Prompt: A Boring Situation That Becomes Exciting They were now one month into the Fall semester and just a month away from midterms, however, the collective opinion of…
Take a Deep Breath
This post is part of Writer’s Digest February Flash Fiction Challenge. Flash Fiction is a short, often under 1,000 words, style of writing. I hope you enjoy my 28 contributions! Day 15 Prompt: A Character That Needs to Take a Deep Breath I got up at 6:13, two minutes before my alarm, like I somehow always managed to do. I…