Tag: fiction
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NYCMidnight to Host Their Two Story Writing Challenge 2026
This looks like a fun and interesting challenge! Microfiction isn’t everyone’s thing, but it’s something I quite enjoy. This contest sees participants writing a pair of 300 word stories. I love that each and every entry will receive feedback. That’s valuable. I also gey the impression from the testimonials that the feedback given in previous…
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Twelve Minutes
I only came in for bread. The place was half‑empty. It was the kind of lull where the staff looked briefly feral with freedom before remembering they’re on camera. I took a basket even though I didn’t need one; it felt like the sort of day where you pretend you’re more organised than you are.…
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Puddle, Late Afternoon
She was ahead of me on the pavement, blazer slipping, bag thumping against her hip in a way that suggested the day had not been kind. The puddle wasn’t remarkable; a shallow spread of rainwater collecting whatever the street had dropped into it. It gave her pause as she considered it with the seriousness of…