Novel Kicks Fiction Friday: The Tide Line
Welcome to Fiction Friday, our weekly flash fiction challenge.
Here’s how it works:
Set a timer for five minutes and start writing
Keep going for as long as you can once the timer goes off
No editing allowed—raw writing only
When you’re finished, feel free to share in the comments (but there’s no pressure.)
Today’s prompt – The Tide Line.
Every morning, the tide leaves something unusual on the beach outside your character’s home: a single glove, a child’s shoe, a perfect blue shell. One morning, it leaves something that belongs to them—something they lost years ago.
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Novel Kicks Fiction Friday: The Countdown
Welcome to Fiction Friday, our weekly flash fiction challenge.
Here’s how it works:
Set a timer for five minutes and start writing
Keep going for as long as you can once the timer goes off
No editing allowed—raw writing only
When you’re finished, feel free to share in the comments (but there’s no pressure.)
Today’s prompt: The Countdown
A radio host begins receiving calls from listeners describing a nightmare they all had: a tall figure standing at the foot of their beds, counting backwards from ten. The calls stop when the final caller says, “It’s at number nine.”
Then the studio lights flicker, and the host realises the counting has started again—this time from inside the booth.
by Novel Kicks Fiction Friday: The Wrong Name
Welcome to Fiction Friday, our weekly flash fiction challenge.
Here’s how it works:
Set a timer for five minutes and start writing
Keep going for as long as you can once the timer goes off
No editing allowed—raw writing only
When you’re finished, feel free to share in the comments (but there’s no pressure.)
Today’s prompt: The Wrong Name.
Every morning, a woman visits the same little café on her way to work. She orders the same coffee, sits at the same table and exchanges a few words with the owner.
One Tuesday, the owner greets her by a different name.
by Novel Kicks Fiction Friday: The Name on the Ticket
Welcome to Fiction Friday, our weekly flash fiction challenge.
Here’s how it works:
Set a timer for five minutes and start writing
Keep going for as long as you can once the timer goes off
No editing allowed—raw writing only
When you’re finished, feel free to share in the comments (but there’s no pressure.)
Today’s prompt: The Name on the Ticket
Your character arrives at a train station and buys a ticket for the next train. Everything seems ordinary until the ticket prints.
The destination is correct. The time is correct.
But underneath the passenger’s name is a handwritten message:
“Whatever happens, don’t get off at the third stop.”
by Novel Kicks Fiction Friday: The Familiar Stranger
Welcome to Fiction Friday, our weekly flash fiction challenge.
Here’s how it works:
Set a timer for five minutes and start writing
Keep going for as long as you can once the timer goes off
No editing allowed—raw writing only
When you’re finished, feel free to share in the comments (but there’s no pressure.)
Today’s prompt – The Familiar Stranger.
Your character is at a crowded coffee shop, grocery store, or public place when someone stops and talks to them like they have known them for years.
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