Novel Kicks Fiction Friday: The Inheritance
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 Inheritance.
You discover a hidden compartment in your grandmother or grandfather’s house containing a journal with entries dated from 50 years ago. The final page describes a choice they made that day—one that changed everything.
However, the crucial entries in the middle have been deliberately torn out, and the handwriting becomes increasingly frantic toward the end.
Write a story revealing what happened during those missing years and why your grandparent removed those pages. Was it shame, protection, or something else entirely?
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Novel Kicks Fiction Friday: The Collector
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
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Today’s prompt – “The Collector”
Your character works a job where they interact with hundreds of strangers daily. One day, they notice something: a regular customer always buys the same item, but never the most obvious version of it. They buy the slightly damaged book instead of the pristine one. The shirt with the barely-noticeable stain. The dented can. The last apple in the bruised bin.
Curious, your character starts paying attention. They realize this person is deliberately choosing things that others have rejected or overlooked.
When your character finally asks why, the answer changes everything. It reveals a philosophy, a grief, a mission, or a secret that forces your protagonist to see their own life differently.
The story ends with your character making a choice that mirrors what they’ve learned.
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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 Lost Person.
Your character is channel surfing and land on a channel that doesn’t appear in the guide.
It’s showing live footage of somewhere ordinary—a street, a café, a park.
Suddenly, your character recognises someone in the crowd.
Someone from their past who has been missing for years.
Who is this person? What relationship did your character have with this person?
Continue the story.
by Novel Kicks Fiction Friday: The Repeating Encore
Welcome to Fiction Friday, our weekly flash fiction challenge.
Here’s how it works:
Set a timer for five minutes and start writing
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Today’s prompt: The Repeating Encore.
Your band finally gets its big break: a sold-out stadium show after years of playing dingy clubs. The energy is electric. The crowd is screaming. You’re in the zone, playing better than you ever have.
by Novel Kicks Fiction Friday: The Aquarium’s Night Shift
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 Aquarium’s Night Shift –
You’ve taken a job as the night curator at the city’s largest aquarium, a role no one else seems to want. Your responsibilities are straightforward: monitor the tanks, feed the fish, maintain water chemistry, and ensure the building’s security until morning staff arrives.
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