Novel Kicks Fiction Friday: An Unusual Commute
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: An Unusual Commute.
Every morning, you take the same train at 7:42 AM. Same seat. Same routine. One day, you notice a passenger across from you is reading a book with your name on the spine as the author—but you’ve never written a book. The cover shows a publication date from three years ago and your face is on the back.
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Novel Kicks Fiction Friday: The Unfamiliar
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 Unfamiliar –
You wake up in an unfamiliar room with no memory of how you got here.
by Novel Kicks Fiction Friday: The 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 Stranger
You wake up to find someone making breakfast in your kitchen. They move through the space like they’ve lived here for years.
When you ask who they are, they smile sadly and say, “I’ve been waiting for you to finally see me.”
by Novel Kicks Fiction Friday: The Last Broadcast
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 Last Broadcast.
You’re a radio presenter finishing your final show after twenty years on air. As you’re about to play the closing song, you notice something impossible in the station’s call-in system: a message from yourself, timestamped five minutes in the future.
It contains a single instruction that will change everything you thought you knew about tonight.
by Novel Kicks Fiction Friday: The Door
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 Door
Every morning, a new door appears in your home. It’s never in the same place twice, and it’s always locked.
Today, you notice it’s slightly ajar—and you can hear your own voice coming from inside, having a conversation with someone you can’t quite make out.
Your hand reaches for the handle.
What are you about to discover?
by Book Club
