Novel Kicks Fiction Friday

Novel Kicks Fiction Friday: The Last Library

It’s Friday which means it’s time to start writing some fiction.

Fiction Friday is our weekly writing flash fiction prompt.

The aim is to write for a minimum of five minutes and then keep going for as long as you can.

Don’t edit, just write. Once you’re done, you’re welcome to share in the comments but there’s no obligation.

 

Today’s prompt: The Last Library

 

You discover a library that exists in the space between closing time and opening time—it only appears during those specific hours. The books here are different: they contain stories that were never written, conversations that were never had, and lives that were never lived.

Tonight, you find a book with your name on the spine.

Write what comes to mind.

Consider exploring:

What story does the book contain?
Why does this library exist, and who maintains it?
What choice must you make before dawn arrives and the library disappears?

 

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Novel Kicks Fiction Friday: The Sound Only You Can Hear

It’s Friday which means it’s time to start writing some fiction.

Fiction Friday is our weekly writing flash fiction prompt.

The aim is to write for a minimum of five minutes and then keep going for as long as you can.

Don’t edit, just write. Once you’re done, you’re welcome to share in the comments but there’s no obligation.

Today’s prompt – The Sound Only You Can Hear.

For the past week, you’ve been hearing a faint humming sound that no one else can perceive—not your friends, family, or doctor. It’s constant but varies in pitch depending on where you are.

Today, you traced it to its source: it’s coming from inside your own body.

When you finally figure out what it is, you realize you have to make an impossible decision about whether to tell anyone or keep it secret.

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Novel Kicks Fiction Friday: The Lighthouse Keeper’s Secret

It’s Friday which means it’s time to start writing some fiction.

Fiction Friday is our weekly writing flash fiction prompt.

The aim is to write for a minimum of five minutes and then keep going for as long as you can.

Don’t edit, just write. Once you’re done, you’re welcome to share in the comments but there’s no obligation.

Today’s prompt – The Lighthouse Keeper’s Secret

You inherit your grandmother’s remote lighthouse on a rocky peninsula, expecting a quiet retirement project. But on your first night, you discover a hidden room beneath the lamp chamber—one that doesn’t appear on any blueprints.

Inside, you find dozens of journals dating back decades, all written in your grandmother’s hand. The entries describe strange lights appearing in the fog offshore, always on the same night each month. The final entry, dated three weeks ago, reads simply: “They’re coming back. I won’t be here to guide them this time. Will you?”

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Novel Kicks Fiction Friday: Connecting The Lines

It’s Friday which means it’s time to start writing some fiction.

Fiction Friday is our weekly writing flash fiction prompt.

The aim is to write for a minimum of five minutes and then keep going for as long as you can.

Don’t edit, just write. Once you’re done, you’re welcome to share in the comments but there’s no obligation.

Today’s prompt – Connecting the lines. 

Create a story using the following prompts. Each one is the inspiration for the next paragraph –

. Your character tells a lie for the first time in their life.

. They run into someone they knew from school but pretend not to know them.

. They call for a taxi, but it takes its time getting to them.

. There is a celebration, but it’s quickly ruined.

Have fun.

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Novel Kicks Fiction Friday: Rollercoaster

It’s Friday which means it’s time to start writing some fiction.

Fiction Friday is our weekly writing flash fiction prompt.

The aim is to write for a minimum of five minutes and then keep going for as long as you can.

Don’t edit, just write. Once you’re done, you’re welcome to share in the comments but there’s no obligation.

Today’s prompt – Rollercoaster.

Your character is addicted to a themed rollercoaster. Whilst visiting the theme park, they ride it as many times as they can.

However, it’s coming to the end of the evening and closing time is near. They find they are the last and only person to experience the last run of the day.

When they reach their favourite part however, there is a blinding light which forces them to close their eyes for a moment.

When they open them again, they find themselves in the real world on which the ride is based. 

Write about what happens next. 

Have fun. 

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