Here's my story, entitled "Down the Drain," about a pinball wizard. It's longer than the 1000 limit but I thought I'd share it anyway. I also entered it into the first season of the Lunar Awards (https://lunarawards.substack.com/).
My story isn't set in that era as I wanted to put a speculative spin on things (I wasn't sure if the era was specifically part of the prompt) but it's still about an illegal underground pinball club:
Dear @Fictionistas - what a brilliant prompt! I love a good prompt that inspires a bit of historical research too. Due to time-zone differences I wasn't able to participate in the group event, and my current story is almost 1,600 words (so probably won't count), but I thank you very much for the prompt as it inspired me to write this yarn that would have otherwise never come into being, Here is!
Lovely art of the thinking writer!
The artist was sharing her joy over it earlier in Notes:
https://substack.com/profile/57512166-meaghan-mcisaac/note/c-14981763
Is life really like a pinball machine??
https://postcardinkblot.substack.com/p/diversion
Here's my story, entitled "Down the Drain," about a pinball wizard. It's longer than the 1000 limit but I thought I'd share it anyway. I also entered it into the first season of the Lunar Awards (https://lunarawards.substack.com/).
https://storycauldron.substack.com/p/down-the-drain
Here’s my story, “Pinball: <A game of overkill.>” about a pinball.
https://open.substack.com/pub/quenntis/p/pinball-a-game-of-overkill?r=fuy3r&utm_medium=ios&utm_campaign=post
My story isn't set in that era as I wanted to put a speculative spin on things (I wasn't sure if the era was specifically part of the prompt) but it's still about an illegal underground pinball club:
https://mlaugustin.substack.com/p/timeball
Not really a story - just a fragment - https://nibbins.substack.com/p/contraband Thanks for setting this up - it was an interesting challenge
Pinball, illegal and highly competitive.
https://reddoscarwrites.substack.com/p/pinballers-of-new-athens
Dear @Fictionistas - what a brilliant prompt! I love a good prompt that inspires a bit of historical research too. Due to time-zone differences I wasn't able to participate in the group event, and my current story is almost 1,600 words (so probably won't count), but I thank you very much for the prompt as it inspired me to write this yarn that would have otherwise never come into being, Here is!
https://christopherdeliso.substack.com/p/the-stowaway