RESTACK the stories you read in Substack Notes to expand the discoverability of all the participants in this prompt party! (One of my fav ways to do this is by highlighting a favorite sentence and restacking with that. More about restacking here.)
Your fiction MUST be written to the prompt in the previous post.
Your fiction must not exceed 1,000 words.
We will only read Substack or view-only Google Doc links, in other words…
This thread is for LINKS ONLY*
Post by 11:59 Eastern time Friday, February 28, 2025
What happens next:
You read the stories shared in this thread and share them (New to restacking? See this article.)
We read the stories in this thread an share them
The other participants read the stories in this thread and share them
All participants enjoy expanded exposure for their story and fiction substack pages!
*Note: Please use this thread for links and likes only—share your comments with the writers on their Substack page OR in your Note when you restack them!
A ruthless Roman soldier at the crucifixion of Christ is swept into a surreal vision of time and destiny, confronting themes of fate, redemption, and the transformative power of art.
https://open.substack.com/pub/matthewmurray/p/party-of-the-century?r=1i4zjw&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
A disaster narrative based on the prompts and also an anecdote from WW2 told by my father and uncle.
https://thestrangenesskit.substack.com/p/ululations
It was a pleasure to participate in this month's Fictionistas Prompt Party. In this story, a friendly game by the gods creates calamity. https://vincewetzel.substack.com/p/bonus-fiction-the-gods-were-playing
I liked working with picture prompts. Can we do it again?
https://docs.google.com/document/d/11C_xYWa9tS1sO9II1ySLWWAEoQpLxSJ9WxDGZgGD9lo/edit
https://jimminns.substack.com/p/gaius-and-the-crescent-moon
A ruthless Roman soldier at the crucifixion of Christ is swept into a surreal vision of time and destiny, confronting themes of fate, redemption, and the transformative power of art.
https://substack.com/home/post/p-157850510
The prompts were really fun!
I have to remember how much I always end up loving the fiction that comes from Rory's Story Cubes!
https://open.substack.com/pub/storyhoarder/p/snow-globe?r=nlyn9&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true