February's Substack Spotlight

The Great Substack Prompt Celebration

Heather L Huffman

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Nicole Rivera

Feb 23, 2023

created by Heather Huffman using Canvapro

Last week you posted your stories from the Great Substack Prompt Celebration. First thank you to those that participated. We loved the fresh take on each story written to the same prompt. Below are this month’s favorites.

Fan Favorite

Nicci Kadilak’s A Better Relationship received the most likes, and became our fan favorite.

Nicci’s Notes

A Better Relationship

I wake up to the sound of Angela retching. “You okay?” I mumble, but she’s already flung the covers onto my side of the bed and closed half the distance to the bathroom. She stops and straightens. When she turns to me, her eyes are clear. “Actually, yeah,” she says, “I am now. What on earth was that…

2 years ago · 5 likes · 4 comments · Nicci Kadilak

Heather’s Favorite

Telephobia by Scoot was a stand out for me. They way they used the dialogue to not only convey the message but to show how different people can be was beautiful.

Gibberish

Telephobia

Hello all! This is my entry for Fictionistas “Let’s Write Together” activity which happened February 9th. The idea is to write a short story, 1,000 words or less, on the prompt provided. Details about how all this works can be found here: So this represents my entry. The prompt is fun and I enjoyed thinking about this. I hope you enjoy…

2 years ago · 5 likes · 6 comments · Scoot

Nicole’s Favorite

Even before clicking on Quenntis’s Heaven Sent Us A Zombie Virus I knew I was going to want to shine a spotlight on it this month simply because of the dedication to the platform features in Substack. Not only did Quenntis write us a story, he read it and recorded it for us! Beyond that, his world building in this story transported me to a whole new world that was part doomsday and part hopeful. Click below to enjoy the read and the listen:

a body of words

Heaven Sent Us A Zombie Virus

2 years ago · 5 likes · 1 comment · Quenntis

Join Us Next Month

Be sure to look for next week’s post. It will include information on the next writing prompt party. Happy writing, have an inspired day, and don’t forget to share this with your fiction writing friends.

I’m Heather, creator and face behind Sprinkled Inspiration. If you’re looking for more prompts I’m your girl! I post daily prompts and Have a feature Friday where other creatives share a prompt of their own. Join Here

I’m Nicole creator of all things Stop Writing Alone including a podcast, a YouTube channel, and a Substack community hosting multiple monthly Live Zoom Events for writers seeking community. If you are ready to truly stop writing alone, join here.