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 Thursday, January30, 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!
This was a fantastic prompt. And, in true discovery writing fashion, it started in one direction, then took a creative turn toward a theme and embraced it. Thanks for the opportunity.
My story is a continuation of the one from last month's prompt, which concerned a bullied youth and his imagined companion:
https://thestrangenesskit.substack.com/p/supratika
This episode sees the protagonist coming to a reckoning with his tormentor - warning, quite violent toward the end.
https://thestrangenesskit.substack.com/p/the-low-hanging-fruits-of-the-liberty
This was a fantastic prompt. And, in true discovery writing fashion, it started in one direction, then took a creative turn toward a theme and embraced it. Thanks for the opportunity.
Sometimes, in college, you learn much more outside the classroom. https://vincewetzel.substack.com/p/extra-curricular
That was quite original. :)
I am on vacation and had to write this on my phone. I hope it still works: https://open.substack.com/pub/jimminns/p/the-toecutter?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=wtc3f
Interesting. I liked the analogy.
My story is based on two cards - magnify and fight the giant. - https://nevenapascaleva.substack.com/p/nina-and-the-wolf