May's Substack Spotlight

The Great Substack Prompt Celebration

Heather L Huffman

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Nicole Rivera

Jun 01, 2023

Many apologies for the late post. Heather, Nicole, and Jackie have had life stuff that has kept us extremely busy.

Earlier this month you posted your stories from the Great Substack Prompt Celebration. Thank you to those that participated. Our prompt participants are growing each month creating even more amazing fiction for our audience to read! Below are this month’s favorites.

Fan Favorite

This month’s fan favorite was a tie. Let’s all congratulate Brian Reindel and Scoot!!!

Brian’s story:

The Shadow Knights

Future Thief

The Shadow Knights

The Shadow Knights came at the witching hour. They rode on their black stallions, clad in black armor, the angry bray of horses and the clank of metal announcing their presence. There would be no negotiation or peace treaty. Boys and men were their bounty, and the rest were merely obstacles. I knew because my father had been…

2 years ago · 32 likes · 25 comments · Brian Reindel

Scoots Story:

Gibberish

Discovery

Hello all! This is my entry for Fictionistas “Let’s Write Together” activity which happened May 11th. 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! I cheated a bit—I told the story of before the cliff, not the story after. That’s just how it came out. …

2 years ago · 13 likes · 4 comments · Scoot

Heather’s Favorite

Where Am I? by Scott Ocamb.

Scott’s Stories

Where am I?

“Where am I?” “I think you know.” Benjamin’s gaze swept over the surroundings. He was met with an abyss of unending darkness. It wasn’t like a moonless night, where faint shadows and distant objects could be seen. There was no depth, no play of shadows, and no lingering sounds—only an all-consuming void of silence and bl…

2 years ago · 6 likes · 11 comments · Scott Ocamb

Your Favorite?

Get in the comments right now and let us know which story was your favorite of the month (even if they “broke the rules”). Let’s support our community by reading, and sharing, their fiction!

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

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Scott Ocamb

Jun 1, 2023

I liked https://mydragonswings.substack.com/p/nowhere-to-run .| I liked the world built in this story as well as the ending. As usual Brian did a great job, I always like his work | And I also Liked Scoot's story as well. I enjoyed this for sure, I will be back next month.

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Pennie R. S. Nelson

Jun 2, 2023

Nice job everybody. I'd have to re-read all the stories again to pick my favorite since they were all so good. But also thank you to Heather and Nicole for putting together another successful prompt celebration.

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