27 Days 27 Stories

A flash fiction writing challenge. 27 prompts to have fun with!

  1. You really should return this library book. But that’s going to be a little difficult now...

  2. A train station. But no trains ever seem to stop there.

  3. An old god, who no one believes in anymore.

  4. A fortune cookie message: It isn’t safe. You should leave, quickly.

  5. You don’t remember that being there...

  6. They said you could take any bottle from the cellar. You find one on a secluded shelf, with strange writing on it.

  7. You’re lost. You’ve definitely never walked down this street before. And something about it seems strange.

  8. 8 minutes.

  9. Everyone thinks this flower is extinct. But here it is, blooming.

  10. You probably shouldn’t find this tempting. But you do.

  11. No human has ever set foot here before.

  12. A secret, hidden amongst the flowers.

  13. The only job you could find was to be a clown.

  14. She always looked forward to Winter. That was the only time they could be together.

  15. The floor was smooth, and smelled faintly of sesame seeds.

  16. Every time you tell a lie, it comes true.

  17. You wake up with a metallic taste in your mouth. You look around with sore eyes. Well, this isn’t good...

  18. “After careful consideration, my professional medical opinion is that you appear to be cursed.”

  19. This photograph must be at least 100 years old. But that’s definitely you in the picture.

  20. The quickest way home is to walk through the woods. But you’re being watched by someone. Or something.

  21. The furthest from home you’ve ever been.

  22. It’s a beautiful day. There’s wind in the trees, warm sunlight, and birds in the sky. Wait, those aren’t birds. And what’s wrong with the sky?

  23. A place in a city where, for some reason, car batteries keep dying.

  24. A support group for ghosts.

  25. The internet has gained consciousness. It’s lonely.

  26. Like everyone else, you go out during the night to see the comet. But that’s not a comet.

  27. A traffic accident on the highway spills a truckload of dice all over the ground. All of them land on 6.