Weekendwritein Stories

We are a friendly group of writers who enjoy writing and sharing weekly flash fiction stories of 500 words or less. Everyone is welcome to join. Follow this profile for a one word prompt that is published each Friday. Post a link to your story in the appropriate chapter for each week's prompt. Be sure to check back to read and comment all the stories submitted.

A collection of 500-word stories for @The_Weekend_Write-In

This is a collection of quirky, tragic, serious, intimate, scary, and humorous flashfic all written with the goal of less-is-more! So take five minutes, relax and read a story, because the dishes can wait, the lawn isn't going anywhere, and if you're working from home, your boss will never know. Most of these stories were written in conjunction with the weekly prompt used in the Weekendwritein WP group. The story prompt is indicated in parenthesis with a hashtag. Additional flashfic outside of this collection is published on my WP profile. Cover photo: "Carrots" by Bob Shepard (Flickr) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode

The Weekend Write-in is a group of writers who each week draft and share a piece of flash fiction of 500 words or less inspired by a one word prompt released every Friday. If interested follow the link below. https://www.wattpad.com/story/400213593-the-weekend-write-in-volume-6 TheWriter'sDen (Kitra Writes) can be found in Discord. Hosted by Struggo. https://discord.com/channels/713402078378065940/713403036357361776 I reversed the order so oldest are last and newest are first.

Ragnhild Eilifsdotter is a Huldrekin, people related to the trolls of Norway, but more human-like. The men kept the people living under hill for centuries, so as soon as they were let out she moved to Seattle to experience some freedom. Unfortunately even the New World has rules and Ragnhild has to do a favor for a troll, always a tricky prospect.

Legends of the Scarab is set in the Earth-F continuity in and around the fictional TRIPLE CITIES - CHICAGO, CENTRE CITY and YORK CITY. It's its own bubble far away from New York and LA, where the original public domain Blue Beetle and related characters dwell!

500-word anecdote for the January 30, 2026 weekend write-in prompt - cough

Various short stories written to prompts over the year. -'Slip-up', Weekend Write-In 09.01.26 - prompt: 'freeze' -'Bad Boy', Weekend Write-In 23.01.26 - prompt: 'louche'

My second volume of 500-ish word stories based on the Weekend Writein prompts.

500-word story for the July 18, 2025 weekend write-in prompt - downpour

100-word banter for the January 23, 2026 weekend write-in prompt - louche

Flash fiction for the Weekend Write-In

Every weekend the WriteOn (by Kindle) team challenged us to create a 500-word short story from a given prompt. This is a collection from my brief time there.

Just an oddball collection of drabbles. (Each drabble is 100 words. Sometimes even less!)

I'm back from a cross-country RV trip--it was full of wonder! I played with old memories during the long hours on the road. This memory is special to me, it's tweaked a bit to fit the prompt and word count. Weekend Write-In for 6th April 2018 "full": In 500 words, tell what happens when it's full

I'm trying to use this quarantine period to motivate myself to write again. Most of these stories are inspired by the Weekend Writein 500 word prompt generously provided by Paul Westley. This anthology is dedicated to Winter Silverberry.

Some Earths are off the beaten track. Some of the heroes you might encounter there are a bit off maybe. Take Earth-Aus for instance. It's ... well, see for yourself in the Bleedin' Adventures of Spidey-Mate (good bloke) and his bloody amazing friends! Coming (cancelled) soon: The adventures of the mighty Social Justice Warriors! Join our heroes aboard their orbiting inclusive space HQ ... the SAFE SPACE. See how to do heroes the right and appropriate way as The Hacktivist, G-Fluid, Inclusion, Citizen Global, Trans-Porter, PoC, Professor Liberal, The Woke, Virtue and Signal, Non Binary, Iceflake and others are led by their (voted in and approved by committe) team coordinator, the daring caped social crusader, The Progressive! Thrill as the team condems one of their own in ... "The Trial of the Feminist!" Watch as they spend half their time fighting rival super team The National Patriot Champions of America. These and many more adventures await you!

500-word drivel for the July 4, 2025 weekend write-in prompt - flag

Short stories in the 450 to 600 word range, mostly my entries in Write On's Weekend Write In, but other shorties as well.

God, as a sophomore, gets an undeserved bad grade and a very disturbed teacher tries to set him up with an all-time-bad guidance counselor. Jimt