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Summary: Under threat, a witch must do a vampire’s bidding. Forest & Fawn's "Vampire & Werewolf Challenge" The story must contain the prompts: 1) Vampire and/or werewolf 2) A family recipe 3) A cursed object 4) A character who signs a contract She could not fail; to do so would doom her family. Besides, she signed a contract with Miss Courvante of the Sanguine Family, and if she did not complete it based on the terms dictated, she would forever be enslaved to the ca

ARCHETYPE EDITING’s 150 word Spooky Microfiction Challenge Entry Prompt: a confined space. “Rumors say this house is haunted,” Steven taunted from the other side of the kitchen cabinet door. “Let’s find out.”   Katie realized she was tricked, he lied that there was a kitten trapped in the bottom kitchen cabinet. There was no kitten, even though she heard it mewling.   Now she was trying to push with all her might against the cabinet door her big brother kept shut with his lar

4 X 100 word drabble. Professor Percekay helps the new librarian with a sticky situation Silently skulking down the hallway, looking for errant students out past curfew, Edmund came upon Miss Muliebrile grumbling under her breath. “Stupid lock, why are you fighting me,” she groused, repeatedly trying to shove a key into a stubborn lock. “Is there a problem, Miss Muliebrile?” It did not escape the professor’s eagle-eyed attention that the Academy’s new librarian was quite a co

Writer's Weekly 24-Hour Fall Short Story Challenge Entry Prompt: The sagging porch faced east. Beyond the field of rotting pumpkins, a blood moon was rising. After a long day of moonshining, the two men alternated swigging from the same jug. They’d both heard the stories. They knew they had to get inside before the moon turned orange. Then, they noticed a little girl in a white dress skipping in their direction... Stories need only touch on this topic in some way to qualify.

Writer's Playground Eleventh Challenge, 1955 words: Summary: A queen laments her imprisonment and the curse her husband, the king, suffers. Trigger warnings: mental health issues and reference to drug usage Peering through the bars of the ancient tall tower in which she was imprisoned by her son, Prince Energumen, Queen Doloris could see nothing but desolation beyond. “I fear that I shall not be able to free you, my beloved husband. And if we escape, a vast wasteland lays bey

Tadpole Press October Mini Moon 10 Words or Less Writing Challenge Entry Smoldering leaves, rotting pumpkins, ominous moon.  Autumn full of portent.

Forest and Fawn micro flash challenge I won’t bore you with some Zen cliché about never stepping into the same river twice or treasuring each precious moment as it is fleeting or sand through the hours glass crap. Just accept it and move on. You can’t go back, can’t change the past. This is your new reality, so suck it up because the clock is ticking and it’s not going to wait while you navel gaze and wonder how it’s going to be going forward.

Archetype Editing romantasy short story challenge entry. WARNING: graphic sexual content and mild gore Prompt elements: Event: A masked...

Winner of an Honoorable Mention from WritersWeekly 24-Hour Short Story Contest (833 words) Prompt to be included: Did she just see what...

Forest & Fawn Friday 100 word prompt challenge: an enchanting encounter The train rocked back and forth as it trundled along. She had...

Entry for the Forest & Fawn Faerie Short Story Writing Challenge (1995 words) Summary: Alfhard, a fae, goes on a voyage to another world...

A sea shanty from the WIP manuscript, "A Sylvan Tale" Lyrics by Elise Betz, music/composed/performed by Andre Menegazzo In my current...

Story Street Review Short Story contest entry. Prompt: Summer Sadness (100 words) Unfurling my habiliments upon Summer’s hedonistic...

Gotham Writers’ 10 words or less Very Short Story Contest 2025 Entry Earth exploded. “Now what?” God shrugged. “Third time’s the charm.”

One sentence horror prompt: A summer serial killer known as "The Squirrel" Friday flash fiction writing prompt by Tyler Poole on Bsky...

Gotham Writers April 25-word short story submission. Prompt: “comic” His pantomimes portraying misery made them laugh. The more despair...

Gotham Writers March 25-word Contest Submission. Prompt – at first glance Meeting her fiancé’s best friend then, at first glance, he was...

53 Press: 53-Word Story   May Contest “A Promise” Tilling the soil with the gritty, powdery mixture, she was upholding her promise to...

Tadpole Press May writing contest entry (99 words) She had danced towards his embrace since the day she was born. As a child, he was a...

Writer's Weekly 24 hour Prompt: She was on her annual trek to the Spring Fair to obtain that one essential item. She walked quickly,...