April 2026, 1st: Heart of Darkness (prompt: Fight or Flight)

Ken Cotterill

The big trucks came in one after the other, crunching across the loose gravel of the supply depot. The vehicles from Four Field Regiment, One

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April 2026, 2nd: The Primal Man (prompt: Fight or Flight)

Robert Beattie

He has a knife. I could only stare in mute comprehension. There was a substance-addled tilt to the man’s eyes, his arms and face were

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April 2026, 3rd: Hairy Encounters (prompt: Fight or Flight)

Lenka Wagner

I am 196 cm tall and weigh around 82 kilograms. Back in high school, my PE teacher called me ‘the perfect football specimen’. But I

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April 2026, 3rd: Who’s Jimmy? (prompt: Fight or Flight)

Fay McGrath

Something woke her. Puzzling. A sound. Not possums on the roof. Dingoes?  Blood-curdling pack howls had become a common occurrence. But she discounted that idea

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March 2026, 1st: Call and Response (prompt: Firefly)

Kathryn Ash

Summer swarmed around her. It wasn’t the joyous kind she was used to. This was violence. Northern summer came packing: hard slapping sun, punch-gut humidity,

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March 2026, 2nd: In the Garden (prompt: Firefly)

Jonathan Cornelius

That Friday evening in August I was already sitting at our mossy table in the garden when I saw Isabel crossing the lawn, feet bare,

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March 2026, 3rd: Fly Me to the Moon (prompt: Firefly)

David Hodges

‘I’m really ready for this!’ Birt the Fly donned his protective vest. ‘Those rockets are going to fly me right up to the moon!’  He

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February 2026, 1st: Deficiency (Prompt: Forgot)

Robert Beattie

‘Ah, Christ.’ The Vyvanse bottle was empty. I cursed myself: I’d meant to go to the chemist after work two days ago, but I’d been

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February 2026, 2nd: Mikey (prompt: Forgot)

Oonagh Prettejohn

Bel’s shadow appeared behind the screen door, face pressed against the flyscreen, ‘I wasn’t expecting anyone.’ There was a crackle in the shrillness of her

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February 2026, 3rd: Forgot (prompt: Forgot)

David Hodges

I thought I had forgotten those harrowing cries, the dying murmurs of those who lay across me. I had not. Nor had I forgotten the

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October 2025: The Great Gizmo

David Hodges

The Great Gizmo rolled himself a cigarette and rested his feet on his old chest. He drew the smoke into his lungs, savouring its flavour

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October 2025: Chop Chop

Clare Kelly

Eleanor jolted back to the moment. She must have drifted off. The neon-filled reality of her morning came into focus, and the buzz of her

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