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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October 2025: Community Values

Philippe Savidis

‘You gotta invest in the community,’ said my dad, ‘that is the only protection you got against the sharks and shysters.’ It was the only

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September 2025, 1st: Goldfish

Ken Cotterill

The curtains hung like curtains do, heavy navy blue drapes with splashes of red and yellow on them. They looked expensive, decent curtains. The pattern

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September 2025, 2nd: Moisés

Jonathan Cornelius

And the Lord said unto Moses … Behold, I will stand before thee there upon the rock in Horeb; and thou shall smite the rock, and

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September 2025, 3rd: Water

David Hodges

Water has always been with me; when I was a kid, I lived by the banks of the River Mersey, and when the thick, murky

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August 2025, 1st: Easy Money

Jeanette McInnes

Life hasn’t been fair to me. After leaving school, I tried to join the police. They said I was one centimetre too short, but I

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August 2025, 2nd: My Final Breath

Robyn Kienzle

When I take my final breath of our carbonated air, I hope my family, of all ages, will be there, I want them to know

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