Flash Fiction February
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Here it is.
My entries for Bradley Ramsey’s FFF competition.
The main aim was to write daily to train my stamina for April. With regards to that, I am still on track. I have had a few pleasant surprises on top of this, too, which I will share in a post after this is all over.
Just a reminder that I will be off Substack in April to focus on my WIP. I will be back after. If you have any urgent need to contact me, I will answer Discord messages.
NOTE: I know I write mostly cosy stories before this, so be warned that there are some entries that are NOT COSY AT ALL. Be mindful of the Happy Warning Scales before you proceed. If you would like to recommend any adjustments to the scale for any story, just let me know in the comments!
Day 1: Sci-fi, dark
Happy warning scale: “What the..” rating 10/10, death by snu snu.
Day 2: Sci-fi, dark
Happy warning scale: “What the..” rating 8/10, deals with cult, God turning against you.
Day 3: Cosy Fantasy
Happy warning scale: Cosy rating 10/10, a morning and evening cosy ritual between a couple.
Day 4: Cosy fantasy
Happy warning scale: Cosy rating 10/10, cat POV.
Day 5: Fantasy
Happy warning scale: Cosy rating 6/10, dwarf hiding in a sanctuary, raising dragon babies while a war goes on outside.
Day 6: Dark Sci-fi
Happy warning scale: Bug horror rating 8/10, undersea exploration.
Day 7: Horror
Happy warning scale: Twisted rating 8/10, death from chronic illness, complicated relationship.
Day 8: Comedy Sci-fi
Happy warning scale: Annoying kid rating 10/10, has audio recording.
Day 9: Thriller-ish, comedy-ish
Happy warning scale: Pretentious bums rating 8/10, murder of said pretentious bums.
Day 10: Cosy Sci-fi
Happy warning scale: Cosy rating 9/10, has a star-dragon, has audio recording.
Day 11: Psychological horror
Happy warning scale: Downward spiral rating 10/10, recollection of murder, workplace bullying.
Day 12: Cosy fantasy
Happy warning scale: Cosy rating 9/10, because it’s stressful to choose between two outcomes.
Day 13: Non-fiction.. sort of
Happy warning scale: Sadness rating 8/10 (I cried, writing this. This is for my grandparents.)
Day 16: Thriller Sci-fi
Happy warning scale: Skynet rating 6/10
Day 17: Adventure Comedy
Happy warning scale: Mental trauma from flying cockroach 10/10
Day 18: Grimdark Sci-fi
Happy warning scale: Hopelessness rating 7/10, deteriorating mind.
Day 19: Cosy sci-fi
Happy warning scale: Cosy 10/10, and a pleasant twist at the end.
Day 20: Horror
Happy warning scale: Gore 10/10, bittersweet zombie romance.
Day 21: Horror
Happy warning scale: Liminal space horror… 5-7/10? I don’t know, I’m not good at being scary lolol..
Day 22: Sci-fi
Happy warning scale: No one dies. Alien POV.
I appreciate your ratings. It shouldn’t matter, likely, but I find I get depleted when I read too many things that make me sad, horrified, or sick with concern. It’s not that I don’t like the stories, but it takes part of me, it feels, and I’m less able to feel creative myself.
And there seems so much of that in the world, outside of stories. So I’m largely choosing not to read them.
So, thank you.