Flash Fiction Challenge
October 22, 2020, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a spooky tale told around a campfire. It doesn’t have to include the campfire; it can be the tale. Go where the prompt leads!
Respond by October 26, 2020. Use the comment section below to share, read, and be social. You may leave a link, pingback, or story in the comments. If you want to be published in the weekly collection, please use the form. Rules & Guidelines.
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The Popping Cinders!
We sat close to the flames. With each pop a cinder would be released; we would hold our breath to see where it landed. My grandpa had told me that when a cinder pops and lands on the skin, it is landing on the skin of a vampire. No one believed me. With each pop we jumped a little, hoping the cinder didn’t land on our own leg.
Pop!
The bright, burning cinder popped up into the air, made an arc and started coming straight back down, ready to land on….
All I could do was hold my breath…
(99 words)
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Here goes.. Be gentle.. 🙂
https://www.kathleenhowell.com/general/flash-fiction-challenge-creepy-tale-around-the-campfire/
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I was right at that fire! Yikes. Those kids are going to be scared all night with that vampire in their midst.
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hahaha, I didn’t think anyone would think it was a good ghost story!
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OMG. After my own heart!! I would love to participate with a creepy tale.. (rubbing hands together)
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Your story gave me chills and yet, it’s written so well from a child’s perspective, giving the fright a sense of wonder.
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I tried to recall those days as a kid when we would try to tell scary ghost stories. We would do “Light as a feather, flat (?) as a board”
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Aw I love this little story, it pops with magic. 🙂
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