Mail’s Here!
Every writer needs a little inspiration once in a while. For today’s prompt, you’ve got mail.
Mailboxes have always fascinated me—growing up on an isolated country lane, we had one bright white metal box on a tilted wooden pole. When I went to college, we had a little humid room with floor-to-ceiling gold slots on the wall. At my spouse's apartment in grad school, the building was a 1920s hotel converted into individual units, but it still had original metal filigree from when the building was new on their mailbox covers.
For today's prompt, set your story wherever your character gets their mail.
Since obtaining her MFA in fiction, Moriah Richard has worked with over 100 authors to help them achieve their publication dreams. As the managing editor of Writer’s Digest magazine, she spearheads the world-building column Building Better Worlds, a 2023 Eddie & Ozzie Award winner. She also runs the Flash Fiction February Challenge on the WD blog, encouraging writers to pen one microstory a day over the course of the month and share their work with other participants. As a reader, Moriah is most interested in horror, fantasy, and romance, although she will read just about anything with a great hook.
Learn more about Moriah on her personal website.
