2023 February Flash Fiction Challenge: Day 16
Write a piece of flash fiction each day of February with the February Flash Fiction Challenge, led by Managing Editor Moriah Richard. Each day, receive a prompt, example story, and write your own. Today’s prompt is write about someone getting exactly what they want.
For today’s prompt, write about someone getting exactly what they want.
Remember: These prompts are just starting points; you have the freedom to go wherever your flash of inspiration takes you.
(Note: If you happen to run into any issues posting, please just send me an e-mail at mrichard@aimmedia.com with the subject line: Flash Fiction Challenge Commenting Issue.)
Here’s my attempt at writing about someone getting exactly what they want:
Satisfaction
He’d done it; he’d won.
The tears had leaked salty and earned over his grin. There had been cheering, champagne bottle popping, a party with too much booze and not enough of those little finger foods with quail eggs on top—not a pig-in-a-blanket in sight.
The trouble came two days later. He sat in his house, overwhelmed by the quiet. He’d worked his whole life for this one thing. Now he had it.
The rest of his days yawned out ahead of him, murky, muddied. Was it possible to reach for something else? Was it selfish to even try?
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.
