2023 February Flash Fiction Challenge: Day 23
Write a piece of flash fiction each day of February with the February Flash Fiction Challenge, led by editor Moriah Richard. Each day, receive a prompt, example story, and write your own. Today’s prompt is to write about a ride-sharing service.
For today’s prompt, write about a ride-sharing service. It could be a known one, a brand-new one, or one on another planet ... the choice is yours!
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. Fingers crossed there are no tech hiccups!)
Here’s my attempt at a story about ride-sharing services:
Transportation
Halfway through the drive, the baby falls asleep. Blessed silence. He glances at the woman folded in his backseat, one hand tucked into the car seat, the other gripping the seatbelt across her chest so tightly her knuckles were bloodless.
What he knew about her: She was headed to the airport—one small suitcase, one diaper bag, one very small baby. She was alone. She hadn’t checked her phone once.
Quietly, he said, “Is there anything I can do to make you more comfortable?”
“No,” she said, voice low and worn like your grandfather’s favorite button down. “No, I’m OK.”
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.
