2025 February Flash Fiction Challenge: Day 14
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 to write from the perspective of a well-known character.
If you've followed my WD career at all, you'll know that I love fan fiction (and I write it too)! It's an amazing space that can help you by giving you a framework and safe space to practice various aspects of your craft. Here are some of my favorite fan fiction-related topics here on the WD site:
- What Is Fan Fiction in Writing?
- Writer's Digest Presents: Fan Fiction and Retellings (Podcast, Season 2, Episode 4)
To honor my love of fan fiction, today's prompt is to write from the perspective of a well-known character.
(Note: If your story gets flagged for review, be patient—we will be releasing comments every few hours throughout the weekdays of this challenge. Our system randomly flags comments for review, so just sit tight and wait for us to set it free! If you run into any other issues with posting your story, 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 a story from the POV of a well-known character:
The Aftertaste of Blood
Mina would never admit to missing the vampire’s bite. It would be death. She sees it sometimes, the wariness in those around her, even after so many years. They sense that the woman who went under Dracula’s spell was not the one who came out of it. But as she washes Quincey’s grass-stained trousers, stirs soup on the stove, lays down at night with Jonathan, she reminisces on the power that strengthened her hands, the connection between them. His low voice in her mind. She’d been more than a wife, a mother; she’d been a god.
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.
