2025 February Flash Fiction Challenge: Day 21
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 about where the devil goes on vacation.
For today's prompt, write about where the devil goes on vacation.
(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 set where the devil goes on vacation:
Father-Son Trip
In his off-time, The Devil—who preferred Lu, thanks—liked to visit Thingvellir National Park. Icelandic tourism was picking up (TikTok had not been his best idea, in retrospect), but it was still worth it to escape the humidity and horrors of Hell.
He was more than a little surprised when God asked if He could come along. It wasn’t as if they never talked, but their father-son relationship had definitely changed after the whole casting-out thing.
“It’s peaceful,” God had said.
They looked out over the landscape, soft moss and craggy rocks.
“Best place you ever made,” Lu said.
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.
