#SixWordStories Showcase: April 9th - April 23rd

A type of Flash Fiction, six word stories are (very) short stories with an exact word count: six words. SixWordStories is the place where, alongside quality, quantity really does matter. Though these stories are so brief in length, they can be as profound, if not more, than the prose and poetry you see and read every day, partly because six word stories can tell us so much and yet contain so little.

In our feature articles, we will be showcasing selections of the wonderful six word stories submitted to our bi-weekly word and theme prompts. New bi-weekly prompts will also be announced here.

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Word Prompt: My Finger

FlinchNaïve to danger
Pricked my finger. walk down the aisleRing on my finger?
         yeah right... :thumb295299498: SWS - My FingerMy finger and thumb writing together. Six Word Stories: SurgeonPills, pressure.
My finger slips.
Pain. PapercutDammit! One slice of my finger...:thumb295897514: :thumb296265387: My Finger Prompt                       My finger strums, lightly plucking strings. six word storyMy finger and your mouth. Meow. WearyI crook my finger, beckoning death. A Good ReleaseCutting My Finger.
It's a Release.  My Finger!Wrote college essay; amputated my finger. A New CreatorWith my finger
I teach madness. SWS My Finger"Pull my finger."
"Grow up!"
*Giggles* Blood boundI cut my finger. Friends forever.  :thumb297397538: I Can't Feel YouMy finger searches,
Grasping for purchase.

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Theme Prompt: Doppelganger

DoppelgangerContemplating his reflection, it leered back. It's Just a Hologram Clone"TWO...of YOU?"  "...Yes."  "...Just. Wonderful..." Doppelganger PromptSomewhere out there: a productive me. SWS - My DoppelgangerComing for you, my moral twin. Switching livesMy mirrored image, please take over. The MirrorShadow unto shadows, eyes locked snarling. I don't listen to her anymoreEvil incarnate...  
           or simply my reflection? Doppelganger- My 7th 6 Word StoryHE DIED... NOW HE LIVES AGAIN! The Other MeThere's someone
else
Living my
life... You A Stupid HoShe wants my life.  It's hers. My DoppelgangerI saw myself falling slowly...peacefully DoppelgangerCan't They See?
Yes They Can. SWS DoppelgangerMe in stereo
pained ALL ears! Doppelganger"But I wasn't there last night!" Fetal Twin AbsorptionDevoured in utero;
no longer "twins."

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The Next Round of Bi-Weekly Prompts!

Word Prompt: Prophet
-> Submission Folder


Theme Prompt: Conformist
-> Submission Folder


Submissions for these prompts will be accepted from Monday, April 23rd to Monday, May 7th.

Please take into account the Prompt Guidelines before submission.

Also be sure to read our guidelines about what makes a six word story.

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Suggestions

If you have suggestions for a prompt that we could do, send us a note with the subject Prompt Idea! and make sure to include what type of Prompt it is for (either 'Word' or 'Theme').

If you have queries regarding prompts, contact mode-de-vie or 3wyl.