Theme: Write a story about the complex relationships between humans and artificial intelligence as this new form of "life" assimilates...

Fallstreak by Dale E. Lehman Editors' Choice The January theme prompt, Weather Warnings, ended on February 15, with the final accepted...

Theme: Write a story in which a special day plays an important role. A special day may be a holiday or a national observance of some sort...

Editors' Choice The December theme prompt, Treasures, Brightly Wrapped, ended on January 15 with the final accepted entry published on...

Theme: Your challenge this month is to write a story in which the weather or climate is an important plot element. Our monthly theme...

Editors' Choice The November theme prompt, Feasts with the Beasts, ended on December 15 with the final accepted entry published on...

Theme: Your challenge this month is to write a story where the main character discovers something surprising about themselves. Something...

Editors' Choice The October theme prompt, Machine in the Ghost, was an enormous success! We received a bunch of fascinating,...

Theme: This month we’re looking ahead and behind at the same time. Did you ever hear how aliens gave the ancient Egyptians the blueprints...

Theme: We challenge you to write a piece of flash sci-fi in which mechanical or AI contrivances imitate, replace, or become someone who...