The Prompt
People often react to weather in unexpected ways. What weather events haunt you? Alternatively, what weather simply annoys you? Maybe a sudden gust of wind blows your character’s hair up, or an untimely frost nips their tomato plants. Put your character in the path of a coming storm, or set them a thousand miles away, watching the storm on the news. What happens after the storm has passed? Try to capture the heart of your story in one-thousand words or less.
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Myna Chang
Myna Chang is the author of The Potential of Radio and Rain (CutBank Books). Her writing has been selected for Best Microfiction, Best Small Fictions, and WW Norton’s Flash Fiction America. She hosts Electric Sheep SF and publishes MicroVerse Recommended Reading. Find her at MynaChang.com or on Bluesky at @MynaChang.
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