FFM Links - 28 July 2018

You've made it this far. Your feet are weary. Your fingers bandaged and calloused. You wake up screaming most days, your skin slick with the cold sweats. Or maybe it's not like that at all. We'd like to say that with only three days left we approach you with a cool washcloth for your clammy forehead and a hot cup of tea for your soul, but you know just as well that it is DESTINY that calls your name and demands sacrifice.  TODAY, WORD-WARRIORS, YOU SHALL COMPLETE YOUR FINAL NASTY-ASS CHALLENGE AND DECLARE YOURSELVES VICTORS.

Flash Fiction Month is about writing – and posting – a story between 55-1000 words in length every day during July. Each day we'll upload a deviation where you can post your story for the day, with optional prompts, themes, and the occasional challenge.

Once a week or thereabouts, we’ll be giving you a fiendishly difficult and unpleasant challenge; a task so evil, so heart-stoppingly awful that you’ll wonder how we can sleep at night. Today is one such day.

Paste a link to your flash fiction piece for July 28 in the comments below. If for some inexplicable reason you decide to complete today's NA Challenge, let us know by declaring “Nasty Ass Challenge” in your comment as well.

If you write a story every day this month, and complete every challenge, the muses whisper from the bottom of the sea tales of your greatest feats, your longest journeys, and the bright shining reward of glory all contained in a single household object. Behold!

  CREATE A RELIGION -  This challenge requires you to create an entirely new religion or mythology to be referenced in the story. The mythos may be implied, or it may be delved into as deeply as you want, so long as it is clear that it is a theme.

  MORAL QUANDARY -  There must be a scene depicting a moral quandary of some sort that can be resolved, or not, by the end of the fic. 

  LANGUAGE BARRIER - What's that you say? Within your fic there must be a foreign language present in some way that the protagonist cannot understand. This language can be real or made up, it's up to you, you brilliant soul, so long as it is clear that it cannot be understood by your hero.

 CRISIS OF FAITH - FINALLY, please incorporate a crisis of faith; it should be clear that someone (or someones) are clearly and seriously questioning deeply held beliefs and commitments.

If you completed the challenge, remember to put Nasty Ass Challenge in the comments below, because you earned it.

Everyone needs encouragement from time to time. Remember to support your fellow flashers (and be supported in kind) by reading and commenting on a story every day. A little support goes a long way, and keeps the flash fiction spectres at bay.

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