Fictionette

BOOK PRIZE FOR BEST ENTRY: 
Mr Nobody by Catherine Steadman
The past holds its power over them . . .He wants to remember. She needs to forget.
A man is found barefoot and barely conscious on an empty Norfolk beach in the middle of January. He is unable to speak and without identification.
Interest in the case is sparked immediately. At the hospital they see him as a medical mystery. The press calls him Mr Nobody, and everybody wants answers.
Who is he? And what happened to him?
​When neuropsychiatrist Dr Emma Lewis is asked to find out, it’s the opportunity of a lifetime. It also means returning to the small town in Norfolk she was forced to leave fourteen years ago. Pushing bad memories aside, she is determined to help her new patient.
A man who doesn't remember, and a woman who remembers too much.
He shouldn’t know anything about her.
Especially not that.

A one-off contest based on the Lost Twin prompt..
Identical twins, separated at birth - a mistake made by a nurse -
The twins are raised by different parents.
Later in life a twin moves to a village, unaware that his/her twin lives just a few streets away.
The twin who has lived in the village most of his/her life uses the same corner shop on a daily basis.
One morning, the shop-keeper, says "Hello, (name)." to the twin.
The twin stares at the shop-keeper with a blank expression, pays for a newspaper and leaves without a word.
The twin enters the shop later that day 
and the shop-keeper asks, "... what was wrong with you this morning?"
The twin says, "What do you mean? I wasn´t in this morning."
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Entries must be typed in English
Entries must be original
Entries must be no longer than 1000 words
Entries must be previously unpublished
Entries must have a title - the title will not count in the 1000 words
This challenge is Free to Enter and Open to UK-Residents Only
Closing date: May 31st 2023 at 7pm
Send one entry, per writer, in an attachment via EMAIL 
Please type: 'The Lost Twin' in the subject line of the email.
Winner will be announced by the 10th June and wins the following international bestseller:

WINNER
It Can't Be by Vivienne Moles

Let's Write was a weekly flash fiction challenge held on the Fictionette website from:
18-3-23 to 26-5-23
Below, are the challenges that were run each week. 
WEEK 11 - Winner & runner-up to be announced on the 2nd June 2023
Your prompt, for our final week - an image
No more than 400 words
Please remember to tile your story! (Title excluded from the 400-word limit)
WEEK 10
Story title must be All’s well that ends well and the story must contain the line
the graveyard was empty.
Maximum Word Count: 225 (excluding title)
WEEK 9
This week, your flash must continue on from this opening line...
Pauline had watched them both for weeks.
Give your story a title! It won't go towards the word count.
Words: minimum 60 to a maximum of 200
WEEK 8
This week, the title for your story is: Something for the Pain
Maximum of 150 words
WEEK 7
This week, your flash must continue on from this opening line...
I saw him crying in the...
It can be dialogue or narrative.
Give your story a title! It won't go towards the word count.
Words: minimum 100 to a maximum of 250
WEEK 6
This week, include all the following elements in you 500-word (max) story...Your protagonist is a woman in her early twenties, who is very bold.
Your antagonist is a long-lost family member who turns up in the middle of the night.
Your protagonist takes control of the situation.
The theme is - opportunity.
WEEK 5
This week your flash must be related to this title:
Tears Before Bedtime
Minimum 200 to a maximum of 400 words
WEEK 4
This week your flash must contain the following line of dialogue somewhere in the story..
"It's not real, is it?"
The title, you give your story, does not count in the word count of a minimum 120 to a maximum of 350
WEEK 3
This week your flash fiction story must be 100 words exactly
To confirm your story is exactly 100 words, we use Wordcounter this helps with hyphenated usage etc - as long as the word count on Wordcounter reads 100, your entry is spot on!
Just copy & paste your story (not the title) in the box provided on Wordcounter and it will give you the word count.
Theme: Green-Eyed Monster
Title of the story must be placed at the top of the comment (doesn't count in the 100 word limit) Make sure you title your story!
WEEK 2
This week your flash fiction story must include the following three words anywhere in the text of the story - You could use one word from the three in the title and the other two in the story if you like:
abysmal - frightened - broken
Minimum word count 100 to a maximum of 350
WEEK 1
This week your flash fiction story title is: And Then You Were Gone
The title does not count in the word count of a minimum 200 to a maximum of 400

​Star Submissions
The Reason Caramels Make Me Cry by G. Lynn Brown
Shell by Alyson Faye
Sugared Almonds by Belinda Crowther
Weddings and Funerals by Phil Temples
Selected Submissions
Exhibit A by Jack Dowd
Under the Knife by Howie Good
Float On by Percy Olsen
Christmas Cards by William Doreski
Theft by Scarlet MacKenzie
Tower 42 by Kevin Owen
Love and Hate: Yorkshire Weather by Jane Copley
East Wall by DS Maolalai
Our New House by John Grey
Down in the Valley by Debbie Milner
Hillside Avenue by Peter Mladinic
The Star by Daisy Blacklock
Choices by Sam Szanto
The Wave by Belinda Crowther
Fall Guy by Alyson Faye
Dive by David Rae
Doves by David Rae
The Mean People in Banana Hats by William Doreski
A Bills & Moon Romance: Copenhagen by Kevin Owen
Murder on a Monday by Jo Bodley
Reservations at Café bord de Mer​ by Liz Lydic
Hanger Isn't A Laughing Matter by Rory Ffoulkes
Canary by World Fluxe
The Box of Pastries by Ciaran Buckley
Payday by Nick Young
Harry Gets a a Do-Over by Caroline Taylor
Mexican Orange Blossom by Joseph J. Dowling
My Backup; Myself by Rob Hartzell
Those Who Control the Means of Reduction by Rob Hartzell
How to Smash the Graveyard Session by Helen Chambers
The Holiday Let by Jane Copley
Her Hands, My Anchor by Suann Amero
Footsteps in the Snow by Alvaro Rossi
Mango Milkshake in Summer by Swetha Amit
​An Unexpected Diagnosis by Dave Clark