Musing on the old saw that it takes a village to raise a child, it seemed like it might be quite a good prompt. All sorts of ways you could take this…
No genre, no limitations other than it must not be NSFW.
Let the muse take you where you will …
Word count: Whatever you can get written in the time limit! 1-2k seems like a good idea, but if you can tell your story in 500, go for it. 5k feels like the top end though.
Deadline: 2pm GMT on Friday 8th February 2019.
Don’t forgot, if you miss the deadline, you can always post your story to our #TortoiseFlashFiction page
As always, please post a link to your blog in the comments below, or send your story to us via the contact us page and we’ll post it for you.