Flash!Mob June26: PLAYING WITH FIRE

The FLASH!MOB prompt for June 2026 is PLAYING WITH FIRE

300 to 1k wobbly words... any genre... any style... go wild with the whatifs!

What if...

• a camping trip takes a turn for the worse when some friends accidentally summon a fire demon who threatens to ignite a forest fire...
• the local busybody matchmaker can't help interfering in a love triangle that is more complicated than it looks...
• you overhear a dangerous secret and can't help but investigate...
• casting a fireball spell has unexpected consequences...

Any of these or whatever springs to mind... have fun and happy writing.

Deadline: 28th June 2026

Please email stories to: submissions@harveyduckman.com with the subject line FIRE and please check out our submission guidelines so you know what you're letting yourself in for (original work only, fiction or creative non-fiction welcome, no AI, no fee, no royalties, for fun only, minimal admin and correspondence, all proceeds to the Harvey project for future stuff...).

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If I miss out your story, it's probably an oversight... please give me a shout and I'll fix it asap.

A note on wobbly word counts: 300 words is just a rough guide... anything up to 1k words or so is fine xx