Flash!Mob July: ALL THE KING'S HORSES

The FLASH!MOB prompt for July 2025 is ALL THE KING'S HORSES

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

What if...

• all the horses in the king's stable turn to frogs one night...
• a centuries-long curse can only be broken by fixing a long-lost item...
• a relationship torn apart could destroy everything... but some things can't be mended
• all the king's horses decide to rebel and break free from their ceremonial duties, creating havoc in the city...
• a pact is broken by betrayal... what will it take to put those loyalties back into place?
• the outcome of a chess game rests in the next move by the knight... can it be that simple or does the king have another plan?

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

Deadline: 30th July 2025

Please email stories to: submissions@harveyduckman.com with the subject line HORSE 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, all proceeds to the Harvey project for future stuff...).

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