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I'm happy to announce that Apocalypse Wow, my anthology of stories from Flash Fiction Month 2025, is now available(ish, as it'll take a while to reach the various storefronts). I'm less happy to announce that this involved figuring out how to manually create an EPUB on New Year's Eve, as Draft2Digital no longer seems to recognise my standard manuscript format. https://books2read.com/u/3ylNRe
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Damon L. Wakes Dec 31

We're into the final 12 hours of 2025, so I guess it's now or never to get a publication date for this year's Flash Fiction Month anthology that's actually this year. #FlashFiction #FlashFictionMonth

Damon L. Wakes Aug 1, 2025

I have now been doing #FlashFictionMonth for more than 40% of my lifetime and I'm not sure how to feel about that.

Damon L. Wakes Jul 31, 2025

For Day 31 of Flash Fiction Month 2025, a story about finding beauty in a non-post-apocalyptic world. Having now tackled this event 14 years in a row, this is the 434th story I've written for it!
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https://damonwakes.wordpress.com/2025/07/31/finding-beauty-again/

Finding Beauty Again

Flash Fiction Month 2025, Day 31 Challenge #14: Write a story that inverts an element of the previous story. The stag stood majestically on the crest of the hill, antlers aglow with the golden ligh…

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Damon L. Wakes Jul 30, 2025

For Day 30 of Flash Fiction Month 2025, a story about a search for beauty in a post-apocalyptic world.
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https://damonwakes.wordpress.com/2025/07/30/finding-beauty/

Finding Beauty

Flash Fiction Month 2025, Day 30 Kathkarna observed the creature. The creature observed back. The archives recorded a majestic mammal with bony protuberances upon its skull, but though the animal b…

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Damon L. Wakes Jul 29, 2025

For Day 29 of Flash Fiction Month 2025, a wild west parody that's sure to tumble your turnips.
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https://damonwakes.wordpress.com/2025/07/29/as-good-as-a-wink/

As Good as a Wink

Flash Fiction Month 2025, Day 29 Challenge #13: Write a story that features a made-up idiom. “It’s just like they say…” Tom “Tommy” Thompson cocked his six-shooter. “Don’t eat the biscuit if you ca…

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Damon L. Wakes Jul 28, 2025

For Day 28 of Flash Fiction Month 2025, a brand new Girth Loinhammer story! For those who haven't encountered him before, Girth is a "Dungeon Lord" running the sort of dungeon you'd expect to find in a typical fantasy RPG. Unfortunately, everyone else mistakes it for a different kind of dungeon altogether...
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https://damonwakes.wordpress.com/2025/07/28/girth-loinhammer-and-the-annals-of-history/

Girth Loinhammer and the Annals of History

Flash Fiction Month 2025, Day 28 “Okay. Yikes.” The head goblin slave stared around the throne room, entirely unsure what to make of it. “Are we running the dungeon…differently…now? Because if so I…

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Damon L. Wakes Jul 27, 2025

For Day 27 of Flash Fiction Month 2025, another new take on a familiar fairy tale.
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https://damonwakes.wordpress.com/2025/07/27/the-fisherman-and-the-golden-flounder/

The Fisherman and the Golden Flounder

Flash Fiction Month 2025, Day 27 There once was a fisherman who lived with his wife in a hovel on a barren coast. The sea there was not fruitful, and more often than not the couple’s daily meal wou…

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Damon L. Wakes Jul 26, 2025

For Day 26 of Flash Fiction Month 2025, a story I've been meaning to write for quite some time. If you only read one of these, consider making it this one.
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https://damonwakes.wordpress.com/2025/07/26/killing-a-little-time/

Killing a Little Time

Flash Fiction Month 2025, Day 26 Challenge #12: Write a story set in one of the decades of David Bowie’s career. It must include a song (though not necessarily one of Bowie’s) from the …

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Damon L. Wakes Jul 25, 2025

For Day 25 of Flash Fiction Month 2025, a superhero parody that only sort of marks the point at which I start introducing parallel dimension versions of existing characters.
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https://damonwakes.wordpress.com/2025/07/25/meanwhile-at-the-society-of-rectitude/

MEANWHILE, AT THE SOCIETY OF RECTITUDE

Flash Fiction Month 2025, Day 25 “I’d like to introduce a new addition to our superhero team.” There were groans from all around the cafeteria. “Great! Just what we need!” sighed Tsar Kazm. “We let…

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