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  1. Colin Weston

    If it’s unopened, she never left…

  2. K.M. Bennett

    Behind drywall, I find the letter. (6 words)

  3. Mercedes

    What means “by invite only” but free?

    • Mercedes

      I mean: do I need a invitation to submit a link?

      • Erica Drayton

        The writing prompt is “by invite only” how you interpret that for your story is completely up to you.

        • Mercedes

          Ah, ok. I was thinking that you needed to invite me in some Way to send the story. Thanks for the reply!

  4. Gina Lyn Cox

    Don’t open the door; they’re here. (6-word story)

    • Gina Lyn Cox

      You’ve over stayed your welcome, Mr. Stone. This gathering is invite-only and you’re not on the guest list. Now take yourself and that cheap vodka back to your lodgings and stay put; this family has enough problems without you here. You don’t need to see what happens behind closed doors. (50-word story)

      • Gina Lyn Cox

        The vacation is ending—the girls are exhausted, and we are ready to go home. Disney World was magical, even if my husband is missing. Shawn has been gone for over two years—his missing person posters are plastered all over our hometown. As I pack our bags and the girls sleep, a light knock at the door catches my attention as a gray envelope slips underneath. The writing on the front says, “FOR INVITE-ONLY,” with my name and our hotel room number scribbled on the back. Ripping it open, I find a note that says, “SAVE ME. FOLLOW THE CLUES.”

        (100-word-story)

  5. Scott MacLeod

    Edward and invitation, sliced opened, declined. (6 words)

  6. Scott MacLeod

    The Postal Service can trace its roots to 1775 and is generally reliable. Still, the courier game is rife with misadventure. From lost letters to pilfered checks. But is there any sadder fate for a parcel than that encapsulated in these six short words. Orgy invite delivered, alas too late. (50 words)

  7. Scott MacLeod

    Ted pictured the envelope lying open, its contents read. He figured his ex’s first reaction to being invited to his second wedding would be surprise. Followed by sniffling. Eyes reddening. Breath heaving. Ultimately, she’d be overcome. But not with jealousy, or any emotion for that matter. If the anthrax did its job this would be the last he’d hear of her.

    Sherri’s latex gloved hands held the invite aloft with forceps, as she chuckled through her PD-100 full face respirator mask. It was not her first rodeo. She hoped he would not hear her wedding gift ticking before it detonated. (100 words)

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