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The Flash Fiction Challenge - The winning piece and good submissions.

The primary goal of the Flash fiction challenge is to give Read.cash writers a regular opportunity to write, a prompt to create something weekly, to help break their writer's block, and to encourage the practice of editing and refining our work. The goal was achieved as the literary world had a lot of astonishing creative works to read from great writers from read.cash. THE WINNING ENTRY THAT GETS THE $2 UPVOTE

Congratulations @Ozzyy with the entry below https://read.cash/@Ozzyy/silver-lining-flash-fiction-challenge-6a68c6bb ***Silver Lining*** *>He sat on the pavement, looking at the door of her apartment. The bowler hat in front of him was full of crumpled dollar notes dropped by benevolent passers-by who sympathized with his condition.* *He knew he was taking a big risk, and he would pay a price far greater than what was in the hat if his disguise was seen through.* *But that was just one of the things on his mind: the* ***clouds*** *were gathering, and he didn't have anything on except rags.* *However, he had stopped caring about that.* *The rain didn't matter anymore, it was no more different from the tears falling from his eyes each time he came here.* *Even the sky shared his sorrow.* *"The moment you join the CIA, you sell your soul, family, freedom, and safety to the organization." A voice in his head said, recalling his superior's words when he was first appointed seven years ago.* *"You have no identity, no family and no safety", it echoed.* *Then, it didn't mean anything to him. He hadn't met her. He didn't have a three-year-old daughter who'd never set her eyes on her father.* *For the past three years, he was investigating a drug cartel which also had their sights set on ending his life. No matter what, he couldn't visit his family or be seen with them.* *The price for their safety was his absence.* *Only at this moment every Friday, dressed like a homeless vagabond, could he see his daughter being brought back from school by his wife and watch them both enter the apartment.* *Moments like this cut through his heart like a knife, and it was a difficult price to pay.* *But his clouds had their silver lining as long as he could see them here everyday.*

*Your submission had great imagery, character development and pure emotions of a father's love beautifuly portrayed. Thank you for your submission and Congratulations once again.* Some other great submissions can be found in the links below Rejection by @Hanzell **https://read.cash/@Hanzell/rejection-f38ffd44** The knock by @CrazyInsane **https://read.cash/@CrazyInsane/the-knock-flash-fiction-challenge-f10ad02a** Happenstance by @Iremori **https://read.cash/@Iremori/happenstance-flash-fiction-challenge-ee02831e** A sleeping genius by @Eybyoung https**://read.cash/@Eybyoung/a-sleeping-genius-flash-fiction-challenge-cd217c6f** https://read.cash/@Eybyoung/a-sleeping-genius-flash-fiction-challenge-cd217c6f Clouds by @marcmire **https://read.cash/@marcmire/clouds-3092e01e** Same sky by @nicdre09 https://read.cash/@nicdre09/same-sky-flash-fiction-challenge-cdaa4ccb She can see the sky By @Dolores https://read.cash/@Dolores/she-can-see-the-sky-flash-fiction-challenge-adc5a6a0 Popsicle smile by @lethlieann https://read.cash/@lethlieann/popsicle-smiles-flash-fiction-challenge-720a35be **Thank you again to all participants. Your work is always a joy to read!** This initiative is a partnership with @Winona For updates and more exciting writing activities kindly subscribe😊