2021 February Flash Fiction Challenge: Day 18
Write a piece of flash fiction each day of February with the February Flash Fiction Challenge, led by editor Moriah Richard. Each day, receive a prompt, example story, and write your own. Today’s prompt is to write someone’s online dating profile.
Fun fact: I met my spouse before dating apps were popular, so I never had the experience of trying to seem Fun and Interesting in a dating profile.
For today’s prompt, write someone’s online dating profile … but keep it classy, okay?
Remember: These prompts are just starting points; you have the freedom to go wherever your flash of inspiration takes you.
(Note: If you happen to run into any issues posting, please just send me an e-mail at mrichard@aimmedia.com with the subject line: Flash Fiction Challenge Commenting Issue.)
Here’s my attempt at writing an online dating profile:
Eddie, 25
Photo description: A generic College Student in a plaid button-down shirt, holding a beer, smiling awkwardly into the camera. The flash has over-exposed the image. There is a generic concrete wall as a background, which could be the inside of a prison but is most likely a bedroom in a college dorm.
Eddie, 25
4 miles away
Pros:
- Is an excellent cook
- Loves to read
- Into running
Cons:
- Rarely eats out because I was a waiter for one day and Saw Things
- Compulsively finishes reading a book even if I hate it, complaining loudly the entire time
- Fueled by anxiety, I use running as a way to avoid the crushing existential terror of the horrible darkness that awaits us all
Hope you swipe right, but won't be surprised if you don't.
