FFM 2025 26: The Hydra’s Call

One day in May 2015, The Fool is killing a little time on DeviantArt, listening to Linkin Park's Until It's Gone on repeat. Somehow, their browsing leads to a journal that advertises literature events on the platform, including one called the "Flash Fiction Month" — an event that lasts all of July and involves writing a 55-1000-word story each day of the month.