Below are ten masterclass examples of flash fiction, each showing a different way to inspire your next writing project.

Cartoon style is often treated as simply drawing characters with exaggerated features, bright colours, and expressive faces.

What if there were a way to write about life’s most impactful experiences, but cooler? That is the fascinating territory of autofiction.

What if African authors used literary devices like this?

Buchi Emecheta went from an orphaned girl in Lagos to a librarian, sociologist, novelist, lecturer, and internationally recognised writer.

Every story has an origin. The author’s perspective shapes narratives, influences characters, and engages audiences.

Sefi Atta turns everyday motions into something remarkable, stories that make you ask what parts of your own life you’ve been overlooking.

Narratives do not always need dramatic transformations. A static character is not simply someone who does nothing.

The round vs flat character debate becomes more interesting when “flatness” stops being treated as a synonym for poor writing.

We’ve all heard the golden rule of creative writing: “Show, don’t tell.” But what happens when we apply this rule to the theme in literature?

Musih Tedji Xaviere is a Cameroonian writer whose quiet confidence, empathy, and belief in overlooked stories mark her as one of African literature’s most promising new voices.

Chika Unigwe’s forte is characterization and code blending. Her characters feel real because their choices are grounded in lived experience.