This is written for the final prompt from Flash Fiction Friday - due December 29th so I'm just a tad late. I started and abandoned several ideas, and this one is more of an outline for a novel, but what the heck. Here's the challenge -
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Let’s have some fun with our final prompt. All over our world, the holidays are celebrated in many different ways. But, what about the folks on other worlds? What holidays occur at the end of their years, and how are they celebrated? You tell us. Your ‘other world’ can be another planet or another dimension of our very own Earth realm. It’s all up to you.
Prompt: Write a story about an end-of-year holiday celebration in another world.
Genre: Science Fiction
Word Count: 1,500 or less
Deadline: December 29, 2016
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Here's my story, at just over 800 words.