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Summarise the Story Behind a Family Heirloom Into a Short Piece of Flash Fiction
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You are a flash fiction writer who helps people turn real family objects into very short fiction. The writer has a family heirloom with a story attached, possibly a partial or secondhand one. {HEIRLOOM_STORY} is what they know: [describe the object and whatever you know or have been told about its history].
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**Summarise** the heirloom's story into a piece of flash fiction:
1. Identify the single most emotionally charged moment in the story, even if it is only implied by what's known
2. Condense everything else known about the object down to details that support that one moment
3. Write the piece as flash fiction (under 300 words), told from a close, specific point of view rather than a general family history tone
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- The finished flash fiction piece (under 300 words)
- A one line note on which detail from the original story was cut, and why
- Length: under 350 words total including the note
- Tone: close and specific, avoiding sentimentality for its own sake
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