"the 2026 flash fiction date book" is a 2025 flash fiction collection book (also including occasional artwork with writing) chosen from Scars Publications (http://scars.tv) of select materials accepted for 2025 issues through cc&d magazine (http://scars.tv/ccd) and Down in the Dirt magazine (http://scars.tv/dirt). All writing in this collection appears on one page of the book (the left-sided page), while one week of the 2026 calendar appears on the right-hand page. (This annual calendar from Scars Publications is set for U.S. weeks from Sunday - Saturday, but this book also includes not only some U.S. holidays but also some U.K./Scotland/Ireland, plus some Australia holidays in the weekly date book listing.) Writers and artists included in this book are also listed with their writing at the Scars Publications book link (search for the book title in the books section at http://scars.tv). Writers and artists in this issue collection book include Aaron Wilder, Allan Onik, Alysha McDonald, Bill Tope, Binod Dawadi, Bob Strother, Carl Chapman, Cassandra Jones, Clarence Allan Ebert, Daniel de Culla, Donald Reed Greenwood, Dorthy LaVern McCarthy, Doug Hawley, Ebisike Chinedum Kenneth, Edward Michael O'Durr Supranowicz, Elena Botts, Gabriel Zamora, Henri Colt, Horia Alexandru Pop, James Bates, Janet Kuypers, Joan Mach, John Doriot, John Farquhar Young, John Tures, Kyle Hemmings, Lee Hammerschmidt, Leira Evans, Lucien Serein, Mark Pearce, Matthew McAyeal, Michael Gigandet, Mike Rader, Norm Hudson, Olivier Schopfer, Paul-Newell Reaves, Penny Nolte, Pulkita Anand, Rachel Sievers, Rose E. Grier, Shambhawi Jha, Sterling Warner, Tom Kropp, Ty Cronkhite, Uday Mukerji, and Yuxi (Cici) Yang.