"the 2023 flash fiction date book" is a 2022 flash fiction (with occasional art) collection book from Scars Publications (http://scars.tv) of select materials accepted for 2022 issues through cc&d magazine (http://scars.tv/ccd) and Down in the Dirt magazine (http://scars.tv/dirt). It is alled the flash fiction date book because Scars released a flash fiction date book (with only flash fiction, versus poetry or longer prose). All writing in this collection appears on the left-sided pages of the book, while one week of the 2023 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 includes U.S. holidays plus U.K./Scotland/Ireland holidays as well as a few 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 Aanvee Sareen, Alexandra Geiger Morgan, Ali Zerbeli, Andrea Smith, Andrew Miller, Ardra Manral, Asmi Bhardwaj, Begona Montesinos, Bill Tope, Brian Peter Fagan, Cailey Tarriane, Carissa Rains, Cassandra OíSullivan Sachar, Chester Holden, David Berger, David Sapp, Dena Linn, Doug Hawley, Doug M. Dawson, Edward Michael OíDurr Supranowicz, Elizabeth Broadbent, Eric Burbridge, George Beckerman, Isabel G. de Diego, James Bates, Janet Kuypers, Jenene Ravesloot, John Frame, John Ragusa, Karen Hedges, Kassandra Heit, Kathleen McCluskey, Keith Hoerner, Kirk Alex, Linda M. Crate, Mark Pearce, Michael Brockley, Mike Hickman, Mike Rader, Mike Schneider, Mike Scofield, Nicole Spangler, Nova Mladenovic, Patrick Cleary, Phil Temples, Raha.M, Ranjit Kulkarni, Richard K. Williams, Rod Martinez, Rongili Biswas, Rosa Meronek, Sushant Yadav, Susie Gharib, T. K. Howell, Tara Sahay, Thomas Elson, Tim Hildebrandt, Todd Mercer, Tom Ball, Valerie