"the 2022 flash fiction date book" is a 2021 flash fiction (with occasional art) collection book (also including occasional artwork with writing) from Scars Publications (http://scars.tv) of select materials accepted for 2021 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 2022 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 Allan Onik, Anita G. Gorman, Anna Fritze, Anne Macleod Weeks, Becca Marr, Bluford Birdsong, Bryan Franco, Charles Hayes, Chris Cascio, Christopher Alden, Christopher Strople, Ciara M. Blecka, Colton Green, David Gibson, David Sapp, Denny E. Marshall, Doug Hawley, Edward Michael O'Durr Supranowicz, Elena Botts, Feston Altus, Frank Kowal, Harrison Linklater Abbott, Holden Zuras, Howie Good, Hugh Cartwright, Indocumentado, J. Ray Paradiso, James Bates, Janet Kuypers, Jenene Ravesloot, Jennifer Shneiderman, Jenny Flores, Jim Woessner, John Farquhar Young, John Hewitt, John Ragusa, Josh Simpson, Kali Parsons, Kassandra Heit, Kyle Hemmings, L.B. Sedlacek, Lucio H. Cooper, Lucy Anne Buckley, Mark G. Dziak, Michael Gigandet, Mike Rader, Nancy Christie, Neesha Niaz, Oz Hardwick, P. A. Farrell, Patrick Eades, Rachel Sievers, Ran Walker, Rani Jayakumar, Refugio Jones, Reggie Gilliard, Rickey Rivers Jr., Riley Winchester, Robb White, Steve Prusky, Susie Gharib, T. L. Sullivan, Terry J. Allen, Terry Sanville, Thomas Elson, Todd Mercer, Tom Ball, Vittorio Carli, and Zach Murphy.