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8-27-16 Micro-story (prompt word: collapsed)
“Another day, another 79 cents to your dollar,” Marla collapsed onto the couch and threw her arms over her face. “I know, honey,” Robert moved her legs, sat down beside her, and started rubbing her feet. “Now how about I go into the kitchen and make you a sandwich?” “Okay, what do you want?” She cracked…
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8-26-16 Micro-story (prompt word: delighted)
“Please let his Excellency know I would be delighted to attend,” Simone Devereaux studied her reflection in the vanity mirror as she ended the call. She chose a lipstick and applied it carefully. “Tell me, honestly, Davis.” She called into the other room. “Am I getting too old for this?” “You are perfection, as always,…
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8-25-16 Micro-Story (prompt word: bottle)
Marty sauntered up to the barstool and sat. “I’d rather have a bottle in front o’ me than a frontal lobotomy. I bet you never heard that one before,” he wiggled his eyebrows at the bartender. “You’re right. I never have,” Marlene rummaged among the bottles of rum and vodka and produced a scalpel and…
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8-24-16 Micro-story (prompt word: culture)
“What does it say about our culture that we do this?” Jenna picked up her paint gun. She aimed at the passing motorcade and fired. Magenta splattered across the side windows of the limo. “I guess it says we’re tried of the status quo and we want a change,” Cheryl blasted a jet of royal…
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8-23-16 Micro-story (prompt words: painter and ravaged)
Countess Margaret du Dupont stepped back from “Abstract in Blues and Greens,” to study the work as a whole. “He was a fine painter,” she inclined her head towards the canvas. “But he lacked that heart, that ravaged passion that would make him one of the masters.” “And that means, what?” Lady Ashbury asked. “That…
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8-22-16 Micro Story, Prompt Word: upset
“What an upset! The National Basketball Championship is over. The Blue Devils have won! And the undefeated Jaguars have been handed their first loss of the year.” The color commentator collapsed against the back of his seat, wiped his sweating brow, and reached for his cell phone. “Hey, Ron,” the cameraman walked over to him.…
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8-21-16 Micro story (prompt word: chips)
One-eyed Bobby eyed Daryl the Mean with his one good eye. “Are you ready to cash in your chips?” He drawled over the cards in his hand. “Nope,” Daryl picked one up and stuffed it in his mouth. “But I’m ready to eat ’em.” “Mom!” One-eyed Bobby removed his makeshift eye-patch. “We’re gonna need more…
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8-20-16 Today’s Micro story
The alarm rang through the decks of the ship and broadcast out toward the other ships in the fleet. “Retreat! I repeat Retreat,” N’ahara cried into the intercom. “Bring your ships around to the dark side of the moon. We can still win this!” “Who is this?” The voice commanded in her earpiece. “Ensign N’ahara…
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8-19-16 Micro Story
Mr. Carruthers stamped the final page with his office’s official seal. “Okay, we are finished,” he announced. “I got it? I got the patent?” Ms. Sampson knocked her bonnet askew in her excitement. “Yes, you do. But if I may, no one will ever buy it. There’s no way anyone will trust a machine to…
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Our Bodies: How about we celebrate instead of shaming.
Fair warning: Rant imminent. “You would be so pretty if only you would lose some weight.” “You have such a gorgeous face. You would be stunning if you lost some weight.” “Being so heavy is unhealthy for you.” “You are a fat cow,” (this last was said to me by my parents, many times). I’ve…
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