Category: writing
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9-13-16 Flash Fiction (prompt words: piano, stun, witness)
Gwendolyn toddled to the piano. Giggling, she pulled herself onto the ornate wood stool.”Honey, wait,” I cried out as my daughter struggled with the key cover. I pulled it up for her. “Thanks, Mama,” she placed her tiny fingers on the keys. I leaned against the wall prepared to witness the first plinks a three-year-old…
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9-11-16 Story (prompt word: collar)
“Crap! I can’t get this thing straight!” Diana fiddled with her pin in the mirror. “Hey, look at me. You’re going to be fine.” Mark tugged at her collar until she turned towards him. He caressed his lips against her brow. She quieted and relaxed against him. “You’re right. I’m going to be fine.” “Of…
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9-9-16 Story (prompt words: outfit/solution)
“What kind of outfit is this?” Zyrtyl leapt to the top of the table and brandished his broadsword above their heads. “Will you not stand and fight?” “We can fight. We can kick butt, if you we need to,” Magerion, the Cleric, defended the band. “Then, let us crush the enemy,” Zyrtyl thundered. “Actually, we were…
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9-8-16 Micro-story (prompt word: treasure)
“My dear, you’re a treasure,” Milos stepped back to admire his handiwork. Mariah scrutinized herself in the mirror. Tall, lithe form had been transformed into a voluptuous figure draped in raw, black silk. Long voluminous tresses framed a flawless face. “Yes,” Mariah agreed. “You did a fantastic job. But,” she faced Milos. “The question is,…
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9-7-16 Micro story (prompt word: oven)
“Don’t forget to take the cookies out of the oven. Gen’s disabled and can’t do it.” Judi crumpled up the note and threw it on the counter. “What am I, her slave?” She popped open a can of soda and leaned against the fridge unit. “I do not believe removing cookies from the oven can…
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9-6-16 Micro-story (Prompt word: pointed)
“Okay, now which way do we go?” Shannon consulted the homemade treasure map and then gazed down the street. “This makes no sense,” she stomped her foot in frustration. The interlocking lines, circles, and squares looked like so many scribbles to her eyes and they certainly didn’t align with what she saw before her. “Um,…
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9-4-16 Micro-story (prompt word: hollow)
“It’s hollow,” Jenny breathed. She pulled back, closed an eye, and tried again. “What do you mean, ‘it’s hollow?’ That’s not possible. Moons can’t be hollow.” Dr. Martens pushed her out of the way and stared into the telescope’s eyepiece. “What on Earth …” he muttered. “And here I thought we’d discovered a new moon.”…
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9-3 Micro-story (prompt word: meme)
“Huh? ‘Hang on, baby. Friday’s coming?’” Jessica tilted her head at the frayed poster of a kitten hanging from a tree branch. “Just take it down and don’t worry about it,” Davis admonished his sister. “Mom said we have to have grandma’s room cleaned out before we leave.” “Okay,” Jessica agreed. “But, what does it…
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9-1-16 Micro-story (prompt word: cry)
The eyes of predators and prey alike followed them. The smallest member of the party lifted his nose out of his book and turned a full 360°. “Mo-o-o-om!” Jonathan’s plaintive cry split the silence. “You told me we’d see lions and tigers and bears. But according to the ‘Habitats of Land Mammals,’ they don’t ever…
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