Saturday, August 30, 2014
Late Night Cards
Late Night Cards is another photo prompt post. Here a woman and her brother are up late playing cards at the kitchen table. The big stakes are who gets to take the trash out.
Sunday, August 24, 2014
Strange Potion
Strange Potion is the latest in a series of "Strange" posts about Miss Hill's adventure (loosely following the whimsical directions of the Daily Post).
Saturday, August 16, 2014
Friday, August 15, 2014
The Something Series
Amelia had a 150 word short story challenge based on the saying "something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue." The challenge was to write short stories of exactly 150 words, that had nothing to do with weddings or marriage, etc. and contained various words or phases she selected. In addition to all these constraints, I chose to place a single word theme of my own in all four stories. My challenge is for you to find the word threading through all four stories.
Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, and Something Blue
Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, and Something Blue
Thursday, August 14, 2014
In the High Tower/Mystery Flowers
In the High Tower is a prompt post. The prompt was to write about naming an inanimate object.
Mystery Flowers is a follow-up post (part 2).
Mystery Flowers is a follow-up post (part 2).
Saturday, August 9, 2014
Asking for Directions
"What are you mad at me for? This trip wasn't my idea."
"What? How is it my fault that you didn't get your letter to Santa written and mailed?" she asked. Tears formed in the corners of her eyes.
The younger sister wasn't paying attention. She just scanned the tundra, covered in snow as far as the eye could see in every direction.
Snow squeaked and scrunched under their shoes as they trudged on.
The older sister sniffled. "I'm sorry."
"For what?"
"For getting us lost."
"Lost?"
"Yeah. We should've found it by now." She shook her head, sending the tassel on the red hat bobbing drunkenly. "But, I can't find Santa's North Pole."
"Oh, c'mon, Nora." She patted her big sis on the arm. "Look, all we need to do is get one of Santa's reindeer there to give us directions! It can't be that hard!"
Image linked via The Write Prompts
Strange Trio Redux
Strange Trio Redux is the third post concerning our poor confused reporter, Miss Hill.
Friday, August 8, 2014
Cliffhanger
Cliffhanger is a fun flash fiction piece about a misunderstanding. The rules set a limit of 100 words...
Holding a Shoot
Holding a Shoot is a story about taking a picture of a poor Armenian woman in the Caucasus Mountains.
Outwitted (Revised)
The original story Outwitted ended a bit abruptly. I had wanted to rework the ending and this is what I came up with. Outwitted (Revised)
A Post Card
A Post Card is another picture prompt piece. The picture looked to be either a fake or of a dimwit hunter who doesn't know that a bobcat is, with giant glowing eyes, just a few feet away and watching him and the dead buck. So, since the photo is sort of frightening, I decided to take it on from a comedy angle.
Stuff the Ducks
Stuff the Ducks is a piece that was supposed to be inspired by looking through the last photo you had taken and finding a stranger in the background/margin. The piece turned into a rant.
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