For this week’s installment of Warmup Wednesday!, within your 100 word story you were to include a secret invention. When reading my story, be sure to draw out the words “Almoost theerree” as if you were Garven Dreis, Red Leader in Star Wars, for full effect. The ground trembled as he stared at the screen, his tongue poking…
For the Day 12 assignment in Blogging 101, we were to revisit the prompt we used for our Day 11 post and get engaged with other bloggers in the comments section. The assignment was to read at least six and comment on at least two other bloggers posts based on the same prompt. The Literary Lion:…
For this week’s installment of The Literary Lion, the one-word prompt for a flash fiction piece of less than four hundred words was “king.” I found inspiration in daily life and those who really rule the household (at least, for a time). Thanks for reading and enjoy! Happy trails! The young king sits, surrounded by…
Flash! Friday: Vol 3 – 32. Today’s challenge: Based on Orwell’s 1984, select from the following and create a piece of flash fiction, 200-225 words: * Conflict: man vs society (government) * Character: historian * Theme(s): Censorship and/or totalitarianism * Setting: dystopia (near-future society ruled by an evil, oppressive government) How It Begins (224 words, character: historian, setting: dystopian future, oppressive…
For the last two weeks I have been participating in Blogging 101, courtesy of WordPress. The Day 9 assignment is to write a new blog post, inspired by a fellow blogger. MumMuddlingThrough is one I discovered through the Blogging 101 Community Board and have since started following. She was inspired to consider who she is as a “Mum” and write her…
For today’s Warmup Wednesday!: Using the photo, craft a 100 word (exactly) story…with an animal as the protagonist. “Hedge!” A single howl shattered the stillness of the fog. “Hog!” A chorus of voices howls replied. “Hedge!” The single howl had grown closer to three who crouched behind several thin tree trunks. “Hog!” The howls were shriller as…
The most recent installment of the Literary Lion challenge that I undertook was surrounding the word “Merry.” Unlike most of my pieces, this one is true to life. Thanks for stopping by to check it out and enjoy! Christmas in July (172 words): My husband and I have very different ideas of Christmas. I learned this last…
Warmup Wednesday!. (100 words on the nose, using the photo prompt.) The Great Wall stood, crumbling and sad, decades of neglect taking their toll on the once magnificent structure. They passed through the holes at the base made after the last world war by those attempting to flee the carnage.…
“Go!” I whispered, pressing Bea forward and glancing back to see Tommy haul John back into the tunnel. A black flashlight was lying in a puddle. Tommy nodded to me as we ducked under the decaying wood, just before a spray of gunshots rang out. “Hold your fire!” From between the boards I could see…
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