[Write the Story] Halloween Night in a Hospital
Prompt: Halloween Night in a Hospital Words: centaur, interweave, placid, benefactor, peppermint, gondola, lambada, twilight, inlet, threw Story I don’t know if I’m a good person or a glutton for punishment. But I’m here and ready for anything. Famous last words. Time to go to work. I girded my proverbial loins, popped a peppermint and […]
[Write the Story] A Coup at a Secret Base
Prompt: A Coup at a Secret Base Words: desert, waylay, pensive, gazillions, juniper, helicopter, lotus, captain, bandana, taco Story “Are we really doing this?†Magda crouched beneath the juniper tree, staring across the desert. “We agreed. There has to be change. We are the change.†Toby pointed past the fencing. “We’re going in and we’re […]
[Write the Story] Shenanigans on a Movie Set
Prompt: Shenanigans on a Movie Set Words: stunt, wring, lull, stingy, husband, ginger, buggy, pedal, llama, anaconda Story “Oh, come on. It’ll be funny.†Judy smiled at her husband, Zach. “Besides we’re in a lull right now while they set up the next set of shots. She gestured as wranglers moved two ginger llamas and […]
[Write The Story] Ten People in a Blackout
Prompt: Ten People in a Blackout Words: ballet, thunder, grind, handwriting, partner, yardstick, adopt, swarm, bundle, prodigious Story I stared out the window at the wild ballet Nature performed outside. I could hear the voices in the other room as an underlying buzz to the wind and thunder whipping against the windows. “Are you coming […]
[Write the Story] Keeping a Promise
Prompt: Keeping a Promise Words: abolitionist, coyote, forbid, gloomy, keen, lesson, genetics, variable, retort, moss Story “Why so gloomy, Gus?†I bit back a snarky retort. I wasn’t keen on starting a dialog of any sort. Heaven forbid it turn into an actual conversation. And for the record, my name’s not Gus. I continued to […]
[Write The Story] Grandparents Acting Like Children
Prompt: Grandparents Acting Like Children Words: wedding, squash, dream, foretell, gluetstick, urchin, solstice inertial, ice, composer Story “I’m a walrus!†M ort grinned as the kids squealed in delight by a simple joke of straws up his bulbous nose. “Dad! Stop. It’s a wedding!†Angela scolded Mort as she swept by to check on the […]
[Write the Story] A Summer Job
Prompt: A Summer Job Words: amusement park, unrefined, silence, tease, creep, elated, interstellar, spiral, quiz, agent Story “You’d be amazed what you hear in the Interstellar lines. People talk about the weirdest crap in the lines.†Dana let the silence follow, letting git tease her audience. She did love a good story and this group […]
[Write the Story] The Cast of a Broadway Show
Prompt: The Cast of a Broadway Show Words: gargoyle, advertisement, shelter, cast, calculating, singularity, dwarf, arithmetic, rubber, scissors Story “Do the simple arithmetic, Yoshi. We’re not all going to make it.†Celia gestured with her scissors. “The best some of us can hope for is the touring company.†“Come on, Cee, do you have to […]
[Write the Story] A Difficult Decision
Prompt: A Difficult Decision Words: Grand Canyon, skate, vacuum, waltz, grizzly, cling, brogue, agony, twinkling, observatory Story “Stop! Just…Stop!†I threw up my hands and shouted to be heard. “What is all the yelling about?†I should’ve known better than to ask for options or opinions for our vacation. In a twinkling, every voice had […]
[Write the Story] An Anniversary Party
Prompt: An Anniversary Party Words: tour guide, sprout, beluga, breed, galoshes, bitterness, adversary, binary, radiant, transit Story “Welcome to the Sprout Museum 20th Anniversary Gala. Please leave any coats, bags, and galoshes at the check stand.†Leon stood by the inner doors, waiting as the guests left their belongings and formed up. Leon plastered on […]