[Write the Story] On the Campaign Trail
Prompt: On the Campaign Trail Words: president, dove, tremble, column, united, secretary, impression, soup, milk, armor Story “We must show a united front,” Galahad said, wiping soup from his neatly-trimmed beard. “We cannot let the secretary…” “Oh, stop, Galahad.” Lance signed in his goblet of milk. “This is not the time for force. We must […]
[Write the Story] History Rewritten
Prompt: History Rewritten Words: funeral, condemn, distribution, button, sink, art, jealousy, brain, tax, lover Story Ellie couldn’t condemn Connor for what he did. The brain does funny things at funerals. This situation was no different. But there was an art to time travel, and just hitting the button wasn’t it. “This is a huge mistake, […]
[Writing Post] Pre-ArmadilloCon Schedule
There are some distractions here, but there will be writing, but I don’t know how prolific or GOOD it will be. But I’ll doing something, even if it’s just the flash fiction writing exercises. Because there’s no stopping. But next week is ArmadilloCon 39 in Austin. Here is my preliminary schedule: Frodo had Samwise, Han […]
[Write the Story] Political Machinations
Prompt: Political Machinations Words: appointment, dangerous, cost, empire, kitten, mug, converter, essence, tennis, poke Story “The only way you could possibly lose this election is if you play tennis with kittens on camera.” “Wouldn’t that … oh, you mean as the balls, right.” Buck Ingram wasn’t always the sharpest crayon in the box, but he […]
[Write the Story] Office Intrigue in the Future
Prompt: Office Intrigue in the Future Words: time travel, trousers, supervise, successfully, law, identity, mustard, kitchen, tooth, fly Story Ever have one of those days where you wished time travel was real? Well…DON’T! It’s a trap! I’ve been to the future. You don’t want to know. And the past? Yeah, well, it’s behind for a […]
[Write the Story] Students Take on a Challenge
Prompt: Students Take on a Challenge Words: masquerade, gang, allege, double, lucky, tea, personality, parasite, class Story Kim Carver rubbed her temples because whacking herself in the head until she saw double wasn’t an option. Somehow, she drew the short straw and was “elected” class sponsor of prom. Yay. “Ms. Carver! Ms. Carver! We’ve decided […]
[Write the Story] A Scientist Makes an Unexpected Discovery
Prompt: A Scientist Makes an Unexpected Discovery Words: parallel, informal, crude, expand, popular, unlikely, analyst, replacement, cell, chest Story: “Eureka!” “Seriously, Dylan? Every time?” Dylan grinned. “Only when we make a discovery, Rain.” “And…what exactly have we discovered, Dylan? The perfect amount of cream and sugar in your coffee? Because as popular as that would […]
[Write the Story] Big Time Deals in the Big City
Prompt: Big Time Deals in the Big City Words: feud, philosophy, palace, finger, scandal, skyscraper, complacent, handle, crawl, challenge Story “Beware of any challenge, my mama always told me.” “Would you please try not to embarrass us any further? Do you want everyone thinking we’ve need seen a skyscraper?” Mather wagged a finger at his […]
[Write the Story] A Journalist Crosses the Line
Prompt: A Journalist Crosses the Line Words: defamation, stroke, reporter, truck, weasel, supermarket, encyclopedia, contemplate, classify, clutch Story “You’re going to get us sued for defamation, and I think I’m having a stroke.” Len slammed his fist on his desk hard enough to make an encyclopedia jump. “Or worse! The Feds could investigate us. Give […]
[Write the Story] The Supernatural Invades the Every Day
Prompt: The Supernatural Invades the Everyday Words: metamorphosis, rogue, shrug, salamander, sleepy, chimpanzee, enzyme, lemon, glance, merge Story Salamanders vs. Chimpanzees sounds like the Worst Gang War EVER, but we weren’t talking West Side Story or Happy Days. Oh no. Our sleepy little town actually went through some sort of crazy metamorphosis that changed, well, […]