[Write the Story] A New Customer Walks into the Shop
Prompt: A New Customer Walks into the Shop Words: boudoir, redwood, west, biography, whiten, sycophant, mandatory, commandment, perform, herbal Story All I needed was a restroom. Honest. I had no idea where I ended up. I saw a shop and scurried in. There everything went…sideways doesn’t’ begin to describe it. “If you’re here for the […]
[Write the Story] An Object Found in the Trash
Prompt: An Object Found in the Trash Words: cobbler, umber, haunt, grumble, raincoat, unleavened, bravery, ray, toffee, imaginary Story Trash Day. I hated trash day, but I was only the apprentice I got the crap jobs including taking out the garbage. No sense in grumbling, I thought as I tightened the belt of my raincoat. […]
[Write the Story] An Interview on TV
Prompt: An Interview on Live TV Words: bishop, impish, amoeba, sheep, denim, jet, apricot, sepia, nipple, bellow Story “Thirty seconds to air. Thirty seconds.†Bishop adjusted the fall of his sepia denim jacket for the last time. “Ten seconds!†The PA’s bellow drowned out the butterflies building up in his gut. The PA stopped by […]
[Write the Story] A Lucky Break
Prompt: A Lucky Break Words: City Hall, feminist, myth, interpreter, maverick, raccoon, radiant, scram, off-switch, logic Story “How did you get the interview?†Miranda tried to be happy, but she had a hitch in her voice. “I’ve been trying to get my foot in the door of City Hall for years.†Lauren shrugged as she […]
[Write the Story] Business as UNusual
Prompt: Business as UNusual Words: housewife, moonwalk, dog, basement, conclude, alien, ignore, lightning, embrace, time Story Kevin was never sure how he ended up appointed to the UN, but here he was about to conclude his first speech. He couldn’t quite ignore the feeling his time was coming when they all found out he was […]
[Writer Post][Write the Story] A Combined Post
So, yeah, everything’s off a day – so to kinda get everything back on track, I’m going to talk a little bit about ConDFW being next weekend and then post a story. If you’re in the area, you gotta come out to North Fort Worth. There’a new anthology doing a sneak peek with the publisher, […]
[Writer Post] Focus… I Needz It
Welcome Wednesday, it’s a blog day and I’m staring at a relatively blank screen. The good news is that I’ve been featured in Lawrence Schoen’s Eating Authors this week. That’s very cool. A story I thought I wrote really isn’t a story – and needs to be rebuilt from the ground up. Debating on whether […]
[Writing Post] Oops.
I’m so sorry. I missed the Wednesday Writer Post. I WISH I could say that I was working on the story I need to turn in this weekend. But alas, we were Christmas Shopping. This is the big/busy week prepping for holidays (and there’s still day job stuff going on). I am about to input […]
[Christmas Bonus!] Reindeer Games by Rhonda Eudaly
I originally published this 200 word short story with Apex Digest. It’s no longer available there. So, Merry Christmas. It’s kinda dark. Kinda quirky. You can read it below or download it in a .ZIP file (which contains both PDF and EPUB) by clinking Reindeer Games. Feel free to do both. If you wish to […]