I had a lot of fun with the story for this prompt and I hope you all enjoy it as well. The prompt, once again, comes from the Tale Foundry writing group. While I had a blast writing this bit of micro-fiction, it was very hard to get everything I wanted to say under the […]
If you’re tired of me making short stories in response to Tale Foundry prompts, then that’s just too bad because here’s another one. Like the story from Post 15, this one was also read aloud on the Twitch stream and is available for viewing and listening pleasure on the Tale Foundry Scrapyard Youtube channel. My […]
The prompt for this story once again came from the ever wonderful Tale Foundry. But even more exciting, the following short was read aloud on their Twitch stream they do every Friday. Let me tell you, I screamed out loud, shook my husband like a crazy person, and generally disgruntled Hephaestus (the cat, my editor). […]
Today’s prompt comes straight from the ever wonderful Tale Foundry. Since this piece was originally written for a writing group, I shall also make a shameless plug for Tale Foundry as a whole because I absolutely adore the entire community and wish to share it with as many people as possible. That being said, please […]
Today’s prompt once again comes from the Inspiration for Writers Facebook page (I can’t help it; they put up a ton of fun stuff). Prompt: The villain frowned. “You’re… not going to try to stop me?” The hero rubbed their eyes and gave a long-suffering sigh. “Look, I’ve had one hell of a week, and […]
Today’s prompt comes from the Inspiration for Writers Facebook Page. Prompt: She pinched the bridge of her nose and shut her eyes, as though she could block out the stupidity. *** The Bumblebees Made Me Do It She pinched the bridge of her nose and shut her eyes, as though she could block out the […]
Today’s prompt comes from the newsletter I received from D.A. Reed, a fellow Michigan author. She has also been an instructor at Jonathan Rand’s (Michigan author of the American Chillers and Michigan Chillers series’) Author Quest camp for young writers. Am I sorry about making that plug? Absolutely not. Prompt: You work at a tattoo […]
Prompt: Write a diary entry, dated 10 years in the future. July 23, 2030I miss the sun. It’s hard to believe that it’s been almost three years since I’ve felt its warmth on my face. After we were forced underground, no one’s been brave enough to go back up. They have sun-lamps here. We’re all […]
Today’s prompt comes from the Inspiration for Writers Facebook page. Prompt: She stifled a laugh. “He doesn’t say ‘I love you’ like a normal person. He expresses his affection through…other means.” *** “It’s so odd,” Leana said as she stirred her coffee. “All this time I thought I needed to hear him say those three […]
Prompt: What is your favorite work of art? Why? I paused in front of the painting. It was the first one I’d noticed in this gallery that wasn’t an abstract or colors thrown haphazardly onto a canvas. This one felt… real. It was an oil painting of a shallow creek running through a forest. How […]