Odd Prompts: Deep Dive
A continuation of last week’s story bit. *** Jimmy peered at the screens, his eyes flickering rapidly between them. He was too old to still think that hoping hard enough for something would make it...
View ArticleOdd Prompts: Moonlight
This is a snippet from the middle of a short story I’m working on. *** “I have a story to tell you.” Mona sat on the steps to their trailer. Beth looked up at her. She’d plopped down on the ground,...
View ArticleOdd Prompts: Haunted
The mouse fitted into his hand poorly, the size of it subtly wrong, the arc leaving too much room for his palm, so he had to tense muscles he shouldn’t to manipulate it. It was just one more droplet...
View ArticleOdd Prompts: The Holly and the Ivy
A snippet from Special Delivery *** Bonnie found that walking down the long driveway to check the mail was a good way to get out of the house and stretch her legs every day. Her garden was dormant and...
View ArticleOdd prompts: Adrift
The ship was not still, but at least it was no longer under power. The relentless drive had been silenced, and the marines hung silently in the cargo bay, bunched up with attention pointed outward. Not...
View ArticleOdd Prompts: Snip
This isn’t anything just yet. Maybe later it will become more. *** “Who did this?” He gently picked up one of the tiny birds. “I have no idea. I haven’t seen anyone down there.” He put it back in...
View ArticleOdd Prompts: The Mad Botanist
This is a snip of a project, spawned from two prompts. One was given to me by a friend when I whined about being ‘stuck’ for ideas. The other is a spare prompt from MOTE. I hope you enjoy! *** We all...
View ArticleOdd Prompts: Slither
“Your turn to roll.” The alien who was holding out the cup to her was inscrutable. She really didn’t know if that was a smile – was it even a face? The cup, at least, was a familiar item. Styrofoam,...
View ArticleOdd Prompts: Committing Commerce
A snippet from the WIP. Context for the curious is the world of Cannon Publishing’s Fae Wars. *** “When the world hands you lemons,” He grunted under the effort of lifting his end of the wooden crate....
View ArticleOdd Prompts: Design of Ages
A very short snip of nothing in particular, but I did get something written. *** “Despite being warned, the child continued to stack block on top of block.” She followed the direction of Dr....
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