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Monthly Archives: July 2011
Awkward introductions
Author’s Note: If it looks like his language is made of a random jumble of letters, that’s because it is. Literally. They are keyboard-mashings. Everything except his name. If this thing doesn’t die off like most of my projects, I … Continue reading
Things Went Boom
30 days of fiction list Day 24: Write a scene on a movie set Well, it used to be a movie set. Sandra looked around at the charred wreckage in dismay. They’d been working on this one for three days … Continue reading
Not a Hobbit
Amy flopped onto the bed in her tiny but blessedly private single with a loud sigh. This had been the weirdest day ever, she decided. And she didn’t even get to return her library books. Twisting her head around, she … Continue reading
One-on-One Combat
30 days of fiction list Day 23: Prompt: falling There were a lot of other ways this could have gone. A bullet to the head, a tear-filled reconciliation, a mysterious third party interrupting the confrontation… Falling off the roof of … Continue reading
Pizza
30 days of fiction list Day 22: Write a scene with children “Peppers?” Yoshi looked at the pizza in disappointment. “I don’t like peppers.” “Well I want to be able to tell your mom your dinner had vegetables, so it’s … Continue reading
Bottled Up / Sandwiches?
30 days of fiction list Day 21: Write a scene with a drink(ing) of some sort “Oh come on, like that’s going to work.” The woman folded her arms across her chest and glared at the innocent-looking glass bottle on … Continue reading
Running water
30 days of fiction list Day 20: Write a scene with the opening line “I hate you; I just want you to know that” I hate you; I just want you to know that. I read the line again, as … Continue reading
Gathering Information
30 days of fiction list Day 19: Prompt: in the marketplace Daki loved the marketplace. The bright colors, the shiny trinkets, the delicious smells, all the people she could vanish between before the vendors even finished “stop”, let alone “thief”. … Continue reading
LIMERICKS ARE YUMMY
30 days of fiction list Day 18: Prompt: the name “Thomas Daniel” There was a man named Thomas Daniel Who hated his wife’s Cocker Spaniel. He yelled, finally, “It’s that dog or me!” …Tom’s staying with his friend Nathaniel.
Who needs a wardrobe?
30 days of fiction list Day 17: Write a scene with a character in a foreign land, unable to speak the local language The young man sat on the library steps, looking mournfully at a crack in the sidewalk. His … Continue reading
