aka, The Abject Muse

Category: Creative writing

  • Perfection at its Best

    Perfection at its Best

    Today’s word prompt at The Daily Post is copycat. During my teenage years, and even for a while after, I idolized my best friend. Let’s call her Sandi. She was tall, thin, and gorgeous. Girls at school called her Barbie; she was that ‘perfect.’ I wanted to be just like her. I emulated her walk, her…

  • The Imposter

    The Imposter

    The word prompt today at The Daily Post is “giant.” ** I used to think my brother was the Jolly Green Giant. Seriously. Jerry is about 20 years older than me, and was working his way through college when I was around four or five. This was in the early 1960s. My mom mentioned to…

  • Whatever…

    Whatever…

    This week’s prompt for the 100 Word Challenge is voice. Learn more at Thin Spiral Notebook. * His voice reminded her of sandpaper against cement. Did he gargle with gravel? She wondered if it hurt for him to speak because it sure as hell hurt to listen.  She hated when these speakers came to her school. There was…

  • Share Your World #42

    If you wanted to de-clutter where you live, what room / space would you start with?  (And why, if you’re feel like admitting to it.) Rather than declutter, I prefer to simply move. It’s much easier and less stressful. The idea of decluttering boggles what’s left of my mind.   If you want to remember…

  • Gutter Ball

            It was summertime in New Orleans, and the night was opaque with a steamy-stench that lingered in the nostrils. They were two strangers waiting for the Carrollton Avenue bus, gray beads of sweat crawling like ants over their scalps, trickling down their backs. The woman put a Tareyton between her lips…