Category: Fiction
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The Hut-Hunters
Today’s writing prompt at The Haunted Wordsmith Blog is the image below. It was a crisp Sunday morning in the tiny hamlet of Gnomeville. Early fall was the best time of year because all the goblins and ghosts were focused on the upcoming holiday. They had neither the time nor interest in harassing the wee…
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SlingFest at Mar-a-Lago
Today at the Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie blog, our task is to write about the improbable, how we can be manipulated by the information we are subjected to. You could reflect on the current world situation. You could construct a totally fictitious tale. Let the prompt lead you and have fun. “We interrupt this program to bring you…
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Fettuccine Afraid-O
“This menu is amazing…” Shelley feigned enthusiasm. “Get whatever you want,” Eddie shrugged. “Looks like you could use a good meal.” “Oh, I can’t decide…” Eddie wished she’d leave her hair alone. It looked like she was trying to strangle her fingertips with it. “Why are you doing that?” “Huh?” Shelley let go of her…
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Tisane
Today is Wordle Day at the MindLoveMisery Menagerie Blog. Our task is to use at least ten words from the list below to create a story or poem Calescent ((adj.) growing warm; increasing in heat) Sheets Paroxysm ((n.) any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion: a severe attack or a sudden…
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Humannequin
The buildings cast ominous shadows as the sun set behind them. The streets were deserted aside from a handful of homeless people looking for a place to crash. Fred was new to the area and found himself fascinated by Birmingham’s ‘skyscrapers.’ There sure wasn’t anything like it back home in Yawnsville, Arkansas. Of them all,…
aka, The Abject Muse 