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  • Broken Crowns

      This week’s writing prompt for the Shapeshifting 13 Challenge is the word pour. Exactly 26 words.   Henry had been wrestling with this demon for years. Today, he’d found the strength to dump the last bottle of Crown. After just one more sip.        

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  • Eddie’s Underwear

    Eddie’s Underwear

      This week’s visual prompt for the Mutant 750 writing challenge is the image below. The word prompt is underwear. It was a wilder-than-usual Friday night at The Rubber Oyster. The place was packed. At 8:30pm, the waiting list was still over an hour and a half. Customers were three-deep at the bar, clamoring for Harvey

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  • Stereotyping

    This week’s writing prompt for the Shapeshifting 13 Challenge is the image accompanying this little piece, “Burnt Toast” by Rick Warren. Exactly 26 words. ** Bonjour! My name is Pierre. I am a French Toaster. You may think I can make French Toast, but this is not the case. See below.  

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  • Game Changer

    Game Changer

    This week’s writing prompts for the Shapeshifting 13 Challenge are cat, cards, and café. In exactly 13 words.   When “Go Fish!” is suggested, the Cat Café’s patrons forget about playing cards.

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  • Parenting Skills

    Parenting Skills

    This week’s word prompts for the Shapeshifting 13 writing challenge are: a) screaming child b) Loch Ness c) empty soda can In exactly 39 words. Mrs. Ness had tried everything to quiet her screaming progeny. Usually shoving an empty soda can in Lochie’s ear did the trick, but not today. It was one of those

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