Three Line Tales

  • A Tale of Two Spiders

    A Tale of Two Spiders

    This week’s writing prompt at 3LineTales is the image below.   “Margo, I am going to try to remain calm while you explain to me exactly what happened in this room while I was gone.” “Uh, well Mom, Jackie & I were finger-painting and everything was fine and then there was this gigantic spider that

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  • A Knock-Off

    A Knock-Off

    This week’s writing prompt over at 3LineTales is the image below.   “Hey, I thought Stonehenge was in England,” Janet said suspiciously. “Yeah, and it’s supposed to be made out of rocks!” Little Jimmy chimed in. “The similarities to Stonehenge are uncanny, I agree, but this is Doh-Henge — mysteriously crafted by Burning Man attendees

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  • Identity Crisis

    Identity Crisis

    This week’s writing prompt at 3LineTales is the image below. I’m not a real shark, nor do I play one on TV. In real life, I’m a goldfish, but my therapist disagrees, and has diagnosed me with Dissociative Identity Disorder. I’m a goldfish, dammit, and if you don’t believe me I’ll tear your arm off!

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  • Shades

    Shades

    This week’s prompt at 3LineTales is the image below. ∞∞∞ Meredith bragged to her friends that her brand new Chuck Taylor All Stars were the exact same shade of yellow as the guard rail. They didn’t believe her so after school she tried to prove them wrong. It turned out that the color of Meredith’s

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  • The Good Stuff

    The Good Stuff

    This week’s writing prompt at 3LineTales is the image below.   How thoughtful of Auntie Sybil to leave me the things she treasured most: old spools of thread (hours of fun!), two books (she knew about my dyslexia) and these tacky silk roses. To think poor Cousin Earl is stuck with her filthy, dirty millions,

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