#3LineTales

  • Jackie’s Paper

    This week’s prompt at 3LineTales is the image below by Clem Onojeghuo via Unsplash. Every evening the man would stop at Jackie’s Papers & Books and flip through the books and magazines. He would spend at least an hour looking at the bold lettering and colorful covers as if trying to decide which one to purchase. The

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  • 13 Stairs

    13 Stairs

    This week’s writing prompt at 3LineTales is the image below by Nathan Wright via Unsplash. When he arrived the door was ajar, allowing a beam of sunlight to stripe the littered concrete floor. He walked in and contemplated the thirteen stairs his buddies double-dog-dared him to climb. Taking a deep breath, he placed his right

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  • Waiting

    Waiting

    This week’s visual prompt at 3LineTales is the image below. What is taking them so long? Maybe I should call back just to remind them, but I don’t want to be a pain in their collective asses. On the other hand, waiting eight months for AAA to come & change a flat is a little

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  • Xylophagia

    Xylophagia

    This week’s writing prompt at 3LineTales is the image below by Davide Cantelli via Unsplash.   There’s nothing like the musty, crisp fragrance of  a library! The wafting aroma as I fan the pages of an old book is almost aphrodisiacal. Alas, they don’t taste as good as they smell.   Xylophagia    

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  • 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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