Tag: Microfiction
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Read more: Bequeathal
This week’s word prompts for the Shapeshifting 13 writing challenge are Strand and Field. Exactly 52 words. Strand: n. 1a : fibers or filaments twisted, plaited, or laid parallel to form a unit for further twisting or plaiting into yarn,…
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Read more: Next!
This week’s prompt for the Shapeshifting 13 Challenge at Grammar Ghoul Press is the word spell. v. 1. to read slowly and with difficulty 2. a spoken word or form of words held to have magic power When her date demonstrated a remarkable fluency…
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Read more: Adjusting Real Life
When loud words form on angry lips, a child’s face prunes-up in temper tantrum mode, or the 10:00 news reports (repeats!) humankind’s brutal and apathetic disregard— I mute the world. You see, Hearing aids allow one to create or modify…
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Read more: Aim High
Three marriages; three divorces. Countless boyfriends and one-night stands but still no Mr. Right— not even a Mr. Close Enough. Six kids: two in prison three unaccounted for; one baby-bump and a big, fat drug habit. “Well done, my child. Well done!”
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Read more: The Love Boat
“Noah, this boat of yours is dreck!” “It’s an ark, Na’amah. An ark.” “Ark, Schmark!” “Go check on the animals, will ya?” “They’re drenched. Nu?” “So, what can I do?” “How about plugging the leaks?” “Do I look like an…
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Read more: At Last!
I tried everything: friends of friends, online dating and meetup groups. No luck. Then one day I took a walk in the desert, and there it was. Slithering out from under a rock with the rest of the snakes— my…