Tag: The Daily Post
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Mavra Ph’tera
Today’s writing prompt at The Daily Post is the word, fortune. ** It was a lot to take in. Mavra Ph’tera* struggled to make sense of it all. Below, the Chicago River flowed the way it always had, as if nothing had happened. He thought about jumping; just to see if they really worked, but the…
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Fishing for Me
Who the hell am I? I am a lot of things: the sum of my experiences—most of which have been pretty weird. This is apparent in my writing. I am also an animal lover, cats in particular. I am a freelance writer and have been very fortunate in getting gigs. Well, most of the time. I don’t…
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Career Move
Today’s writing prompt at The Daily Post is the word, folly. French soldiers are building a fort in 18th- Century Rashid, Egypt. “Hey, Champollion! “Oui?” “Can you read hieroglyphs? “Plus ou moins. Pourquoi?” “Check out this rock.” “Merde sainte!” “What?” “Mon Dieu!” “C’mon! What?” “Le CV de Pharaoh!” “Cool! When can he start?”
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A Smiling Martyr
Today’s writing prompt at The Daily Post is the word, martyr. ℵ I recently moved back to Alabama after living in Connecticut for nearly four years. One Saturday morning I was driving down US 280, missing CT and my friends, a job that I’d loved, and everything else I’d left behind. In short, I was homesick and feeling…
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As Seen on TV
Today’s writing prompts at The Daily Post is the word, scorched. ℵ I was cursed/blessed with naturally curly hair. During the 1970s when I was a teenager, this was not cool. Older people told me how lucky I was and that I’d never need a perm. “Don’t worry,” they’d say. “Curly hair would be back in style…
aka, The Abject Muse 