aka, The Abject Muse

Tag: Writing Prompt

  • Living In Moot Mode

    Living In Moot Mode

    Is it just me, or does anyone else wonder about the lone shoe or boot on the side of the road? How does that happen? Do drivers and/or passengers  take one off and dangle it out the car window until it slips from their grasp? If so, why? Is it fun? Are these people snubbing their noses at the bourgeois? Or maybe,…

  • Career Move

    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?”

  • A Smiling Martyr

    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…

  • Cristal, Marty, & Me

    Cristal, Marty, & Me

    The first thing that came to mind when I read the prompt for today was, shit. I don’t much feel like writing about that. The next thing I thought of was shampagne/champagne, so let’s go with that. I had the opportunity to taste good champagne only once in my life, so far. It happened at…

  • The Sub

    The Sub

        This week’s writing prompt for the Grammar Ghoul Press Shapeshifting 13 Challenge is the word, recipe. Exactly 13  words. ** Substituting vodka for water can ruin a recipe— but it’s a great payback.