Teresa at The Haunted Wordsmith alternates with Kristian on Thursdays for 50 Word Thursday. Teresa says: Rules: **Find the muse within the photo or line provided and follow where it leads. It can be a story, anecdote, poem. Anything! **Story must be between 50 and 250 words, in 50 word increments. **Link back to this…
Category: fiction
Story Starter Challenge — Justice
Teresa, The Haunted Wordsmith, has her daily Story Starter Challenge of: Today’s prompt: “That was your third strike.” Gianella had been a court officer for thirty years. Over time she learned not to go against what her adminstrators and mid-managers told her, especially when making court recommendations. There had been only two incidents where Gianella…
No More Cannon Fodder
image link Fandango’s FOWC is percolate, the Word of the Day Challenge is bovine, and Paula’s 3 Things Challenge words are: shortbread, cannon, guru Mongo, the guru, rode into the mud streets of the Old West town on a Mount Olympus-sized bovine named Pete. The townsfolk had sent their best rider to find Mongo and…
1000 Words Worth — Season 2 — Water Baby
A Guy Called Bloke has started Season 2 of 1000 Words Worth. The challenge is to write a 1000-word story to the pictures above. Hope you enjoy the tale! From the time Vela was in her mother’s womb, she’d been lulled by rhythms of water. Aside from the amniotic sac she floated in, Vela’s parents…
Story Starter Challenge — Colloquialorigin Story
Teresa from The Haunted Wordsmith has given the Story Starter Challenge of: “Heavens to betsy, why’d you do that?“ Betsy had been a nervous child since infancy. Loud noises caused an exaggerated startle reflex. Strangers meant running and hiding behind her mother. When school started, Betsy was too timid to speak to the other children….
Dance for the Devil
image link Fandango’s FOWC is victim, the Word of the Day Challenge is team, and Paula’s 3 Things Challenge words are uranium, moss, dancer Nancy grew up in Janesville, a town that was comprised of a bar, a church, a hardware store, a mom n pop grocery store, an elementary and middle school (the high…
Twittering Tales #26 – This Is It – 5 March 2019
Kat is the host of Twittering Tales. Kat says: Your mission, if you choose to accept the challenge, is to tell a story in 280 characters or less. REMEMBER…you have 280 characters (spaces and punctuation included), to tell your tale…and a week to do it. Photo by Johnathan Basquez at Unsplash.com Donna’s phone…
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