Teresa at The Haunted Wordsmith is the host of Story Starter Challenge. Teresa says: Welcome to the new Story Starter Challenge! Every day I will post a new sentence prompt. Use the provided sentence somewhere in your post. It can be a starting sentence, closing sentence, anything you choose. Read it and see where the…
Category: fiction
Strawberry Fields Forever
image link Fandango’s FOWC is health, the Word of the Day Challenge is monotonous, and Paula’s 3 Things Challenge words are velvet, cloud, hippie Strawberry Fields had been a hippie for over 50 years. Although the term had faded over the years, Strawberry’s free velvet spirit had not. She no longer saturated her lungs with…
#FFFC 3 Little Martin
Fandango’s Flash Fiction Challenge is to write to the photo above. Warning: content that some readers might find offensive. Forty years ago, Martin was born to his parents when both of them were in their early fifties. Martin’s parents had a lot of parties at their house which involved cards, poker, and alcohol. Martin,…
Kangaroo Bandit
image link Fandango’s FOWC is reckoning, the Word of the Day Challenge is fragile, and Paula’s 3 Things Challenge words are kangaroo, light bulb, taco Nobody thought much about when the kangaroo escaped from the zoo that June. They figured animal control would hunt it down and take it back and that would be that….
Story Starter Challenge #1
image link Teresa, The Haunted Wordsmith is starting a new challenge. Teresa says: Welcome to the new Story Starter Challenge! I am not sure how often this challenge will run (let me know in the comments what you would vote for), but I hope you enjoy this one. Rule: Use provided sentence somewhere in your…
Saturday Mix – Mad About Metaphor, 3 March 2019 – At the Fair
image link Sarah is the host of Saturday Mix — Mad About Metaphor. Sarah says: Our metaphor this week is: – Cotton candy words I’m not sure if I properly used the cotton candy words here or not. It seems like I did, as he was able to convince her with his words, but the…
Horse in a Sling
image link Fandango’s FOWC is case, the Word of the Day Challenge is learning, and Paula’s 3 Things Challenge words are filter, keepsake, salad Joe had learned so much during his eight years of college on his academic journey towards becoming a veterinarian. He had done an internship at the local vet’s office the past…
Tao-Talk 