What is something you have learned in the past few days? “Let me get this straight,” Midge said for what felt like the hundredth time. His hair was going to start falling out if he ran his hand through it too many more times. “Super powers are a real thing and the general public is … Continue reading Prompt 248-Newfound Knowledge 2
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The Filler Episodes
Happy Monday everyone! I hope your Easter weekend was as fun and relaxing as mine. I really needed those extra couple days off from work. It's still a few months until I get an actual vacation, but it was nice to be able to take a long weekend to visit family. It also means I … Continue reading The Filler Episodes
Prompt 247-Personality Change
If you could change one personality trait about yourself, would you? Which one? [Emotional music plays] [SFX: ambient crowd noise, perhaps a café] Voice 1: I wish I was confident enough to ask my cute coworker out for coffee. [SFX: tattoo gun whirring, clamoring voices chanting encouragement] Voice 2: I wish I wasn’t so impulsive … Continue reading Prompt 247-Personality Change
Prompt 246-Favorite Spot
Do you have a favorite spot to go out for coffee or dinner? What makes this spot so great? The chattering of the squirrels and the intermittent birdsong surrounded Rowan in warmth. She turned in a slow circle. The trail was nowhere to be found. She was good and lost now. She beamed. The forest … Continue reading Prompt 246-Favorite Spot
Prompt 245-Friendly Qualities
What is more important in a friend: someone who makes you laugh, or someone who is always there for you? Simone stood on the platform staring at her phone long after the rest of the passengers had moved on towards their destinations. Three bars connected her to anyone in her contacts list, but there were … Continue reading Prompt 245-Friendly Qualities
Prompt 244-Recycling
Do you recycle? If so, what do you recycle? If not, why not? “Targets spotted,” Anne says softly. She sends the feed from her scanner directly to the visual processor in my cybernetic brain. Three men in tailored suits exit the sedan that has just pulled up to the transfer station. The scanner highlights their … Continue reading Prompt 244-Recycling
Oh To Be Human Again!
*inhales deeply* What is this? Air flowing through BOTH nostrils uninhibited? Lungs free and clear to be filled with beautiful spring air? I made it through an entire day without needing even a small catnap? Can this be? Dare I say it? Yes! My cold is gone! Over! Finito! And all it cost me was … Continue reading Oh To Be Human Again!
Prompt 243-Piercings
Do you have any piercings? Do you like them on other people? Does it matter where they are? I’ve had my ears pierced since I was a kid. I actually had to have them re-pierced once because they had closed up and I wanted to wear earrings again. It’s kind of funny because my right … Continue reading Prompt 243-Piercings
Prompts 241-242
Prompt 241: How clean is your house right now? My house (still slightly surreal to say that, my house) is moderately clean. That is to say, it is far from immaculate but nowhere near landfill. I like to think I do a decent job of keeping it presentable. I clean as I go for the … Continue reading Prompts 241-242
Prompt 240-Generation Gap
What do you think the biggest cultural differences are between your generation and your parents’ generation? Todd found Fae on the surface of their headquarters staring up at the night sky. It had changed since he was a kid. New constellations formed and deformed as the Empress’s fleet orbited the planet, not stars shining down … Continue reading Prompt 240-Generation Gap
Closet Full of Notebooks 