Write about your first home: your childhood home or your first apartment or house of your own. "Explain something to me," Leo said. Kita dropped her gaze from the stars, narrowing her eyes querulously. He went on without waiting for a response. "How does a mainland ninja end up all the way out on a … Continue reading Prompt 135-First Home
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Prompt 134-Physically Fit
Have you ever been significantly more or less physically fit than you are today? What was different about that? What was easier? Harder? Did others treat you any differently? During my junior and senior years of high school, I was on the cross country ski team. I hadn't played a sport since a season of … Continue reading Prompt 134-Physically Fit
Week 25
Oh snap, where did this Sunday afternoon go? Time flies when you're avoiding responsibilities I guess. I had plans to purge my closet, to fill and take bags of old clothes and shoes to Goodwill, but I cleaned the kitchen instead and got sucked into YouTube videos while eating lunch. I did get some writing … Continue reading Week 25
Prompt 133-Needed
When was the last time you felt needed? In the old days, there were many like me. Before the Advent, before the Discovery, humans created me and my kind to serve. We had purpose, we made their lives easier. They made us in their own image and we lived among them, but we were not … Continue reading Prompt 133-Needed
Prompt 132-Digital Relationships
Have you ever made a friend with, or fallen in love with, someone you met online? Once upon a time, the internet was a quieter place with several niche communities. We weren’t connected 24/7 like we are now. In the early days, you had a “family computer” that you had to share with parents and … Continue reading Prompt 132-Digital Relationships
Prompt 131-Time Consumption
What do you spend most of your time doing every day (when you are not writing)? Tick. Tick. Tick. The second hand of the clock on the wall drummed a steady beat in Jasmine’s head. Keyboards made echoing clacks as her coworkers typed away at their memos and reports. A phone rang in another part … Continue reading Prompt 131-Time Consumption
Prompt 130-Best Friends
What do you and your spouse or best friend have in common? A day after her triumphant return, Mika and Yuri decided to venture to the human world to do some shopping. It was the one thing about the human world Mika fully enjoyed, and since her father abhorred human malls she knew he wouldn’t … Continue reading Prompt 130-Best Friends
Prompt 129-Storage
What would you like to put in storage? “Dammit!” Shannon cursed as she rubbed her stubbed toe. She had accidentally dragged the metal base of the ancient recliner over her foot as she moved it to vacuum. The tawny leather armchair was a death trap that had been trying to kill her since she first … Continue reading Prompt 129-Storage
Week 24
Hello, hello! I know it's late so I won't take up too much of your time blathering on about my weekend before getting you your weekly list of daily prompts. I took a day trip to have a picnic with family I haven't seen since my wedding and it was a beautiful day. It was … Continue reading Week 24
Prompt 128-Distraction
What is a sure-fire way to distract you from the task at hand? Headphones on. Music up. Candle burning a pleasant aroma. The phone has been abandoned to another room. Messenger app has been muted. The muse is lounging peacefully. Fingers flying across the keyboard. The words are flowing. I’m in a groove. Peak productivity … Continue reading Prompt 128-Distraction
Closet Full of Notebooks 