What do you consider to be a beautiful disaster and why? I’d never met a more unfortunate soul than Daria Smith. If her life were a novel, critics would call it unrealistic. Not even a fictional character could endure so many tragedies, so much suffering, in a single short lifetime. But Daria did. She survived … Continue reading Prompt 362 – Beautiful Disaster
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Prompt 359 – New Planet
If you got to name a new planet, what would you name it and why? “That smells amazing, Mrs. Chang,” Al said, strolling into the galley. She made a dismissive gesture with her spoon hand. “Would be better if I had real Zodarran ginger root.” She gave the dish a taste and shrugged. “But this … Continue reading Prompt 359 – New Planet
Prompt 357 – Game of Life
Why do you think people sometimes refer to life as a game? Splat. Kay flinched as the rotting flesh exploded on impact. “Whoo! 50 points!” Joel laughed, pressing his foot down on the accelerator of the armored truck and twisting the wheel to aim for another body up the road. “Why must you do that?” … Continue reading Prompt 357 – Game of Life
Prompt 355 – Gut Instincts
Do you follow your gut instincts and if so are they usually right? Thunder echoed in the distance at steady intervals. Todd glanced up at the stars as he picked his way through the woods along an unmarked trail. They were wrong. Up above the Earth, new lights shone and danced among the familiar constellations. … Continue reading Prompt 355 – Gut Instincts
Prompt 352 – Silver Linings
What keeps you smiling on the worst of days? “How do you do it?” Robyn’s small voice reached through the dark. Kita shifted against the wall, her shackles clanking as she tried to find a more comfortable position. The princess was asleep so the question could only be for her. “How do I do what?” … Continue reading Prompt 352 – Silver Linings
Prompt 349-Void
Do you feel like there’s a void in your life and if so what could be causing it? The hearth is cold, the tree unlit. A single, muted gift rests beneath the boughs, its colors hard to recognize in the dim candlelight. Snow blankets the hard ground outside, silencing everything around. My phone sits facedown … Continue reading Prompt 349-Void
Prompt 347-Betrayed
Have you ever been betrayed and if so how? Dear diary, Never before today have I known true suffering. Not when I lost my favorite squeaky toy beneath the couch. Not when I forgot which tree I buried my favorite bone under. Not when the squirrels taunted me from their lofty branches after narrowly escaping … Continue reading Prompt 347-Betrayed
Prompt 346-Music Taste
What does your music taste say about you? I’d seen her around campus before. Her hair was always perfect, her make-up flawless, her clothes fitted and color coordinated. So much color. That much color should have been illegal in an 8am Monday class, but there she was, glaringly pink, three seats back in the first … Continue reading Prompt 346-Music Taste
Prompt 342-The Illusion of Peace
Do you think world peace is an illusion? Thomas Hartley sat at a scratched and dented oblong table with the remaining leaders of the world. The bunker conference room was silent except for the scratching of pen on parchment as each of them signed their name to the treaty. Not a one of them were … Continue reading Prompt 342-The Illusion of Peace
Prompt 341-Good Friend
What makes you a good friend? Alaric stared out the port window to the void beyond, but his gaze focused inward. The blackness out there was nothing to the emptiness he felt inside. “Al? You okay?” Matty’s voice sounded softer than usual even with a door between them. He knew she was just trying to … Continue reading Prompt 341-Good Friend
Closet Full of Notebooks 