Dystopian Utopia
Before, when I thought of dystopian societies, I always imagined an Orwellian scenario where the government controlled everything. 1984 the novel was mostly based on Stalin-era…
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Trifecta Challenge: 33 to 333 words featuring the word Dwell: a : to keep the attention directed —used with on or upon “tried not to dwell on my fears” b : to speak or write…
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Today’s Daily Post prompt was to write a story with an open ending and invite my readers to finish it. So, I’m going to do just…
Read articleTen Minutes: Three Reasons
Flash Fiction 365 prompt: three reasons. Daily Post prompt: Set a timer for ten minutes. Open a new post. Start the timer, and start writing. When…
Read articleA Woman Walks Into a Restaurant
Daily Post Weekly Challenge. Bensenville is the kind of town you don’t want to be walking alone in late at night, but not for the reasons…
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Trifecta Challenge: 33 to 333 words featuring the word Anticipation: a : visualization of a future event or state b : an object or form that anticipates a later type David glanced…
Read articleCan’t Be
Flash Fiction 365 prompt: Can’t Be. Nate got out of the car haphazardly parked on the edge of the shoulder where he had barely managed to…
Read articleShreds of Doubt
Flash Fiction 365 prompt: Shreds of doubt. God, she hated this feeling that she was stuck with. She wanted it to go away, but it wouldn’t.…
Read articleWhy Didn’t It Happen To Me?
Flash Fiction 365 prompt: Why didn’t it happen to me? Tom ran into the hospital, pushing an orderly out of way, as if he knew where…
Read articleI Didn’t Go There
Flash Fiction 365 prompt: I didn’t go there. “Well? How did it go?” “It’s a mess, Kathy.” He sopped up some egg on his plate with…
Read articleCandy Apple Red
Flash Fiction 365 prompt: Candy Apple Red. Myra placed the UV light over French Manicure’s hands; The top coat just needed to dry. She was almost…
Read articleSuitably Warm: No Three Letter Words
Double prompt! Daily Post Prompt: Write an entire post without using any three-letter words. Flash Fiction 365 prompt: Suitably Warm. Everett absently coaxed already blazing flames…
Read articleRevisionist Fish
Daily Prompt: Go back in time to an event you think could have played out differently for you. Let alternate history have its moment: tell us…
Read article1,000 Words: The Last Picture
A picture is worth a thousand words, so here are exactly one thousand words, not including this introduction, about this picture provided by The Daily Post.…
Read articlePetka of the Saddlers
Today’s Prompt: Pick a random word… …and do Google image search on it. Check out the eleventh picture it brings up. Write about whatever that image…
Read articleThe Case Of The Irrealis Form Of The Copula
“I wish I were able to stop her,” Harbrace muttered. “If I had been there, I would have done something.” “Well, I wish I were a…
Read articlePeas & Gooey Cake
“Do you believe in soul mates?” he asked. She managed to let out a “Hm” before indecorously wrinkling up her nose and fashioning her mouth subconsciously…
Read articleThirteen Years
It’s been thirteen years since I last stood in this spot. When I left the hotel this morning, I did not imagine that I’d be quite…
Read articleKung Pow
Jarred out of sleep by the ringing in his ears, Jake rolled over and looked at the infernal contraption called the telephone. He didn’t recognize the…
Read articleTardax
Tardax woke up at seven narns just like he always did. He rolled over to look out the portal in his pod and saw that it…
Read articleA Memorable Job Interview
Like many of his scientist brethren, Steve has never been very good with people. His social skills are what you might call retarded. So, when it…
Read articleThe Family Curse
A long time ago, there were two brothers, Hircismus and Halitosis who lived deep in the mountains with their parents. Their great-grandfather had been cursed by…
Read articleDie Legende von Halle Von Ween
Once upon a time, there was a boy named Ween who lived in a small village in the German Alps called Meisterstadt or Master Town in…
Read articlePsychiatric Hospital
Write a 100-word story without using the letter “e” in any words. Tim’s first notion, to run away from this room, found an abrupt stop. Thick…
Read articleJuan v. Giant
He’s a big guy, but big is an understatement. He is big to most people the way a pterodactyl is to a hummingbird. He is the…
Read articleBlind Date
“Hi, I’m Bob.” Hi, I’m Sally. Nice to meet you,” she said as she took his limp hand in hers. Sally was a firm believer that…
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