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Just Another Tuesday
Read more: Just Another TuesdayList of Words: Prompt: Use the list of words provided to write a story about the photo. The first drops started on a Tuesday. They started off slow and then began to fall faster and faster, quenching the thirsty ground. Rapidly, swiftly the rain came down, until slowly the streets began to flood and the […]
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A Trip To Remember
Read more: A Trip To RememberHer boyfriend paddled their canoe faster, splashing water into the canoe. “I don’t know why you insisted we go on this trip anyway. It’s so stupid.” “Just give it a chance, Nash. It could be fun if you let it.” “Fun? It’s not fun for me.” She sighed. She’d begged him to try birdwatching with […]
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Trilliums
Read more: TrilliumsWriting Prompt: Write a poem about wildflowers. Snow melting, Spring arriving, Green pushing up from beneath the ground. Flower opening, White appearing, Exploding out across the brown forest floor. Trilliums arriving, Slowly rising, Bringing beauty and life to the forest.
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Memory Loss
Read more: Memory LossWriting Prompt: Write about a character with an unreliable memory. Tilly stared up at the building above her. It looked familiar, but she’d forgotten where she was and where she was supposed to go. Glancing down at her watch, the time read 7:40am. It felt like she was supposed to be somewhere, but she wasn’t […]
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What The Pet Hears II
Read more: What The Pet Hears IIWhat The Pet Hears, Part 2 Madelynn rubbed her ears and sighed loudly. “What am I going to do, Molly? Al’s been a jerk again. I know better, Mols, but I love him. I just can’t bring myself to go somewhere else.” Molly whined and looked up at Madelynn with her big brown eyes. They […]
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I Remember
Read more: I RememberWriting Prompt: Start your story with the lines “I remember.” I remember the night the owl landed on the pole near our house. It was the same night my grandma died, the same night my life changed forever. My grandma was my everything, the one who I could always count on to help me when […]
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Bamboo Bumblebee
Read more: Bamboo BumblebeeBamboo flew from flower to flower, trying to gather the pollen and nectar. She’d been going at it all day, and the sun was getting lower in the sky, but they needed food. Exhausted, she took a moment to rest at the next flower before moving on. Winter had been rough, and they needed as […]
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What The Pet Hears
Read more: What The Pet HearsWriting Prompt: Unbeknownst to humans, house pets can understand everything we say. Molly closed her eyes, laid her head gently on her owner’s lap and sighed. She was tired of her owner arguing with everything the short, fat man said. Besides that, she’d overheard the short fat man talking when her owner wasn’t around. He planned […]
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Stolen
Read more: StolenAddison watch the swans swim quickly across the pond through her binoculars. They kept their 5 babies close to them and moved with intention towards the opposite shore. One of the babies kept getting behind the rest, and the parents kept nudging it forward. She wasn’t sure what had spooked them, but they seemed to […]