Showing posts with label prompt. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prompt. Show all posts

Monday, May 13, 2013

Prompt #4 Erratic


My eyes hurt. The headache I’ve been fighting since 6am isn’t going anywhere, meds or no meds. It’s at bay. I need to finish my work. I’m alone today. My assistant’s son is sick.

I used to get migraines regular as clockwork. Now they come sparsely. When they show, I usually get meds in time to hold off the worst. Now it’s like a sinus headache. Persistent, low pain that’s somehow worse than the head splitters.

I read once that there are no nerves in your brain, and the scientists don’t know that much about headaches. Science is erratic too. 

Friday, May 10, 2013

Prompt #3:Futile

I stare at the screen at work. I go home. Different screens. I go out with friends. Phone screens. Movie screens, TV screens, Computer screens. Every room in my house has a screen.

I went on a picnic yesterday with my friend Jane. No screens. No idiocy. Just sunshine, birds, and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.  

Now I’m back with my screens. Jane is in the hospital with her little boy. Monitor screens.

Yesterday I felt like the world was ending. Today…

Today I eat an apple in front of my screen while it rains. Later I’ll read a book.

Monday, May 6, 2013

Prompt #2 Dim


The light faded from Rico’s eyes. Ed let himself drink in the sight. He had a little time. The warm air would keep the body limber for a while longer: those cop TV shows had a bit of truth.

He shifted his weight and started his work. The body would barely be moved: all the evidence would rot with him. Less risk than dragging it all over creation. No bloodstains in the car, no fibers of dead skin under his nails. Burn everything, spread the ashes, and bury the body so deep even the maggots would have to get pickaxes.

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Prompt #1 "Crash"



Loki wasn’t sure exactly what hit him. But it was big. Very very big.
The gray image solidified slightly. Mjölnir was a half-inch in front of his face.
Ah.
“Do not test me, Brother.” Thor yanked him onto his feet.
The idiot honestly expected him to try something after that? He could feel his teeth loosening behind his metal muzzle, and Thor thought he was dangerous?
Maybe the idiot was learning after all.
It was more than he could say of Odin. The Allfather stood, glaring with his single eye.
He’d fallen for far too long. Time for the crash.

My newest project

Gonna try to hit all of these. May be original stuff, fanfic shorts, limericks, I have no idea. Each will be 100 words long, as Brevity is the soul of wit. Let the creativity begin!

001.Crash002.Dim003.Futile 004.Erratic 005.Loved
006.Soft 007.Hold 008.Shackles 009.Broken 010.Precious
011.Odds and Ends 012.Tea 013.Twisted 014.Echo 015.Soothe
016.Fight 017.Naked 018.Push 019.Alive 020.New
021.Born 022.Murmur 023.Devious 024.Isolation 025.Starve
026.Breakable 027.Winter 028.Ignore 029.Colour 030.Grace
031.Belong 032.Choke 033.Reach 034.Difficult 035.Heat
036.Veneer 037.Fall 038.Nightmare 039.Contagious 040.Good riddance
041.Goodbye 042.Scarred 043.Last dance 044.Burn 045.Steady
046.Monster 047.Voodoo048.Shine 049.Intent 050.Camping
051.Grave 052.Machine 053.Destination 054.Nowhere 055.Garden
056.I know 057.Dust 058.Dream 059.Destiny 060.Spring
061.Sigh 062.Fingertips 063.Waiting 064.Playboy 065.Revenge
066.July 067.Desire 068.Free 069.Celebration 070.Stars
071.Morgue 072.Space 073.Whitewash 074.Alone 075.Coma
076.Letters 077.Phone call 078.Music 079.Silence 080.Cards
081.Emblem 082.Elephant 083.Monopoly 084.Reality 085.Serenity
086.Bone 087.Chalk dust 088.Manuscript 089.Ink 090.Perfection
091.Ring 092.Drive 093.Missing 094.Full moon 095.New direction
096.Writer's Choice 097.Writer's Choice 098.Writer's Choice 099.Writer's Choice 100.Writer's Choice 

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