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A place for me to focus on creative writing, using prompts I love but not related to my larger work in progress. Any prompts from outside sources are linked in the post in which they are used.

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

The lunch meeting

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Photo by  Jason Briscoe  on  Unsplash Catherine sipped her coffee as she watched the younger woman enter the restaurant. She definitely ...
Friday, January 20, 2017

Jill & Sam, Part 2

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Hi. I'm Sam. I'm not exactly sure why I'm here. I just needed to see her, I guess. This past few years have been crazy. I...
Thursday, January 19, 2017

Jill & Sam, Part 1

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Jill I first met my boyfriend Sam three years ago, backstage at one of his concerts. My roommate Jen had an extra ticket and backstage p...
Tuesday, January 17, 2017

What does sunshine taste like?

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Prompt found here Ice cold lemonade on a hot day Salty sweat Cool, creamy ice cream Food fresh from the grill Sweet, juicy strawberr...
Thursday, December 8, 2016

Annie

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The guys were unusually well behaved this evening. I walked out of the bedroom, dressed and ready to go, and the place was quiet. No video ...
Friday, October 7, 2016

Flashback Friday

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I originally wrote this several years ago for Skirt! Magazine's website. Eventually I'll do something more with this. I was dres...
Thursday, August 18, 2016

The Mixed-up Ballerina

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Saturday morning, 6 a.m. My alarm is blaring on my nightstand and I'd love to turn it off and sleep a few more hours. I'm too exci...
Sunday, August 14, 2016

The Box

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Image courtesy of nuttakit at FreeDigitalPhotos.net "It's time," she thought to herself. The suitcase had been sitting in ...
Sunday, August 7, 2016

Larry, part 1

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(Today's prompt found here ) There were 17 cats living in Larry’s basement. When we arrived at his house for dinner, I was not ...
Saturday, July 30, 2016

Polly, part 3

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She gripped the rim of the porcelain sink and tried to steady her hands. "One last time," she whispered to herself. "One. Las...
Thursday, July 14, 2016

Cooper

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" She smelled amazing, like cinnamon. Man, I wish I'd remembered I was allergic to cinnamon . Might have been a warning sign to m...
Wednesday, July 13, 2016

Jill

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"Jill, we have a crisis!" I hear Annie, my assistant editor, call out from her office next to mine. " We can't have a...
Friday, July 8, 2016

Aggie

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She showed up at my door soaking wet, bruised, and covered in glitter . I of course burst out laughing. As she stood there, dripping and spa...
Thursday, July 7, 2016

Polly, part 2

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She wasn't supposed to be here . She was supposed to be happily married still. She never expected to wake up one day and realize her hu...
Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Polly

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Polly carefully placed the cardboard box on the small table. " So this is it. This is home for the next however long." She look...
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