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December 30, 2025

Chronicles of Mary

December 2025 Short Story of the Month You know when even the things you dislike about a person make you love her even more? Well, that was Mary. On the one hand, she had more magic in her little pinky than I did in my entire body, but she rarely used it. It drove me Continue reading

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December 28, 2025

Hot Sun Beating Down

November 2025 short story of the month The day was scorching hot and bone dry, the air smelled like burnt toast, and everyone’s nerves were on edge. Only Zeke was calm. He patrolled the perimeter, making jokes about everything. He found absolutely everything funny. Finally, Sarge walked up behind him and tapped him on the Continue reading

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December 27, 2025

Birth of a Coven

October 2025 short story of the month The moon broke through the clouds, and the four of them stood there, frozen waiting for something to happen. They were in the middle of an open field, and it was as if a spotlight had been trained on them. Suddenly without warning, the air was filled with Continue reading

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November 13, 2025

November 2025’s Short Story Prompt

Here we go! It’s that time again. Time for another short story prompt. This month’s prompt was originally used in November 2021. See the original prompt here: This month’s prompt is: The day was scorching hot and bone dry, the air smelled like burnt toast, and everyone’s nerves were on edge. Only Zeke was calm. Continue reading

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September 30, 2025

Nanowrimo is cancelled … sort of

So if like me you’ve been participating in NANOWRIMO in November every year, you’ve probably heard that they are out of commission. The website and business side hit some struggles and didn’t recover. However, for me, Nano was something I looked forward to every year. I didn’t go to the events or participate in the Continue reading

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September 25, 2025

September 2025’s Prompt

I am horribly behind. Even more than I normally am. Literally the only thing I’m not behind on is reading. I’ve already met my goal for the year and read over 52 books. (Which is maybe why I’m behind on everything else). Despite that, I have chosen a prompt for this month. The original post Continue reading

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July 27, 2025

Reading Quotes Mid-Year 2025

So far this year, I’ve already read 41 books. I am crushing my reading goals! And having a great time doing it! While I’m reading, I like to underline quotes and copy them down into a separate notebook that I flip through sometimes. Here are some from this year that I’ve really liked: There are Continue reading

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July 21, 2025

July 2025’s Prompt

I’ve had a wonderful month. My family had time together doing some things we’ve been looking forward to. One of the things we did was go see The Wiz. It’s always been my favorite musical. I’ve never seen the live version. It was absolutely amazing. As we were getting ready to leave my daughter said, Continue reading

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June 23, 2025

June 2025 Writing Prompt

Summer is the perfect time to procrastinate. I’ve been procrastinating about writing by reading while floating in a small pool we put in our backyard. My kid got a job this summer, so I have nothing on my agenda except floating in the pool. Hopefully you’re having a great summer too! This month’s short story Continue reading

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April 23, 2025

April 2025 Prompt

So behind this month in like everything… I am trying to get caught up on things, but it might take me a couple of weeks. My husband had the great idea that he and I would paint our deck by hand, just the two of us. It’s a huge deck. A lot of it had Continue reading