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May 2024 Writing Prompt
This month cannot be almost over! It’s nuts! My house is in a state of chaos right now, and my office (where I normally work on my writing projects) is all piled into the dining room. I have my computer set up so that I can reach it, but nothing else that I need. (Whoops!) Continue reading
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Love is a Battlefield
December 2023’s short story of the month It was strange to sit up in bed and smell the coffee coming from the kitchen and realize I wasn’t the first person up. I liked the idea of a hot cup of coffee waiting for me downstairs. But for so long it had been my kitchen and Continue reading
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Geckin of ISP9
September 2023’s short story of the month They didn’t have to like her as long as they forgot her. She had read studies about that: how people can deal with being disliked, but they can’t deal with being ignored. And for far too long, Tara had been ignored. The only thing people noticed about her Continue reading
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Thick as Thieves
June 2019 short story (Really late, but here it is.) We took turns guarding the door, neither of us sleeping very much. Ricky looked nervous, and suddenly I felt bad about getting him involved. I shouldn’t have asked him to tag along. His mother would flay me if she found out. I didn’t have a Continue reading
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Galaxy S Class Cruiser
March 2019 Short Story Harry shuffled the deck of cards and pushed it across the table. “Deal,” he said. “One more hand,” I agreed. It was a way to pass the time. More importantly, it was a way to avoid talking about the fact we were in a holding cell – again. When we started Continue reading
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No Where to Hide
*This is my November short story. I am running behind because of Nanowrimo, but did I mention I wrote 50,000 words last month?* Until that day, fear had been an idea, a concept. Now it was real: a feeling I would carry inside me for the rest of my life. The day began innocently enough, Continue reading
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Quiet
Present Day — St. Louis It flashed through the sky and then was gone. Lucy was sure she had seen a UFO and was equally sure aliens were here to secretly make contact with a human being. Maybe they would choose her. Maybe she would get to visit their ship. Maybe she would finally get Continue reading
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July’s Prompt
So, this month I am actually trying and succeeding at getting things done when I mean to. Starting with getting my short story prompt posted early. Without further ado, here is July’s prompt: “The yellow lines on the highway sped by in a blur, and we flew through the night, and we felt free. But Continue reading
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Crash Site
I’ve lived in this town my whole life, and most of the time that’s fine by me. But in late fall when the sky fills with birds migrating south for the winter, traveling thousands of miles, I get homesick for places I’ve never been. Places like Egypt, Rome, Paris, anywhere but here. In this town, Continue reading
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A Brief History of the Psittacines
Once terraforming tech was developed and improved on, everyone assumed the entire surface of Mars would be re-scaped and colonized. In reality, the harsh Mars environment was too overwhelming for the best tech. In the end, only about 2% of Mars was terraformed. Of the people who helped terraform, many remained behind to join the Continue reading
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