Without much ado, I present this week’s challenge, as posting has already been delayed a little. PROMPT #80 Exploration Challenge #80 FOR THE NEW ENTRANTS There is no restriction on the length or format of the piece. Write a post on your blog, and link it up here with a pingback, or copy-paste the blog … Continue reading Reena’s Exploration Challenge #80
An interesting prompt by Michael ….
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This week consider a fairy tale from the perspective of the evil step-mother, the wicked witch, the dark prince or any other bad/evil character you might be familiar with.
What might be their motivation, were they always the way they are depicted?
Do they have any redeeming qualities?
Go where the prompt leads you, have fun and don’t cast any spells that might backfire on you.
Link your tales using the linking tool below and limit your responses to 600 words max.
There was a celebration in the deep, dark woods – their Master, the Devil had taken birth in the human world. His first masterful act was to kill his mother – she died during childbirth. His father, in a state of shock, refused to see the child, and uttered the words – “Oh, May he … Continue reading Damned
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“I’m very excited to be interviewing a time traveller. It is a first for me and the channel. Tell us, Mr. Jeevan, what did you see on your journey to different eras in time?” “Quite a lot, but I was disappointed when I tried to connect the dots between different eras. Life is not static. … Continue reading Time Traveller
Do you see the colors of the current? …… as I see it — by HRR Gorman
The young man lay on the dock, chin tucked nicely in his fingers at the edge of the wood. “What’s it look like, under the ocean?”
A mermaid held onto the buoy just off the edge of the dock, anchoring herself in place. “The water distorts the comings and goings of light in a different way from the air. The deeper I plunge into the ocean, the darker everything seems, the stranger the colors.” She held out a hand. “Would you like to see?”
The man shook his head. “Nah. I couldn’t breathe under there.”
The mermaid chuckled, put the hand up to her mouth to hide her giggle.
“Maybe you do have all the colors in the universe, but I bet we got something you don’t.” He turned around, grabbed something out of a pocket, and showed it to her.
Her eyes widened. “Oh! It’s so yellow!”
The man…
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puzzles of life remain unsolved – as I watch unglued pieces fall patterns and designs don’t work without a medium https://athling2001.wordpress.com/2019/03/25/jsw-prompt-3-25-2019/
PHOTO PROMPT© Sandra Crook For Rochelle’s Friday Fictioneers
Other stories featuring the prompt can be found here
“You have to be kidding me!”
The fates needed an upgrade but this bordered insanity. A few threads at a time allowed them the opportunity to monitor the mortal souls. Now they were to dish destiny on an industrial scale? “Population explosion” the given excuse.
She rolled her eyes. Nothing a little war or two wouldn’t fix. The plague? STDs and other nasty diseases? Builds character. No wonder the union organised a strike, fate worked over time. The webs between souls more complicated. The machines of life rumbled as they processed thread.
“What happens if there is a jam?”
“ Cut the threads amass.”
Set in the same story world as an earlier Flash Fiction: Thread!
My husband will understand this better. He is the textile engineer. I try to wriggle out of the job of writing for this prompt. But he is not creative at all. And who will read a textbook? I see poetry in this picture. He will see the production process. I take my diversion in blogging. … Continue reading Fabricated
