[For some background on these stories, please see this post [link] over at my blog.] Prompt (from Fast Fiction): Write a short story beginning with the sentence “My father said no more.” (Word count: 259) * * * * * My father said no more. He sat on his chrome-and-vinyl breakfast chair, watching rain spatter the …
Prompt: Write a short story about camping. (Word Count: 258) * * * * * “Mom, there’s no signal out here.” Janie held her phone beneath her mother’s nose, as if its lack of signal bars was more interesting than the ducks in the lake. “Of course not, we’re campi—ooh, duckling!” Janie stamped her foot. …
[For some background on these stories, please see this post [link] over at my blog.] Prompt: Take the opening line from any novel and use it as the starter for your story. (Word count: 258) I picked “I am an invisible man,” from Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man. Apologies. To Billy Joel, as well. * * * …
Prompt: (via Fast Fiction) Write a story about a coward. (Word count: 257) * * * * * “What’re you going to write about?” Yew, his muse asked. He looked up from his laptop, squinted. “I’m thinking something about Noel Coward, but…” She propped herself up on the back of his club chair. “What’s stopping you?” …
[For some background on these stories, please see this post [link] over at my blog.] Prompt: Write a short story based on a video/computer game. (Word count: 259) My short story is based on the old Infocom text adventures, like Zork. * * * * * Welcome to Tartarus Springs, vacation paradise. >look You are at …
[For some background on these stories, please see this post [link] over at my blog.] Prompt: (via Fast Fiction) Write a story about a toy. (Word count: 253) * * * * * “Put that down!” Nancy Craig told her son. “We’re not buying it.” David clutched the Batman action-figure box and began sniffling. Nancy stopped …
[For some background on these stories, please see this post [link] over at my blog.] Prompt: Write a short story that could be described as noir-y. (Word count: 259) * * * * * They say fog creeps in on cat’s feet, but neglect the part about it laying heavy on your chest until you half …
[For some background on these stories, please see this post [link] over at my blog.] Prompt: Write a short story set on a beach. (Word Count: 257) * * * * * “Tide’s still coming in,” Daryl said. He was stating the obvious, as he would have done if he’d said “Tide’s still orange,” instead. …
[For some background on these stories, please see this post [link] over at my blog.] Prompt: Write a story about fire. (Word count: 256) * * * * * “Look at the flame,” Vynessa whispered. “Watch it sway.” Three men sat around the table with a central candle. Vynessa whispered behind them. Though each man …
[For some background on these stories, please see this post [link] over at my blog.] Prompt: Write a short story about falling. (Word count: 259) * * * * * “Next in today’s staff development,” announced Babs, the ropes-course coordinator, “is the trust fall.” With a couple exceptions, the group from Concertini Inc. groaned. “Make …
