Odd Prompts

Odd Prompts: Slither

“Your turn to roll.”  The alien who was holding out the cup to her was inscrutable. She really didn’t know if that was a smile – was it even a face? The cup, at least, was a familiar item. Styrofoam, the sort used to hold a quick-heat soup long enough for consumption without burning one’s… Read More Odd Prompts: Slither

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Odd Prompts: Flick

The boy dragged the it of the broken branch laboriously through the damp sand. It made a fine writing surface, with the tide gone out. He could scratch in it to his heart’s content, and then when the waves came back, whatever he’d written would be erased. The same could not be said of paper.… Read More Odd Prompts: Flick

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Odd Prompts: Catch

The cat was doing some slick moves, I had to admit, some kind of soft-shoe dance with his tail adding a shimmy no human would ever be able to match. He ended with that ridiculous top hat rolling down his arm, popping off his paw, and coming right at me. I caught it reflexively, and… Read More Odd Prompts: Catch