Category: Odd Prompts
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Odd Prompts: Design of Ages
A very short snip of nothing in particular, but I did get something written. *** “Despite being warned, the child continued to stack block on top of block.” She followed the direction of Dr. Brown’s gaze. He was staring up at the alien architecture that crawled up the side of the cliffs. “What?” Jenny…
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Odd Prompts: Coming Home
A snippet of something I wasn’t planning to write, I’m just happy I finally managed to write for a prompt again! *** “I’ll bring it back with me.” The young man patted the dry, peeling siding. It was cool to his touch. A movement in the piled dead leaves covering most of the yard caught…
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Odd Prompts: Crickets
The stridulation of thousands of crickets rose around him in a cacophonous chorus of desire. Not content to sigh of their longing, the racket could wake the dead. In the moment, it was the only sound, and not just because it was drowning out any other. The only thing still working was the crickets’ calls…
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Odd Prompts: Committing Commerce
A snippet from the WIP. Context for the curious is the world of Cannon Publishing’s Fae Wars. *** “When the world hands you lemons,” He grunted under the effort of lifting his end of the wooden crate. It smelled faintly of petroleum products and was so roughly finished he was grateful for the protection of…
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Odd Prompts: A Single Flap
The title refers to chaos theory, the snippet is from a work in progress that is set in the same town as Farmhand. *** The agents looked at one another, then Spurgle huffed a sigh and followed Ilvan to a table. Drema turned her back on them and headed for the kitchen. Gray sat at…
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Odd Prompts: Mice at Play
The pulpit was made from an acorn cap, stumped down onto a lot of twigs all chewed off level. This meant it was sturdy enough to stand up to being pounded by a clenched paw. Not that it was any danger at the moment. The mouse standing up at it, both grizzled paws holding onto…
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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…
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Odd Prompts: The Mad Botanist
This is a snip of a project, spawned from two prompts. One was given to me by a friend when I whined about being ‘stuck’ for ideas. The other is a spare prompt from MOTE. I hope you enjoy! *** We all knew a blue-white flash meant we’d be dead, and likely wishing we were…
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Odd Prompts: Let the Air In
As I’m typing this, I have a kitten patting and biting at the screen. He’s hunting the ‘bugs’ of the black letters and cursor as they dance across the screen. Here’s hoping I don’t have more typos than the usual, but… well, kitten! *** James closed the door firmly after the letting agent, and then…
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Odd prompts: The Meeting
The rain had been falling all night, and the roar of the river could be heard even from the cabin high on the hill. The last of the autumn had washed away, leaves fluttering to the ground and plastering themselves over the lawn with the force of the water falling. Dawn hadn’t been breaking so…
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Odd Prompts: Preparations
This is a snippet of a WIP, and I’ve just finished up a long story for an anthology. I’ve written about 3700 words so far today! *** “First order of business is to reach the engine.” The marines nodded. They were eager to get in the ship, and see if there were survivors, but it…
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Odd Prompts: MidJourney Styles
So, I’ve been slugging my way through a short story that is emotionally fraught. No place to fit in the prompt. What you’ve got instead is an exploration of styles available through the art AI tool, MidJourney. I use this heavily in my graphic design of various projects, and when something new comes out, I…