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Category: Odd Prompts
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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.…
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Odd Prompts: Monday Morning
The coffee shop was buzzing, as it was every Monday morning. No one knew how the baristas managed to start the work week off with such bubbly, sunny enthusiasm, and no one ever asked. There are things it is best not to know. What you need to know is that the coffee here is good,…
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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…
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Odd Prompts: Everything
“I can’t do everything. I want to.” She angled her palms, as though she were pouring out water from them. “I can’t.” “No one expects you to.” Ella reached for Bonnie’s hands. “John would be unhappy to see you like this.” “I know. I’ve been cheerful when he’s called, but he said… he said last…
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Odd Prompts: Snip
This isn’t anything just yet. Maybe later it will become more. *** “Who did this?” He gently picked up one of the tiny birds. “I have no idea. I haven’t seen anyone down there.” He put it back in her hand and looked around. The world was washed clean of the summer’s dust by the…
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Odd prompts: Adrift
The ship was not still, but at least it was no longer under power. The relentless drive had been silenced, and the marines hung silently in the cargo bay, bunched up with attention pointed outward. Not weapons, with no signs of life or movement, just aware of their surroundings. The comms woke up. “Engine is…
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Odd Prompts: The Holly and the Ivy
A snippet from Special Delivery *** Bonnie found that walking down the long driveway to check the mail was a good way to get out of the house and stretch her legs every day. Her garden was dormant and peaceful under it’s light blanket of snow, but she was still restless. Six days a week,…
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Odd Prompts: Tanager Play
This is a snippet from the novel-in-progress, Tanager’s Flight. Look for it to come out in the first quarter of 2023. To tide you over, you might take a look for Crow Moon on Amazon… official announcement tomorrow! *** Jem watched Julia practically dance off alongside the woman. He wasn’t inclined to follow too closely,…
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Odd Prompts: Falling Down
The dogs were afraid. They whined, and crouched low by her feet, with their eyes rolling to the whites. She bent and patted them, one with each hand, then straightened to look for her husband. Until a few moments ago she had been happy in camp, with their cosy tent and the cunning little fire…
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Odd Prompts: Broken Rules
Have you ever seen a dying rose? The stem – the neck of the rose – collapses and even while the rose looks fresh, it slumps until it’s only facing the earth and never the sky any longer. The first rule of depressionland is to never talk about the depression. It’s not that you can’t…
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Odd Prompts: Ripples
The problem is, human memory is short. If the floods came once a year, there would have been no building in the fertile valley, as tempting as the deep, rich soil was to the farmers who came to the land early. By the time they disembarked, the planet had only felt human steps for a…
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Odd Prompts: Moon Rising
A bit of drabble here, might not expand on it, or perhaps they aren’t all human… *** “You need a little extra there.” The paunched man grunted and eyed the new guy. Guy was a misnomer. The boy was frankly larval, and about as attractive. “I got this, now shove off.” “But Skewer said to…