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Category: Odd Prompts
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Odd prompts: Chloe Snippet
This is a snip of the ongoing Chloe story. You can find earlier snips here, or the first book here. *** The bus was not a fast way to get home, but Chloe had refused to get a car, despite her mother’s silent disapproval. She’d only reluctantly gotten her driver’s license, and hated driving, and…
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Odd Prompts: Toss a Coin
The first time, he was waiting for her. She’d promised to meet him on the beach for the sunrise, and with his heart doing doubletime, he’d woken early and paced along the shore. The gleam of silver had caught his eye, and he’d bent to pick it up out of sheer curiosity. The coin had…
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Odd Prompts: Moonlight
This is a snippet from the middle of a short story I’m working on. *** “I have a story to tell you.” Mona sat on the steps to their trailer. Beth looked up at her. She’d plopped down on the ground, crosslegged, as soon as Mona had gestured for her. The stamp collector, looking…
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Odd Prompts: Deep Dive
A continuation of last week’s story bit. *** Jimmy peered at the screens, his eyes flickering rapidly between them. He was too old to still think that hoping hard enough for something would make it real. He thought this, and then rolled his shoulders, trying to make it true. The tension in his frame was…
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Odd Prompts: Deep Dive
“Shouldn’t it be a suit?” “What?” He looked up from the wet surface of the dock to meet the other man’s eyes. “Jimmy?” James Pietswach, Jimmy to all and sundry, was hanging over the rail and looking down at the man on the floating dock. “A suit. With, you know, arms and legs. At least…
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Odd Prompts: Long Commute
“Have you been on station before?” Laney stopped, her hands in midair as she’d been reaching for the stack of tiles. “No?” If it had been anyone but her boss, she’d probably have snapped at them and sent them away. She had a tight time frame and everything about this project had to be perfect.…
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Odd Prompts: Mother’s Little Helper
A piece of flash fiction. In more ways than one! *** The security guard looked up from his monitor with a frown. There had been something… The barest flicker of motion. Close enough that had it been out there, he’d have been able to see it through the glass of the lobby. The facility was…
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Odd Prompts: Tie it in a Bow
Composing this one straight into the blog editor. It’s going to be short – I’ve done something to my shoulder. **** The long gray double ribbon of highway stretched out before her eyes, over the gleaming hood of the car. Dancing mirrored mirages were the only thing that broke it’s smooth sweep across the arid…
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Odd Prompts: Frame of Reference
More of the longer work, First part was here, second here… *** “Do tell,” I murmured back politely, looking everywhere but at him. None of the other occupants were paying us the least bit of attention and the steward was in the galley. “You’re…” “Not what you expected. Have you got it?” I placed a…
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Odd Prompts: Time Travel
This is a one-shot vignette for this week’s prompt. Just me playing around. *** “The best argument for the impossibility of time travel?” She looked up from her cup of coffee, which she had been nursing like it was a rare commodity. “It hasn’t happened yet.” She raised her eyebrows. “Are you sure?” “Fully certain.”…
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Odd Prompts: Spy Chat
This is a snip from the longer piece I started with ‘It’s Never Espionage’ *** I stowed the gear, and as my wife had not yet rejoined me, stuck my head into the corridor. Branch and Amelie’s compartments were both closed, and there was no one in sight in our car. I debated, momentarily, waiting…
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Odd Prompts: A Knocking Cometh
This is a snip of my ongoing WIP, a sequel to The Groundskeeper: Raking up the Dead. *** “You are a goth.” Mr. Cruor’s smile over the rim of his cup was slightly crooked. “That is what they call it these days, yes? Have you seen the work of the excellent Charles Addams? I believe…