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Tag: prompted writing
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Odd Prompts: Magnetic Repulsion
A little snippet of a SF romance. Written my way. *** The first time they met could best be described as a case of magnetic repulsion. Their eyes met across the void between them, and the force of their attraction flipped them violently around. “It sounds better when you put it that way.” She was…
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Odd Prompts: Zombie Nature
The characters will be familiar to those of you who have read Lab Gremlins. *** “Hard hat, safety toes, and lab goggles,” Steven muttered to himself. “That’s all I ever wanted in a job.” “Huh?” Bob twisted around and looked at him. At least the big cephalapoid kept his weapon pointed away from his…
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Odd Prompts: The Cat’s Miaow
Just a little something. *** The problem was, of course, that no one could decide how to spell it. The cat hefted her hammer and let out a breath that perturbed her whiskers. She had a feeling her fur was standing out at all angles, and she knew she’d split a claw with a misdirected…
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Odd Prompts: Gothic Penguins
This is a snippet from a work in progress. *** We both looked at her. She blushed, a faint bloom of rose that ebbed after a moment. “I’m sorry to be so mysterious, but I really don’t know. I just know that the manuscript describes… a machine. In detail. However, we do not have the…
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Odd Prompts: Belladonna
A piece of flash fiction, or a vignette, as you please. *** The mirror reflected her own face, and the dark room behind here. She’d drawn all the drapes herself, long before she’d fallen into bed… somewhere in the early hours of the morning. Now, it would be broad daylight outside, yet it was dark…
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Odd Prompts: Missing Lynx Snip
You’ll find the beginning here. The characters were introduced in The Case of the Perambulating Hatrack. *** After a long silence, I focused on her again. She’d been sitting apparently motionlessly while I thought. “How is it that you think I’m willing to commit common burglary?” I put my hands on the desk, quietly. They…
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Odd Prompt: Rock My World
This is just a bit of drabble for the prompt. *** The speaker up on the dias in front of the large screen cleared her throat. As if on cue, the screen lit up behind her, with the title of the talk, her name in smaller letting under that. She looked up and out,…
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Odd Prompts: In Shadow
This is a snippet of something from the Tanager universe. I have no idea when, or where it fits into the series, but here you go… *** He paused on the threshold for an almost imperceptible moment, allowing the nearly invisible field to sweep him clean. That it also let him scan the comparatively dim…
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Odd Prompts: Have a Beer
I don’t know that I’ll revisit this, but it was fun to write. **** Micah heard the front door, but didn’t look up from his task. It would be one of his housemates, more than likely. He didn’t look up until the footsteps came closer, then stopped as there was a tapping at the open…
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Odd Prompts: Chloe Snip
A snippet from the next Groundskeeper story, and my prompt challenge for the week. I’m gearing up the writing – frankly, we need the income. It was never supposed to take six months to complete this move, and two households drains even a decent reserve. So there will be publications rolling out from Sanderley…
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Odd Prompts: Dead Grass
This week’s prompt has a character in common with the story last week. This story takes place before that one. **** “There!” Shelley pointed. Her brother saw it. The first firefly of the year. They were both sitting on the steps behind their house, looking down toward the woods at the end of their backyard.…
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Odd Prompts: Scrape the Bottom
“I’ve only got two dollars in credits.” He was lying on his back on her couch, phone held up over his head so he could read it without moving. “You can’t buy much with that.” “So wait and spend it later when you have more.” She didn’t turn to look at him. She didn’t have…