All right, back to work, after a great – and needed day off. Before that, though,I just wanted to say how great it is to read from other writers, which is a great part of any day! I’ve had so much fun reading the Friday Fictioneer posts and am sorry no time to contribute this […]
“You know,” Frank said, “people really will bet on anything.” Charles could not resist the challenge. “You want to bet?” Two days later…. Frank accepted his twenty bucks from Stan, a mutual friend, while Charles watched from a distance. “Best twenty bucks I ever spent,” Stan said. “He cooked, plucked, and ate it.” As soon as […]
Copyright – Dawn Q. Landau Some days he knows he will make it. Other days he wants to give in. The Maze is endless, miles of hedge and stone, but at the end waits a prize beyond all imagining. At last. A white sign reads, “Two more steps until you claim the prize.” Tentatively, he […]
Photo Prompt courtesy of Rochelle Wisoff-Fields, brave leader of Friday Fictioneers, where every week we write 100-word stories. Ready to give it a whirl? Click the link below to share your story with the world! Up From the Ashes “I never thought I would live to see this day. When things were at their worst, […]
PHOTO PROMPT -Copyright-Roger Bultot get the InLinkz code Daniel prodded the killer vines with some annoyance as they tried – once again – to swallow a passerby’s wagon. “Cut that out. That’s rude!” he shouted at them. The vines drew back, withering into the ground, only a few small shoots hovering above the grass. “If […]
PHOTO PROMPT -Copyright – Jan Wayne Fields The Chair A realtor calls Jack to the Cook house in northern Maine, to prove it’s full of antiques and empty of ghosts. He sets up his equipment in one corner of the allegedly haunted master bedroom. Then, he waits. In front of him, an antique writing desk […]
PHOTO PROMPT – Copyright-Björn Rudberg On a wind-swept cliff overlooking the Pacific, a stone staircase is all that remains of an ancient cottage, long ago crumbled into the ocean. In childhood, the staircase fascinated her. As she grows old she carves messages in stone, beginning at the bottom step. “Me & Yoshiro 4ever.” “Am now […]
PHOTO PROMPT- Copyright Rochelle Wisoff-Fields Here she was at last: her first cross-country flight, from Merrill Field to a small airstrip outside Anchorage. Halfway thru, Sarah saw a round saucer-shaped ship cruising along at her 9 o’clock, noiseless and invisible to her controls. Sarah wiped her eyes with the backs of her hands, and looked […]
PHOTO PROMPT – Copyright – Adam Ickes Important papers had disappeared. Priceless memorabilia had been chewed on. This was the last straw – so to speak. “I’m sorry, honey,” Ron said, “but the goat has to go.” Anita glared at him. “I told you, he said he was from the government.” “Also, I think you […]
PHOTO PROMPT – Copyright – Kelly Sands Pitter Patter They like to come out when it rains. That’s when they run across the rooftops and dance upon the eaves. Because they are magic, they know how to hide themselves from human eyes, but the pixies love the sound of their tiny dancing feet. If you […]
