Autumn: Brevity I pull open the doors for you, my intermittent love, eager to greet you with the cool kisses of yet another season. It does not bother me that you arrive once a year bearing your all-consuming brevity. It does not trouble me that I compete with the other colors in your world. When …
Instagram.
In this Instagram world, my dear, find the right filter to place on our fractured love. Will it be Hefe or Mayfair? Amaro or Lo-Fi? Endeavor to color us with the sheen of the dreamlike and the sepia and take away the cracked veneer of a love that’s no longer a love at all, but …
Roads.
I took the long way home. We met at Infatuation Highway and I should have left you there when you held my heart merely on the surface of your hand and not in your shirt pocket, where it deserved to be, right next to your beating heart. I took the long way home. I waited …
Short Story Prompt – 7/18/14
I actually wrote this short a few months ago. I didn't care for it that much, but it's an offering nonetheless. **************************************************************************** Short story prompt - A broken wristwatch, peppermints, and a hug that goes too far Peppermints and Metal She rifled around her handbag for peppermints, having suddenly tasted an acerbic combination of …
Short Story Prompt – 04/21/14
Short Story Prompt: Write a story incorporating the first day of school, a love note, and a recipe with a significant mistake. Thanks, Laur! The Firefighter The morning was stressful. The kids were all starting their respective first days of school, which meant varying degrees of mania. Alexandra was a brand new 7th …
dancing.
you don’t want my charleston, my waltz or my shimmy, but you keep drowning me with your jive.
Short Story Prompt – 03/24/14
Your character's boss invites her and her husband to dinner. Your character wants to make a good impression, but her husband has a tendency to drink too much and say exactly what's on his mind... Clarity “She’s in love with you, you know.” She sharply turns toward you, her eyes wide, the skin at the …
Short Story Prompt – 01/06/14
Title: My Problem Finish these sentences: "I have a little bit of a problem. I like to __________. It all started when I was __________, when __________." I have a little bit of a problem. I like to follow people. Stalk them, to be specific. It all started when I was 10 years old, when …
Short Story Prompt – 12/30/13
Short Story Prompt - Make a list of five things that you're afraid of happening to you. Then write a story in which one of them happens to the character... Thanks, Ms. L! (I cheated a little with this one, though. You'll see...) The List In the past, she had therapists who couldn’t abide by her …
Short Story Prompt #2 – 12/25/13
Short Story Prompt - Fashion a story using these five things: 1. A rotten gala apple 2. A pair of lime green sneakers 3. A missed appointment 4. A pig 5. A goodbye hug Lime Green and Time Machines “What time is it?” she asked, out of breath, as she came bounding into the bedroom. …
This Square Peg. 