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Showing posts with label 2021 Prompt #16. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2021 Prompt #16. Show all posts
Monday, 28 June 2021

'Golden' by Kate Simblet

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She watches by streetlight. Listens. The wind snarls down the back alley.  She knows the teenage burglars are out there, prising back-gates ...

'The Rollercoaster' by Amy Wilson

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“I’m not sure,” she said. “It looks like a big drop.” “I’ve heard it’s fun.” She squinted. “Do you think it goes upside down?” He followed h...

'A Lay-person’s Guide to the Spirit World' by Audrey Niven

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I woke up once and there was someone at the end of the bed, sitting reading as if they were keeping busy waiting for me.  I didn’t recognise...

'Fossil' by Adele Evershed

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She sits in bed looking at the circle of frosted trees—it would be beautiful in another time. Trunk, branch, twig, she runs through the word...

'The words of men' by Rachel Canwell

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  It was Midsummer when she came, to stand under arching, aching Fenland skies. A place where the land truly met the clouds. Where slated ma...
Sunday, 27 June 2021

'Guest Vegetable' by S A Greene

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Mr. Evans brought ‘guest vegetable’ for Christmas dinner one year, and afterwards we always called creamed leeks guest vegetable, even after...

'Under the Circumstances' by Tim Warren

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“Do you mind if I join you?” I asked the bank robbers. “I only came in to withdraw £20 but under the circumstances I'd be open to changi...
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The rosy-faced lovebird smells like bleach and coffee by Eleonora Balsano

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  Dr Ramsey comes to see me with one of his pals. They both smell like bleach and coffee. I know the man in green scrubs and green clogs i...

'Seen, Not Herd' by Dipika Mummery

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The sun is high and the elephants are passing through once more.  They stop at the ever-shrinking lake. I watch from behind the gnarled colu...
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Words of Mischief by Stella Turner

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  Every day she scanned the death announcements in her local newspaper for a suitable man, right age, and nice name. Until today no one had ...
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'The Unknown Place' by Jan Simpson

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THE UNKNOWN PLACE TONIGHT   The management team acknowledge you did not arrive here willingly.   They hope this dinner is restorative...

'The Hermit' by Salvatore DiFalco

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  The tortured landscape looked forsaken. Smoke billowing from a wood cabin by the black lake suggested habitation.             “Why’s the...

Passing through a book store by Elle O'Keefe

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 Lily walked around the table of new releases careful not to spill her coffee. She counted each step, 22 since she left the café and 85 sinc...

'Relief' by Julia Smith

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In the middle of the dry spell it rained and our noses twitched at the news.   A dog cried for seven long minutes. A cat bulged against the ...