As soon as Grenadine arrived, she sensed something was out of place. Instead of the gentle perfume of nag champa, the acrid bouquet of charred carp, stale beer, boiled cabbage and asparagus infused urine assailed her nostrils. She wretched, dropping her handbag and a loosely wrapped parcel to the floor. She turned her [...]
Shimon Rodrigues, Golem. Has a morbid aversion to food. Remembers being seated for long periods of time but cannot seem to recall waking after having fallen asleep. Shimon takes a seat when offered however declines both food and water. Shimon is a published author, writing under the pseudonym of Torsten Krol. His favorite way [...]
Bernice Malinovsky, Occupational criminal. Confidentially admits to committing both embezzlement and sabotage on more than a few occasions but has no criminal record. Her longest time of service at any job is less than fourteen months but she has excellent out-of-state references. Her motto: Semper Aequus. At eighteen weeks into her pregnancy, [...]
The first sign I recognize is shouting. One man shouting. Metal blinds crashing, followed by a glass-pane-rattling office door slam. I consider action plan number four. Escape route. There is nothing, I reason, as I dismantle my Blackberry with a makeshift envelope opener, to prevent me from leaving. I’ll just exit the building. No [...]
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I lie. Not just sometimes. All the time. About everything. Everything I can. I even lie about things about which you might think I cannot lie about. I lie about my gender, natural hair color, in what country I was born: Argentina. See? That was a lie. I was born in Denmark. Another lie. See [...]
It had been twelve years, eight months and two days since I had been a part of Leery & Lamboni’s Flying Circus. According to the elderly acrobatic duo, I joined the circus before I was even potty trained. The elephant man discovered me, playing in the dirt, near the cotton candy machine–I had already pulled [...]
It’s two o’clock on Sunday and I am doing my best to waste time. My girlfriend is having lunch with her ex-boyfriend. I’m feeling anxious and nervous as hell. I’ve decided to barbeque to keep my mind off her, off him and off all other things until she returns. Uninspired by the seafood, I walk [...]
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What would you do if the world, as you knew it, was ending before your eyes — transforming into something new, yet recognizable? What about the prostitute across the street? Or, that criminal attorney ascending the steps of the courthouse? What if, they were all together when it happened?
As soon as Grenadine arrived, she sensed something was out of place. Instead of the gentle perfume of nag champa, the acrid bouquet of charred carp, stale beer, boiled cabbage and asparagus infused urine assailed her nostrils. She wretched, dropping her handbag and a loosely wrapped parcel to the floor. She turned her [...]
Start your story with “As soon as (the main character) arrived, (the main character) sensed something was out of place”.
PROMPT: Write a story that features a sleepwalker. It can be humorous, dark, both or neither. Just tell any story in which someone moving about is doing so while asleep… and remember to keep your story at no more than 500 words.
The brown bear jumped down off the bed and stabbed me with a butcher knife–I had always hated that bear. As I lay dying, I had come to know, in no uncertain terms, what I had suspected from the first day the bear came home from the thrift shop: The bear had always hated me [...]
This is a three part (three story) prompt that I imagined on a recent flight back to Los Angeles. Here it goes: Write a story told from the POV of a character directly involved in the action. Now tell a story about the same event from the POV of another character that is either directly [...]
PROMPT: Begin a story with the follwing sentence: _________ _______ a(n) _______ who is ________. Make the first blank a pronoun. The second blank is a verb. The third blank is a noun and the last blank is an adjective. The statement should be broad and sweeping; you’ll use your story – less than [...]
Taking a stab at the most recent prompt I posted, I came across several nursery rhymes gone bad. I enjoyed them so much, I decided to share some of my favorites here. If you feel I’ve left some out or if you’d like to try your hand at creating a disturbing nursery rhyme of your [...]
Write a story using a nursery rhyme (Mary had a little lamb, Three Blind Mice, Jack and Jill, Three Pigs etc.) as your inspiration. Write it from a secondary character’s point of view.
The cow jumped over the moon.
Write a story using a nursery rhyme (Mary had a little lamb,...
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It had been twelve years, eight months and two days since I...