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Yet again, a week has passed and it’s time for a new six-sentence story. This week I wrote something a bit different from my usual entries, and it’s also the first week in a while that I have been able to rest. Yay. The blog hop itself is hosted by GirlieOnTheEdge . Be sure to check out the other entries at the link-up as well; there are some wonderful writers there. Rules of the hop: Write 6 sentences. No more. No less.Use the current week’s…

Another week has gone by and yet again it is time for a new Six-Sentence Story. This week has been very busy, but I can already say that I did pass math… compared to my first test with 9/40 points, I scored 24/30, and the gap between the two was exactly two months. I have never in my life had a math test go as well as this last one did, and honestly, I am very happy to have even passed the course, especially since I sacrificed programming…

Another week has passed again, and it’s time for a new six-sentence story. This week I did something a bit different… Even if, in my case, the first person was solely used because the third person took away from the story, I think it is something a lot of us can relate to on some level. The hostess of the blog-hop is GirlieOnTheEdge . Also this week has been very busy as the semester is ending and we have construction at home too. I skipped the…

Hello everyone! Another week has passed, and it’s time to share my six-sentence story for the lovely blog hop hosted by GirlieOnTheEdge . I absolutely love this community and the challenge of having only six sentences while also incorporating a prompt word! Musically, Return to Earth by The Contortionist is playing—one of my favorite songs and bands… Rules of the hop: Write 6 sentences. No more. No less.Use the current week’s prompt word.The…

Yet another week has passed, and it’s time to share another six-sentence story. However, this week’s prompt word made me derail into a psychologically dark theme. So, a small disclaimer before I let you read: if you are someone who may be triggered by domestic abuse and CPTSD, it might be best to skip this week. For others, dread… tread on—with one eye closed. Musically, nothing much has changed. I did listen to a lot of Type O Negative this…

Yet another week has passed. If I’m honest, I’m always waiting for the Thursday blog hops so I can share my Six-Sentence Story of the week and read others and get out of my studies for a little bit (which I love but I need something more to life). Musically, I’ve been stuck on yet another album this whole week—Masochist by Night Club; the song Fatal Crush has been on repeat a lot and is also currently playing. The weekly writing challenge is…

This week’s blog hop and six-sentence story was one I felt quite hesitant about, because every time I reread it, it somehow manages to become more and more depressive. I’m not entirely sure why—maybe it comes from writing for and while loops in university to the point of wanting to throw up—but if I had to sum this story up in one word… it would be “loopy.” Musically, I’ve really been into the new release from one of my beloved artists, DIR EN…

This week’s prompt word for the six-sentence story in our community of blog hoppers was really fun to work with. Over time, I had several different ideas circling in my head on how to use it and make the story a bit different from what I usually write. I wanted something a bit funny and more cheerful than my usual writing, but also brutal. I ended up rewriting the sentence several times and then built the rest around it, as usual. Musically,…

For some reason, I’ve always liked to step in and out of characters when I write. I’ve also noticed something a bit strange about my process in the weekly six-sentence story blog hops: I tend to write the sentence with the prompt word first and then build the rest of the story around it. Musically, I’m really into Sofia Isella lately, especially the song Out in the Garden. I just keep it on repeat these days… The weekly writing challenge is…

I wanted to post this one warm and raw. This week’s six-sentence story feels more like a poem, and I was afraid that if I sat with it any longer, I’d over-refine it into something it isn’t. So it’s a bit of a crossbreed… an experiment for the blog hop or something like that… The weekly writing challenge is hosted by GirlieOnTheEdge, and you can find links to other participants’ work through the link-up . Rules of the hop: Write 6 sentences….

It was quite difficult for me to find anything interesting to write about for this week as it has been very quiet all of a sudden… I am used to drowning under my responsibilities and I just took time off or something. This week’s Ten Thing of Thankful felt a bit more generic to me because of that.. But, if you enjoy positivity and smiling while reading other people’s blogs, you can find the other entries in the link-up , or maybe you wanna…

It has been a few weeks since my last Ten Thing of Thankful entry. As some people may already know, I was very busy with university and the exam period, which is why I was absent from this blog-hop for two weeks. Anyway, if you enjoy reading about gratitude and gratefulness, you can find the other participants at the link-up . Ten Thing of Thankful #4 First — as I already mentioned in my six-sentence story intro, I passed the math test. It was…

This week went by so fast I didn’t even think of the ten thing of thankful blog hop while living through it. It felt as if I blinked, and it was already gone. The other hoppers’ posts of the week can be read here. Be sure to check them out at this blog hop is the most positive vibes one I have found in a long time. Ten Thing of Thankful #3 First—I have to once again bring up the community of the Six-Sentence blog hoppers. As a writer, I always…

Another week has passed, and it’s time for my second entry in the Ten Thing of Thankful (TToT) blog hop. It has been an interesting and very tiring week, but now I’ll try to find ten things I was grateful for and also please do check out the others and the hosts at the InLinkz link-up. Ten Thing of Thankful #1 First – I have to say that I’m very lucky to have found this community… While life has been very hectic lately, the TToT blog hop alone…

Since my blog and creative work often lean toward the dark and gloomy, I thought this blog hop might be a lovely chance to show, and also remind myself, that there are still things to be grateful for. So this is my very first entry for the Ten Thing of Thankful (TToT) blog hop which can be found here which I accidentally found while sneakily snooping around on the blogs of the Six-Sentence stories family. Ten Thing of Thankful #1 First –…

This is another piece in the ‘Dead Poet’ “series” or something. It’s a short story inspired by the the six-sentence story of the same name that written for a prompt. In it, the protagonist falls deeply in love with a person through their poetry, only to remain alone for a lifetime. I hope I’ve captured the feeling of being in love with something unattainable well enough. While I’m writing sometimes in the first person here, it is mostly…

This is another piece in the ‘Dead Poet’ “series” or something. It’s a short story inspired by the the six-sentence story of the same name that written for a prompt. In it, the protagonist falls deeply in love with a person through their poetry, only to remain alone for a lifetime. I hope I’ve captured the feeling of being in love with something unattainable well enough. While I’m writing sometimes in the first person here, it is mostly…

In this short story, “Goddess in Disguise,” Ella loves fiercely and obsessively, pouring herself into every relationship. She worships her lovers, hoping they’ll stay, but learns a new kind of love from a man who doesn’t fall for her usual charms. This story was also written as a journey of discovering another type of writer in me, before this blog and the Six-Sentence Stories I used to write only poetry. I did dabble in horror and romanticism…

This short story delves into the life of a woman who uses poetry, wine, and music as a way to worship a love that never materializes. For quite a long time, my writing was inspired by 19th-century writers and their way of portraying obsessive and unrequited love. If I’m honest, I don’t really like my old stories, because it feels like I was always trying to be something I’m not as a writer. I don’t write compelling plotlines like many of the…

“Stockholm Syndrome” is a short story about a young woman who loves so deeply that she sacrifices her own sense of worth. I began writing these pieces to test my ability to craft stories and plots beyond poetry. While some of them are messier than others, I wanted to keep them on the blog because they show how my writing has changed over time. Writing is a skill like any other—you get better with time and, well… writing. While my newer work is…

I wanted to write a short story about how we sometimes fall in love with a stranger—captivated by a simple gesture, a glance, a small, unexpected moment. Elves and Fantasy is a short story born from that feeling, and from the quiet fear that maybe we’re not enough, or that a hello might ruin the magic. But what if that one hello could change everything? Short Story – Elves and Fantasy – Falling in Love With a Stranger He sat across from her on…

I tried to write a short story about love and its ties to memory —the little things that linger. It became one of the most difficult of goodbyes to write too. In this short story we follow a man torn between holding on and letting go. I think that this one is actually one of my strongest pieces in this corner of my blog as it sounds more like constructed story with a clear plot and less of a mumble of words. Melody Behind Her Voice – Short…

This is a short story of mine born from a night of listening to Chopin’s Nocturnes on repeat. This one too is actually one of my personal favorites. Pianoforte – a Short Story  With her fingers lightly gripping the quill, the black ink smeared on her fingers and across the paper, if I may paint her clumsiness and lack of etiquette, she tried to write him another letter. But what was there for her to write about? After all, they had never…

“Master of Escapism” is a short story about a poet who lives her life in daydreams, preferring fantasy over reality. The story explores mental health, maladaptive daydreaming, and dissociation, where anything but reality offers comfort. In a way, this is probably the most personal story I have ever written for myself. While it’s not entirely autobiographical, it does contain many pieces of me. Short Story – Master of Escapism I used to believe…

“Lady in-Between” is a short story about a single mother of four coping with the loss of her husband to suicide. The story reveals her internal struggles as she watches her children play, caught between grief and survival. This short story explores the depths of loss and the resilience required to move forward. Short Story – Lady In-Between How many times in my life have I felt completely overwhelmed by the tide of emotions and the ensuing…