Short Stories

Six Sentence Story #28 | Prompt Word: SURGE

This week I felt like writing, and I did... This six was written half an hour before posting; such a thing has not happened to me in years—that I just sit down, write, and then, after a mechanical edit (typos and a few commas), am already happy enough with the story....

Six Sentence Story #27 | Prompt Word: CURSE

This Six is a bit of an experiment. Those who have followed me for a while may remember my first Sixes, and I wanted to play with my storytelling a bit, to see if I still got it in me to write in this way, lol... or sorta like that... I have been crazy busy these past...

Six Sentence Story #26 | Prompt Word: STOP

I left this week’s entry for the Sixes until the last minute because I have so much going on with my studies and personal life combined that what came out was more of a stream of thoughts laid out like they appear in my drafts, rather than a heavily thought-out story...

the Six Sentence Café & Bistro #15 | the Journal

In my last SSC&B entry, I may have shown just a little too much excitement about Misky stepping into the storyverse of the Six Sentence Café & Bistro… Then, in her Six last week, she picked up the thread and responded in a way that made me go "aaaaaaaaa" in...

the Six Sentence Café & Bistro #12 | a Freaky One?

This week's storyline for the Nervous Poet was also sourced from the red-headed writer (aka la Raconteuse). The prompt word—FUNCTION—was provided by Denise, aka the Bartender, host of the Six Sentence Story blog hop. All the stories for the week—within the café and...

dVerse PROSERY #2 |Through the Water

This one was written for the dVerse Prosery prompt. The Line we had to use was: " . . . and the iridescent image swims through a mirror that flows.” by Stanley Kunitz (The Atlantic, 1970) and I used the whole 144 words limit. All the other entries can be accessed...

the Six Sentence Café & Bistro #9 | How Rude is This?

Every week, Denise, aka GirlieOnTheEdge, gives us a prompt word for a story that must be written in exactly six sentences. It has become one of my favorite ways to construct a story—or a poem—and, even more so, I have discovered that contributing to the collaborative...

Six Sentence Story #28 | Prompt Word: SURGE

This week I felt like writing, and I did... This six was written half an hour before posting; such a thing has not happened to me in years—that I just sit down, write, and then, after a mechanical edit (typos and a few commas), am already happy enough with the story....

Six Sentence Story #27 | Prompt Word: CURSE

This Six is a bit of an experiment. Those who have followed me for a while may remember my first Sixes, and I wanted to play with my storytelling a bit, to see if I still got it in me to write in this way, lol... or sorta like that... I have been crazy busy these past...

Six Sentence Story #26 | Prompt Word: STOP

I left this week’s entry for the Sixes until the last minute because I have so much going on with my studies and personal life combined that what came out was more of a stream of thoughts laid out like they appear in my drafts, rather than a heavily thought-out story...

the Six Sentence Café & Bistro #15 | the Journal

In my last SSC&B entry, I may have shown just a little too much excitement about Misky stepping into the storyverse of the Six Sentence Café & Bistro… Then, in her Six last week, she picked up the thread and responded in a way that made me go "aaaaaaaaa" in...

the Six Sentence Café & Bistro #12 | a Freaky One?

This week's storyline for the Nervous Poet was also sourced from the red-headed writer (aka la Raconteuse). The prompt word—FUNCTION—was provided by Denise, aka the Bartender, host of the Six Sentence Story blog hop. All the stories for the week—within the café and...

dVerse PROSERY #2 |Through the Water

This one was written for the dVerse Prosery prompt. The Line we had to use was: " . . . and the iridescent image swims through a mirror that flows.” by Stanley Kunitz (The Atlantic, 1970) and I used the whole 144 words limit. All the other entries can be accessed...

the Six Sentence Café & Bistro #9 | How Rude is This?

Every week, Denise, aka GirlieOnTheEdge, gives us a prompt word for a story that must be written in exactly six sentences. It has become one of my favorite ways to construct a story—or a poem—and, even more so, I have discovered that contributing to the collaborative...