One day at work, I noticed associates would call me Daryl at times instead of Darnell. I found this, as Mr. Spock would say, “Fascinating” because these people were not new employees. They’ve known me for many years but still, at times would greet me as Daryl, David, or Donnell. A guy I worked with (I’ll call him Frank) noticed…
Author: Darnell Cureton
Dont Tell Anyone
This short story is based on the prompt “Don’t Tell Anyone” Lily loved secrets. Not mean secrets, but exciting ones, like the time she found a robin’s egg hidden in the bushes. This secret was even better. During an enchantment ritual at school her girlfriend Angela had shown her a brown paper bag, closed at the top with small holes…
A New Year
My writing group chose the prompt: The Start Of The New Year. Here’s what I came up with: The aroma of pine needles stubbornly clung to the air, a ghost of Christmas past. January had arrived, cloaked in fog and silence, a stark contrast to the snowy merriment of December. Amelia was taking down the last of the holiday decorations…
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