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…
Tag: Flash Fiction
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…
Symmetrical Thanksgiving
My Writing Group Prompt Is “Symmetry.” Here’s My Story: An old idea is sometimes best. That’s why I mailed the 24-holiday invites for my Thanksgiving dinner feast. “No one writes anymore. My personally hand-crafted invitations are sure to make an impression on the family,” I concluded with joy. After hours of planning, the dining room is decorated with a…
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