My writing group came up with this photo for a writing prompt. “Create a short story about a dinosaur holding an American flag and holding onto a Palm tree along the side of the road.” Here is what I came up with: At the corner of a busy street, there was a sight unlike any other. A dinosaur with painted…
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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…