I’m trying out something new here, writing prompts that are basically a set of the first few random things that came out of my head as I looked at the screen. This exercise in turn was prompted by InMon whose writing prompts I’ve used to inform/incorporate into my short stories here from time to time…
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SHORTY STORY: Untitled (Midweek Mental Meandering)
“What a kind insult!” he chuckled, “And here I thought he was looking down on us, but no, he’s got a kindness to him doesn’t he!” The crowd in the tavern let loose a low cacophony of short laughs and chuckling sounds, all genuine but somehow with an edge to them. “I, I, I… meant…
Succor Punch (Short Story)
Another random little burst of fiction for you folks! This one’s a standalone story about a fist-fight and a potentially cunning plan! Who knows, if you guys like it enough, I might do a follow up so make your thoughts known in the comments! A thunderous right hand sent me teetering backward. I could feel…
Vengeance Amidst The Flame (Short Story)
“Kill them all!!!”, roared the Sultan, “Not one man, woman or child will leave this place alive without chains on every appendage!” All around him, his battallion of crack troops ran riot through the humble mountain village. There were screams of terror and anguish as the armed and armoured warriors broke into houses and forcibly…
[short story] Castles In The Air
“Hey! Eye’s down here!”, she said sternly, pointing down at her lithe, hourglass body. “Yes Mistress!”, nodding joyously, the little man lowered his gaze from her face and proceeded to pay homage to her amazing beauty. For her part, Tilottama laid back on the chaise-love-bed in her room. She didn’t have much choice in her…
[SHORT STORY:] “Where you gonna run to?”
Where you gonna run to? I’m running headlong and heedlessly through a crowd, a sea of faces that I can’t see in my panicked flight. I shove and old woman back as I try to get past her and in the periphery of my vision I swear I can see her burst into tiny fragments…
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