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Category Archives: Writing Work
Your Perfect Sleep
There was something not quite right about the window. He couldn’t shake the feeling that the window, or something in the window was watching him as he walked by each day on the way to school. He knew it was … Continue reading
Kitchen Cupboards
The best way to cut the woman down to size would be to flirt with her husband but I didn’t want to do that. Two wrongs didn’t make a right. Or at least that’s how I was consoling myself. With … Continue reading
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Jimsy and the Shoelaces
As she stopped to catch her breath, she looked back to see if the cat was still following her. There were cat-missing posters on several street corners on the way she walked to the park, but this was a different … Continue reading
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A Fine Juncture
She had to find the necklace, before the guards came into the room. She knew her mother had hidden it somewhere, trying to be clever, but wanting it close to where her mother spent the majority of her days. There … Continue reading
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Tagged courage, fantasy story, Malicson, treasure hunt, writing challenge, writing prompt
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Breakfast with Lou Ann
He was older than she’d thought he would be when she had glanced at the photo of him in the newspaper. In person there were more gray hairs at his temples and some grizzling along his jawline which was … Continue reading
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The Last Train
She had missed the last train and there was only one person she could see on the opposite train platform, walking briskly towards the station after a train going the other direction had stopped and started again. She was now … Continue reading
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Tagged England, Ghost story, travel, writing calisthenics, writing challenge, writing prompt
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Keeping the Faith
He had kept their mother alive in their thoughts. Too alive, perhaps. Her favorite chair still had her half finished embroidery project draped across the seat so they couldn’t sit in it. Her shoes were still neatly lined up by … Continue reading
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Tagged denial, faith, grief, Home, mom, moving on, writing challenge, writing prompt
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The Loop
To his horror, he realized he’d been this way before, but it had been a dream then, and it was very very real now, as the road curved to the right and then to the left. He slowed his … Continue reading
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Tagged dream, love, Marriage, writing calisthenics, writing challenge, writing prompt
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Particles in Space
Space always looked so beautiful from inside the spacecraft but now it had a whole different feel, he thought. He gazed out the window at the stars. There were so many millions of them to see, when one was floating … Continue reading
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Tagged grace, humanity, space, writing challenge, writing prompt
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The Woman in the Lake
She lay exhausted staring at the still wet canvas. It stretched around three walls of the room. She’d pulled all the furniture out of the home office so she’d have room to staple the canvas to the walls. She was … Continue reading
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Tagged art, author, Books, inspiration, Jonathan Carroll, painting, swimming, writing, writing challenge, writing prompt
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Penelope's Musings 