Tag: genre shorties
member name: Tracy Fabre
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October 28, 2009 03:19 PM EDT --
[ For Genre Shorties . 100 words, Crime/Mystery , using one of these scenarios :
1) Mrs. Bigsby's cedar trunk was stolen. What was in the trunk? Who dunnit and why? 2) The library . . .
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December 12, 2009 09:56 AM EST --
[ For Genre Shorties . 100 words, fantasy, using the prompt, "What's behind the secret door?" ]
So you wanna know what’s behind the secret door, . . .
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October 25, 2009 01:06 AM EDT --
[Posted for Genre Shorties . 100 words, using one of the four possible prompts .]
It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.
I looked around admiringly: brightly painted . . .
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November 09, 2009 09:40 AM EST --
[ For Genre Shorties . 100 words, Western , using four of something.]
It was 4:04, on the fourth day of the week. I checked my watch for the fourth time, . . .
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September 29, 2009 01:17 PM EDT --
[Posted for Genre Shorties . Prompt: Ghost Story, 100 words, using one of the supplied phrases/terms/concepts, about Jimmy's challenge to Bobby to spend the night in a haunted house.]
[Side . . .
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July 08, 2009 01:43 PM EDT --
Posted for Genre Shorties . Prompt: suspense, 100 words, using one or more of the phrases I've highlighted below: of course, I had to use them all.]
"The suspense is killing . . .
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July 15, 2009 10:10 PM EDT --
[Posted for Genre Shorties . Prompt: travel. 100 words]
I planned the trip carefully.
I knew the terrain well. I knew every obstacle I might meet, which places to avoid lest I . . .
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June 19, 2009 01:17 AM EDT --
[Posted for Genre Shorties . Prompt: Invention!]
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What's the one thing everyone wants more of? ( Besides that. Grow up.)
Yes -- TIME! Particularly, more vacation . . .
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June 11, 2009 12:52 AM EDT --
[Posted for Genre Shorties . Prompt: Romance -- modern 'character' meets historical figure. Muahahaha.] [And a ha.]
Peter Joseph Swanson stepped through the half-bead, half-chiffon . . .
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June 29, 2009 12:30 AM EDT --
[Posted for Genre Shorties -- Prompt: use "I've seen the light" at either beginning or end of piece.]
"Really?" he asked.
"Yes." She glared at him.
"You've seen it," . . .
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July 01, 2009 10:02 AM EDT --
[Posted for Genre Shorties . Prompt: adventure, using one or more of the words: parachute, taxi, kayak, clown, mountain. Of course I had to use them all.]
"So what's your plan?" . . .
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October 11, 2009 03:35 PM EDT --
[Posted for Genre Shorties . Prompt: Fantasy , 100 words]
One day I woke up… and felt good. I felt like doing everything I’d been putting off doing (from . . .
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October 12, 2009 02:16 AM EDT --
[Posted AGAIN for Genre Shorties . Prompt: Fantasy , 100 words, and this time, I followed the actual prompt of rain that isn't rain.]
It started Sunday. I was . . .
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October 18, 2009 04:32 PM EDT --
[Posted for Genre Shorties . Prompt: Editorial , 100 words, using one or more of five possible prompts .]
Recent studies have shown that eating high-calorie foods while . . .
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June 03, 2009 12:45 PM EDT --
Posted for Genre Shorties -- prompt: sci-fi, using at least two words from the supplied list. My choices in bold (to no one's surprise).
I stared, mesmerized, as the bowl of glowing . . .
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November 20, 2009 02:11 PM EST --
[ For Genre Shorties . 100 words, using one of the prompts here. I chose "we can't find Grandpa's teeth," and found myself inspired (by Elsie Duggan) to tell . . .
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July 23, 2009 12:25 AM EDT --
[Posted for Genre Shorties . Prompt: fable. But I had no idea how to pull it off, so...]
Cannibal Clyde stared morosely at the little white pill.
Cannibal Candy sighed. . . .
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December 06, 2009 02:29 AM EST --
[ For Genre Shorties . 100 words, nostalgia, using one of the prompts here . I could not resist the lure of wax lips .]
I’ll never . . .
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