Elements
Space drew and painted its cosmic dust in swirls and nebulas crunched it together in amorphous forms and called them asteroids. But space...
-SCIENCE FANTASY AUTHOR-
Space drew and painted its cosmic dust in swirls and nebulas crunched it together in amorphous forms and called them asteroids. But space...
I threw out the line and you took it, gave it a little pull just enough to create some tension. I threw out the line and you took it,...
Pines remind me of home. Of tall green sentinels that both welcomed and protected us from others who wouldn’t know where to find us....
A color that can’t be seen through tinted lenses— not really anyway, it’s a color that must be felt through the heart a color that burns...
It comes, sometimes without warning, it blows up in your life with its warm flare and can frighten you. It will burn away the old that no...
Cattitude When I found you on Halloween, your scrawny two-and-a-half-pound body covered in thin black fur and one yellow eye blinded by...
We walked alongside the river together. Close, but not holding hands like we did the day before when we escaped the creature’s cave. I...
Not a word was said through breakfast. It seemed we needed to digest both our food and everything that transpired between us and Cyrus. I...
Dawn drifted into the canyon bringing a gentle light to my closed eyes. I blinked before stretching out along the length of my bedroll....
I debated lying back and resting my head on my hands, but Nimbus had other ideas. “We’ve still a few hours of daylight and this canyon...
The catfish from hell didn’t give up yet. Claws lashed out at the wall just to my side and pebbles from the fresh gouges fell onto my...
The wind howled at the mouth of the chasm and we both paused, considering our options. “It seems the wizard has magicked every approach...
This prompt asked the writer to create an eerie feeling with their setting. Something I still need to work on. We sat in comforting...
This prompt asks the writer to shuffle their playlist and then write the first 30 song titles that come up. The writer must then use...
In this prompt we are given a random room assignment, a random material, and a random organic object in a state of decay. This is how I...
I challenge myself by writing the same prompts that I give my Creative Writing students. We've been working through prose prompts in an...
Overlooked A litter of five puppies at the shelter causes excitement and people stand in line hoping to feel sweet puppy kisses on their...
His enthusiasm for his job leaps through the screen as he smiles and talks about the newest snowstorm that’s going to wreck your morning...
Rooted firmly to the ground like a massive tree with your arms spread out wide to receive the sky - to receive what the world offers but...
Woodpeckers thump against the tree boring holes to find their food. Their incessant tap, tap, tapping echoes across the whole expanse....