Character Vignette -- Rainy Day Fund
What follows is one of my writing warm-up exercises, to write about a rainy day. To describe it, I put myself into a character and decided to find out just who he is. I think he's interesting enough to show up in another somewhere. I'm just not quite...
Creative Writing Prompt #3: Second Thoughts
After, the two of you lie there in the clearing. You’re still panting with the effort, and so are they, that heavy fur still strangely soft against your back. Curling down a bit and snuggling up against the werewolf behind, you inhale the...
Writing Prompt #1: La bibliotheque fantasmatique
Type: Prose Length: ~400 words Description: Describe a library. It can be any kind of library you want, but it should have 'A Surprising Element' to it, and should make all of us want to read more. Prompt given: 25 July 2024 La bibliothèque...
Mare Anguis (Serpent Sea)
Mare Anguis is a lunar moon. Its name derives from the Latin for _Serpent Sea_. It has an appearance resembling that of a dragon in flight, wings outstretched, and it is an impressive 150 kilometers in diameter. (All the preceding paraphrased from...
And Suddenly Koboold
And Suddenly Kobold By CalexTheNeko Aurum was having a pretty normal day. He had just finished grocery shopping and was now walking down main street, with a paper brown bag in his arms heading back to his apartment. The white and gold tiger hummed...
Protectors Of Aeron City Part 4(Flash Story Series)
The next part of my flash story series: the \<\> denotes where i ended for the day.
Passing Trade
#3 of flash fiction a quick piece of flash fiction. "you want me to do _what_?" joko's eyes bulged in his black mask, and he twitched his ears. "that's sick!" "but think of the money!" the gibbon stretched his lips into an ingratiating smile.
FlashFic: Roadside Assistance
I played a game of "two truths and a lie" in my journal recently, and sludawg was clever enough to catch a clue that i'd left behind (so to speak), so i awarded him, half in jest, a "flash fiction" story to go with any bit of artwork that he might choose.
Writing Prompt #7: An Ideal Shape
It swiveled on top of its pedestal, warbling and flashing its eye-spots, but the hands continued to approach where no other creature had dared, and soon there was nowhere to retreat to.
Writing Prompt #2 - "The Endless Night"
“We must perform the divination now.” Five hooded solismages standing within as many equally spaced pedestals raised their hands to the sky in supplication, welcoming the warm embrace of the Sun’s rays shining down upon them. On the main dais...
Writing Prompt #3 - "The Howl"
[does not have to be told in first person]" i blew past the word limit of 500 this week, but it's still in the flash-fiction-y range (771 words) so i will find a way to atone with another attempt at this one and/or next week's. how could i not?
Writing Prompt #6: Difficulties in Dungeon
Type: Prose Length: 350-500 Description: There is no war in Ba Sing Se: write an article for a periodical that at face value relates a certain event or advances a certain position, but can also be understood to relay the opposite of what it textually...