River Blossom Celebrates Midsummer
Challenge Prompt: "Present a holiday celebration (real or world-specific) in an in-world chapter from one of your established story worlds." River Blossom Celebrates MidSummer World: Wolf King This is a vignette that happens later in the story than...
That place where we met
It was the first day of school and I was waiting alone for the bus. The day was gray, wet and a cold wind was blowing. Then I saw her, a walking sun, a little deer with two long braids and pale skin, got close to the bus stop, like a silent ghost with...
Red Snow
I watched the sky in wonder. Blue, yellows and reds mixing together on the soft edges of the clouds. The sky littered with the gray forms from one end to the next. The emerging sun ,lazily rising from the horizon, it's warmth rays painting the...
Hard Headed
Another of my writing group's weekly prompts. This week's prompt was was "Write a detailed action scene with at least two characters, starting the action near the beginning, and finishing towards the end." I bitched about this one constantly as I...
No one is home anymore
I stared out the window, not paying attention to any of the familiar scenery that passed us. Five years since I left and I had thought I would be happy when I can back. Excited to see all my old friends and favorite places. But all I felt was numb. ...
Forever by your side
**Forever by your Side** By Odlan Solaz * * * My hand clenches tightly around my pencil, a soft curse passing through my lips. My eyes glare at the numbers on my paper, its black lines thick with my failure. My eraser, furious and unforgiving,...
219B
This is short. It's a 1000 (ish) word story based on the prompt. This week's prompt was "A bully meets up with his victim years after high school." I liked the idea, but I haaaaaated what I wrote. I like the premises, even if it's super cliche, but I...
Downpour
Here's last week's prompt for my Writing Group. The prompt was, "You're jaded and cynical, and nothing that people do surprise you anymore. But this sure did." If you're interested in joining our Writing Group, join us at:...
An intresting offer
I had always had a thing for history, the moments in the far reaches of days long pass and times that were different then our own. The lives of men and women that made history and shaped the world as they saw fit. However, I learned quickly within the...
Blind
My writing group has weekly writing prompts that we can do to improve our skills. This week's being "It's been so long that I've forgotten what it was like." Thanks again to those in the Writing Corner for helping with this story. (Interested in...
Away from Home
_The weather here is terrible_. I thought to myself as the rain fell again. I pulled out my umbrella from my bag and walked to my car. Big puddles had formed in the parking lot from the heavy rain. I tried to avoid them and getting my shoes wet. _How...
Home Sweet Home
Here it was. The house he'd traveled across the country to find. Marcus stared out the car window at it, unsure if he should be impressed or disappointed. Sure, he knew it was going to be less impressive than the needlessly opulent home he'd grown...