She’d been #missing for days, the search #hindered by #lightning storms and driving rain. On the day the #sunshine returned she came walking out of the forest, perfectly calm and dry. We never did learn what happened. #sunthing #brieflywrite #flexvss #vss365
Category Archives: briefly write
Don’t Take Your Onion Farmers For Granted
“Welcome to the Obscure History #Club meeting. Today Margo presents on the #Onion #Insurrection of 1526.” “Thank you, Pete. This is a real-life #fable of underseasoned stew, #defiant farmers, and #optimistic palace cooking staff unfamiliar with how to identify poisonous roots.”
#flexvss #whistpr #bravewrite #vssmagic #brieflywrite #366FF
Inheritance
As the #vultures circled the #gallimaufry of Aunt Meg’s estate, Liz found the loose #fireplace brick Aunt Meg had promised would bring an #epiphany. What was wrapped in this #new #babushka, in a dark corner among the #splendour? A brass key and a book: Meg’s Potions and Spells.
#whistpr #brieflywrite #vsswinter #366FF #flexvss #bravewrite #vss365
Modern Art
“It’s the #unity of humanity’s #vanguard marching at the #winter #solstice through the #isolation of a heavy #snow.” “Is that…a big #bug with doorknobs for its shoulders, knees, and toes?” “Yes, for leaving the door to our original thoughts #ajar.” “It’s #original, for sure.”
#366FF #vssmagic #vss365 #vsswinter #sunthing #vsschristmas #flexvss #brieflywrite #bravewrite #whistpr
Kids These Days
“This is supposed to be a #numinous, somber occasion. Swinging that #skull in such a #lackadaisical way risks #injury. And it’s not a bowling ball!” “I like the #other Advanced Sacrifices teacher better. He says we should rip up the rules and #even have a little fun.”
#366FF #vssmurder #bravewrite #whistpr #flexvss #brieflywrite #vss365
The Escape
“I’m walking #naked through a pool of #toxic sludge,” she says with a slight smirk. “I’m not in a #trance, idiot. Doesn’t my file say I can’t be hypnotized? Probably forgot to mention my lock-picking skills too.” She lunges. #vss365 #brieflywrite #mentalhealthprompts
Forgetting
Overwhelmed with memories, she sat beside the fountain and tore another piece from the baguette. She’d lost her appetite, so she tossed it to a pigeon. She needed a forgetting spell, and she knew just where to find one. If only the price weren’t so high. #brieflywrite #nanofict
Hypnotism
“We’ll have to go #deeper into your #memories this time. There was some sort of block behind #the #nudiustertian morning. I think there’s some #burden you don’t want to #dwell on. The emotions you report #dwindle to nothing. So, let’s go back before you saw the bright light…”
bravewrite #366FF #flexvss #vss365 #whistpr #brieflywrite
Past Battles
I once saw a #dozen figures crowding the #field, #indistinct in the fog. Reenactors of that old battle? I heard a crack and felt something #rupture in my chest. With the smell of gunpowder, the soldiers faded. After this, the #genre of my life had changed. I was haunted now.
(#brieflywrite prompt was “I once saw” and #mentalhealthprompts was “After this.”)
Seven prompts in one tweet! I think this is my personal record. #brieflywrite #whistpr #vss365 #366FF #flexvss #mentalhealthprompts #bravewrite
Monster Math
He sat #dazed as the #monster took out a stubby pencil and began to do #calculus on the back of a receipt. He’d been braced for an attack of #razor-sharp teeth and claws, but this was even more terrifying.
366FF #bravewrite #vss365 #whistpr
