After the trek through desert, swamp, and brambled wood, the monster at the castle gate is almost a relief. I lick my parched lips and weakly hoist my sword. “You must solve the #riddle to pass!” Gods, I hate riddles. His head rolls until it strikes the door. brieflywrite
Tag Archives: microfiction
New Friends
When the #detective knocked, Po squeezed into a vent to hide. “Something fell from the #sky! Did it come in here?” Sam shook his head. Their inter-#species #friendship would be tested. Was a #schism inevitable? Perhaps, but not today.
whistpr #flexvss #bravewrite #366FF #vss365
Dear Leader
“He’s got #charisma.” “#Sycophant! Here’s a #chronicle of his faults. #1: No #empathy. He’s profiting from a #pandemic!” “You’d #ostracize him?” “I’d dump him in the middle of the #ocean.” “Exile is #anathema to justice.” “I didn’t mean exile.”
Sometimes I get behind in prompts (I’ve been busy with the NYC Midnight Flash Fiction Challenge and Camp NaNoWriMo) but I jot them in a notebook every day and sometimes look back and “catch up” if I’m inspired. I thought it would be fun to see how many of the #vss365 prompt words I could fit in and still have it make sense.
A Moment of Peace
Sitting there in the lush grass of the park, the #sun bright in the #blue sky, she felt an #unbreakable #calm wash over her. And then the spaceship began to fire. “Not again,” she muttered, moving her blanket beneath the picnic shelter.
flexvss/#366FF/#whistpr
Carried Away
The #orphans were on their daily outing to the park when a #storm #rose from the east, thunder rattling their bones as dark clouds blotted out the sun. They felt a #change in the air as dozens of fairies descended, wings aglow, to carry them away.
vss365 #flexvss #whistpr #366FF
Passion of the Pachyderms
“What are you watching?” “It’s my soap opera, #Passion of the #Pachyderms. Stella is about to #leave Steve after a #quarrel over the best tree bark, but she doesn’t know he’s actually been replaced by a Steve from another #dimension.”
366FF #vss365 #flexvss #whistpr #bravewrite
2020
“Time is #resilient, but…” She shifted the first man’s body and wiped her hands on his shirt. “Let’s #pretend nothing happened and just pop back to 2020 and assess the damage. We’ll #lie our asses off to the captain. How bad can it be?”
#366FF #whistpr #flexvss
Critique
“#Nobody will want to read this. For one thing, hair isn’t #unruly. It doesn’t have a will of its own.” “I think Medusa would disagree.” “And the way you try to #flaunt your vocabulary–a shirt can’t ‘exacerbate’ a woman’s cleavage.” “You need to get out more.” brieflywrite
The Heretic
The villagers gathered at the #blue #obelisk to hear the priest. “The gods send a message to build a temple near the water!” “I think you just want a beach house,” muttered Stan. “Banish the #heretic #forever!” they cried in #unity.
vss365 #flexvss #whistpr #bravewrite #366FF
Sasquatch Search
Little sunlight pierced the canopy so deep in the wood. Dead leaves, branches, and–were those bones?–crunched under my feet. I heard a strangled cry and called out to our guide. “Zia?” No answer. I’d started the hike as a Sasquatch #skeptic but I wouldn’t end it that way. #vss365
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