“With the #internet down, we can make a real #connection on your lunch #break. You’re always playing that morbid video game.”
“Ugh! This tea tastes like #flowers.”
After Lisa moved Steve’s body and fixed her router #hack, she happily killed zombies. “My turn at last.”
Nicole sighed. Dragged to another #seance by Nana.
“A spirit has crossed the #barrier between worlds! She has some #advice for you, child.”
“For me?” Nana elbowed her. “I mean, thank you, Madame Esme.”
“#Pack a sweater. The #plane will be chilly.”
Wasn’t that just like Mom?
#vssparanormal #vss365 #366FF #flexvss #vsshumour
“Excuse me, but are you the #Grand Purveyor of #Ancient Wisdom?”
The old man stopped #whittling. “Need #advice, eh? No, you want her.” He jerked his head toward a #dirty child with #flowers in her hair, parading in a jaunty fashion with a black #cat #prowling behind her.
#converstory #oxj #vssmagic #vssnature #horrorprompt #vssdaily #vssmystery
Mirelle breathes in the #crisp air and calls for her errant #cat. Maggie finally pads through the snow. She drops a #bumblebee-sized thing on the step and cleans her #whiskers. The thing #glimmers and feebly flaps its wings. Great, another fairy to patch up.
#vssdaily #flexvss #bravewrite #vssnature #vss365
I plan to do a new weekly twitter prompt this year, #vsshauntedhouse. I thought I’d try it out as an ongoing story, so I’ll pin it up here and we’ll see where it goes. I may write in between prompts as well, using the weekly 280 characters as a jumping-off point.
A Hyssop Falls Haunting (Placeholder Title)
“Let me be the first to #welcome you to Hyssop Falls, Mrs.–?”
“Lucy is fine. Lucy Bishop. And I lived here when I was a little girl. Do you have the paperwork?”
“Surely you’d like to see the house before you–”
“I already know everything I need to know.”
A light upstairs seemed to be #flickering. Lucy counted the windows. Great Aunt Enid’s room, the blue guest room–the light was in the nursery. She shuddered and closed her eyes. When she opened them, the window was dark. Was the lace curtain moving?
Lucy sneezed. Her flashlight illuminated the dust clogging the air and played over the cobweb-draped dollhouse that dominated the dining table. She’d loved the replica of Great Aunt Enid’s house as a child. Had there always been a tiny row of carved #headstones in the garden?
“How is it you always #pop by or #call when I happen to be feeling #amorous? Such an odd #talent.” “Isn’t that a bit #hyperbolic?” “Let’s not argue. I’ve got a #sextet of #tropical oils and a delightful #cludgeolut waiting.”
#vssdaily #flexvss #vss365 #vssmagic #converstory #vssnature #vssnonsense
“Now watch as I transform this chicken into a #phoenix! #Taadaa!”
“Ew, what is that?”
“A #tadpole. Again.”
“Can you turn it back?”
“I can turn it into a frog. Eventually. Pass the fishbowl.”
#vssmagic #converstory #vssnature
“#Pass the toast, please. Whole #wheat.” “A day of #jaw-dropping boredom working those infernal machines stretches to #infinity before us. Don’t be a #hero. Have a pastry.” “So many adjectives and #nouns at the crack of #dawn. I need coffee.”
#flexvss #vssnature #bravewrite #whistpr #vss365 #vssdaily #converstory #vssmagic
“You’d better #hurry or you’ll be late for work.”
“I called in sick. That #crude construction wasn’t nearly #squirrel-proof. They’re #cerebral animals. #Sneaky. Ate all the birdseed again. In my backyard #sanctuary! The #glitter just makes the trap pretty.”
“Oh boy.”
#flexvss #vss365 #vssnature #bravewrite #vssdaily #vssmagic #vsschristmas
“What is this awful sound? I thought you said a string #quartet was playing tonight.”
“I never said string. Triangle, tuba, kazoo, accordion. 1-2-3-4. Quartet.”
“What did I do to deserve this #torment?”
“I’m dating the kazoo player. Isn’t he dreamy?”
#whistpr #vssdaily
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