Odd Prompts 21: Week 1

A new year, and a new round of prompts over at MOTE. The first prompt of the year came from nother Mike: The annual unicorn drive ran right down the main road in town this year… The first thought that popped into my mind was Pony Penning Day.  Like many girls of my generation I …

Snippet: Interpreter

Adrian pushed the door closed with his heel.  His youngest glanced up from their dining table where she was sitting with her books scattered around her dinner. “Bad day.”  It sounded more like a statement than a query.  Her gaze flicked briefly past his shoulder, like she was checking the door. “Yeah.”  Adrian sighed.  He …

Odd Prompts – Week 53

Week 53? But there are only 52 weeks in a year. Yes, but the calendar doesn't always cooperate with us. We had 52.5 weeks in 2020. So, since the prompts were posted in 2020 this is week 53. The prompt was What happens when the gryphon’s torch goes out? And what happens when you’re the …

Odd Prompts Week 50

I really wanted to work on Murder Chicken again, for reasons, but none of the prompts at MOTE fit the existing story. After looking at the header image I finally decided that could work, with a bit of tweaking. Part 1 & 2 Murder Chicken – Pt3 “Star, can you bring your rescue kit?”  She …

Odd Prompts – Week 48

There were a couple of the prompts this week on MOTE that had potential but it was the header image that finally drew my attention. I swiped it to use as my own header. I may go back at a late date and work on those other stories. Years ago my mother had a wooden …

Odd Prompts and More

For the very low price of “your time”, you get not one but two stories this week. First up, this week’s Odd Prompts story. Beans “Be aware of cat” the sign read.  “Shouldn’t that be ‘beware of cat’, He laughed at the typo.  Below that sign was a hand written addition, “close the door quickly, …

Odd Prompts – Week 44

This week’s prompt went a bit off track due to a memory glitch.  For Freida, the historical reenactments and costumes only felt like going home. I read the prompts and thought this one could be fun and let it stew in the back of my mind for a while.  I knew that I didn’t want …

Odd Prompts – Week 43

Every time I pick a prompt from the Odd Prompts spares list and think "this should be easy" I end up spending almost as much time looking things up as I do writing. You'd think I would learn. Nope. This week was no different. "You’re watching a movie when one of the characters steps out …

Night Hunts – Chapter VII

It dawned on my late last night that I had forgotten to schedule the next bit of Night Hunts. My apologies. Here is the conclusion of Night Hunts Rodriquez has suddenly found himself in wolf form before he was ready. Afraid and confused, he is fleeing and leaving bodies in his wake. Can he break …

Odd Prompts – Week 42

The psychotic witch that passes herself off as a muse latched on to a spare prompt from the week 42 list (When we went to the grave, the body was missing…) and insisted that it was connected to the bits from Week 41 and 40. And that was all she offered. No hints how they …