My daddy called me “Tootsie Roll,” and though I was a normal sized little kid, I realize now that it didn’t take too long before I saw myself slightly reminiscent of how a tootsie roll looks – rather thick. It didn’t help that when I was in junior high and I asked Daddy if I…
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Prompt: Tough Night to Write
I would be lying if I said that it’s easy to write tonight. I’ve tried three different times with three different stories and nothing is striking my fancy after ten lines or so. Nothing suits tonight. This is just the way it is sometimes with writing. Some days, I can write with a one word…
Prompt: A Jewish/Christian Romance
Clarisse sipped on her cup of hot tea and contemplated what to say to Roger. How could she explain her position on Christianity to this man who was such a wholehearted Jew? Their relationship was doomed. How would he ever understand that for her, her belief in Jesus did not in any way impinge on…
Prompt: Yams
“I am not doing these dishes,” Maria snapped at her mother. “Look at them – dried turkey and dressing and yams all over them. Has anybody around here ever thought of buying a dishwater?” Camilla Lopez regarded her sixteen-year-old with skeptical eyes. “Have you decided you’re too good to do these dishes? That private school…
Prompt: Word Randomly Picked from a Book – “Dish”
“You have to dish,” Sylvia said to her friend Joyce right after they sat down in the restaurant for lunch. “Come on. Tell me what happened!” Joyce crossed her legs slowly and licked her lips. “You are not going to believe what a hunk he was. Honestly, I thought I might faint when he took…
My Mother and the Turkey
I was ten-years-old the Thanksgiving my mother decided to cook. This wasn’t a good thing since she never cooked, but she decided that she didn’t want to order the usual ham for the main meal – turkey, after all, was what most people had for Thanksgiving – and she always gave our cook the Thanksgiving…
Prompt: Picture of Old Couple
“Come on, Henry, we need to get going,” Nell Castle said to her husband. “They’ll all be waiting for us.” Henry reached for his black hat resting on the top shelf of the closet. “Mother, I would rather just stay home, it you don’t mind.” He waited, hoping he’d get a reprieve. “Henry Castle, don’t…
Lorene and The Bra
Meal time in my house when I was growing up centered on lunch, and the cook was not my mother, god forbid, or my father, though he could make an impressive breakfast, but rather our housekeeper, Lorene, a big-boned black woman who wore a white uniform to work, Monday – Friday, from 8:30 – 2:30….
Prompt: Random Names: Jack and Ava; Random Location: Deserted Island in the Pacific
“This is great,” Jack said, lying down in the fine white sand and staring off at the sunset. I’m happy we’re here.” Ava stared at him in disbelief. “Are you kidding me? It’s going to be dark in less than an hour and we have no idea where we’re going to sleep tonight, much less…
Helpful Article on How to Write Flash – Pieces 300 – 1000 Words
Writing Flash Fiction By G. W. Thomas With the advent of the Internet, editors are looking for shorter works, more easily read on a computer screen. The current term is “flash fiction”, a tale between 300-1000 words long. Longer than micro-fiction (10-300 words) but shorter than traditional short stories (3000-5000 words preferred by most magazines),…
20 Minutes a Day 