Prompt: Defeat is Optional ( Read more... )

If you can’t leave your mark, give up.

She woke up feeling disoriented the last thing she remembered was her daughter opening the door for her why her useless, good for nothing daughter was even there confused her She was disturbed from her muddled musings by a sharp pain to her side. She turned to see her daughter standing there with a smug smile ( Read more... )

Prompt # 7: Last Memory ( Read more... )

Prompt: #4, I don't care to remember my name.

She sits at the bar, sipping quietly until the glass is empty. Then she signals for another. She gently rebuffs all attempts at conversation with a twisted sort of smile and goes back to her drink. She closes her eyes for minutes at a time. When she opens them, the person inside is visible: pained, ( Read more... )

Prompt: 9. Free hug @ 7 pm. Here ( Read more... )

Prompt: #06, Push the button

She should go in.  She looked at the door and tried to summon up the courage.  Everyone had said how helpful the people were in there.  She decided to walk to the corner of the street and back again; perhaps then she would make up her mind to do it.  She had watched a couple of people coming out, clasping brochures and ( Read more... )

~~~Title: Love Past Pain~~~
~~~Prompt: You look ravishing tonight, baby~~~They were fighting again. Yelling the worst they could think of at each other. They were trying to cause the most pain they could with their words ( Read more... )

Prompt #8 -- I am having an affair.

The morning after, he couldn’t look at her.

She came to his office, as she always did, at seven. He saw the red hem of her robes, but he couldn’t bring himself to meet her eyes, to see the accusation: You slept with another woman.

“I’m not to be disturbed!” he screamed at the footman standing guard.

A swish of ( Read more... )

Mind Spark's Graffiti Challenge 2012

I love thought-provoking graffiti and so this challenge will use phrases from "The Bathroom Graffiti Project." I know it’s a bit strange, but I need something simple for an end-of-summer project.

Challenge Guidelines1. Writers are asked to choose one prompt from the table behind the cut. Once a prompt is ( Read more... )