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Prompt: The Phone Rings at 3 A.M.

Words: guerilla, emerald, careless, traffic, liberate, adolescence, punch, wave, environment, oval

Story

Robert Earl Keen has a song where the chorus line is The road goes on forever and the party never ends. That’s how I feel every day. Except ( Read more... )

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Prompt: Something Valuable Has Been Stolen

Words: huntress, machinations, trophy, turncoat, treasure, minute, nook, historic, rock, ruin

Story

“It was right there!” Meagan jabbed a finger at the empty nook. A faint outline of dust showed where something had been disturbed.

“And ( Read more... )

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Prompt: Getting Away with Murder

Words: Snow Queen, windmill, tunnel, childhood, endanger, cypress, wine, horseback, temperature, imperial

Story
“There’s so many things I wanted to do in my childhood dreams. Knowing red wine should be served at room temperature isn’t one of them ( Read more... )

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Prompt: The Main Character Goes on a Trip Alone to Gain Perspective

Words: lighthouse, flock, muscle, sprinkle, insult, cliffhanger, cheetah, chartreuse, wrist, seedling

Story

Now that Kira was here, she started to wonder why. When she began, it was a personal quest, maybe even ( Read more... )

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Prompt: Anonymous Gifts Start Arriving at the Doorstep

Words: teenager, camouflage, birch, harmony, rifle, screen door, wrinkle, dive, pick-up, sticker

Story
Kara nearly tripped over the box on her front step as she left for work. Fortunately, she bounced off the screen door ( Read more... )

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Prompt: A Strange Proposition From a Stranger

Words: sequin, luncheon, designer, toolbox, measurement, force, dented, cellular, banish, lock

Story
“Are you going to be finished soon?” the sequin-festooned matron prodded the toolbox with her designer-shoed toe.

“I hope to be, but ( Read more... )

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Prompt: A Much Needed Vacation

Words: hair salon, burn, escape, waste, yesterday, quack, quaint, jittery, bob, expensive

Story

“All I have to do is get through today, and then it’s two weeks of escape.” Jeannie watched the det cord burn through the metal around the lock. She ( Read more... )