Title: After
Author: Keppiehed
Rating: PG
Warnings: none
Word Count: 572
Prompt: Ya'aburnee: Arabic incantatory word that means You bury me. It's a declaration of one’s hope that they’ll die before a loved one, because of how difficult it would be to live without them.
A/N: Written for week #4 at Brigits_flame. I'd like to say that this prompt hit upon one of my ( Read more... )

Title: The Bite of the Butterfly
Author: Keppiehed
Rating: R
Warnings: triggers for self-harm, gory imagery
Word Count: 645
Prompt: “Depaysement” :a French word associated with the feeling of not being in one's home country; of homesickness and disorientation.
A/N: Written for week #3 at Brigits_flame. I have never had such a tough time. There were several things I was ( Read more... )

Title: Heart of Stone
Author: Keppiehed
Rating: PG
Warnings: language
Word Count: 1862
Prompt: “Mamihlapinatapei”
A/N: Written for week #2 at Brigits_flame. Okay, I have to say that this has to be the oddest story that I have ever written.The prompt word means "the wordless, yet meaningful look shared by two people who both desire to initiate something, but are both ( Read more... )

Title: Pinochle Night
Author: Keppiehed
Rating: PG
Warnings: slight language
Word Count: 1013
Prompt: “schadenfreude”
A/N: Written for week #1 at Brigits_flame. I hope that this embodies the ideal of the prompt word adequately. I was looking for everyday examples of the word, instead of something dramatic. I hope this seems realistic!

( Schadenfreude )

Title: Lay of the Old Settler
Author: Keppiehed
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Word Count: 936
Prompts: “Happy as a Clam”
A/N: This was written for brigits_flame, week #2. The title and the idea for the story was based loosely on “Old Settler's Song (Acres of Clams)”, an old folk song from 1874 and sung to the tune of “Old Rosin, the Beau”. I sincerely apologize to anyone who ( Read more... )