Title: On a Friday
Author: keppiehed
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Word Count: 343
Prompt: “Germinate” :to come into being
A/N: Written for week #1 at brigits_flame.

( Germinate )

Title: The Devil Went Down to Pickensville
Author: keppiehed
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Word Count: 814
Prompt: “Cleave”
A/N: Written for week #1 at brigits_flame. Oh, this is such a bunch of nonsense. The title is a rip-off of the Charlie Daniel's song, I'm sure you all know it. Also, there's a line near the end about waltzing with the devil, that's a direct quote from a ( Read more... )

Title: Flightless Bird
Author: keppiehed
Rating: PG
Warnings: mature subject matter
Word Count: 432
Prompt: “Thank You”
A/N: Written for week#1 at Brigits_flame.

( Thank You )

Title: Better Half
Author: Keppiehed
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: language, adult situations
Word Count: 1231
Prompt: “Forces of Nature vs. Nurture”
A/N: Written for Just For Fun week #1 Brigits_flame. This is going to be the beginning to a longer set of linked stories about circus personalities. I first introduced these characters in the September mini-contest with the ( Read more... )

Title: The Space Around Him
Author: Keppiehed
Rating: PG
Warnings: melodrama?
Word Count: 345
Prompt: “rocking”
A/N: Written for week #1 at Brigits_Flame.

( Rocking )

Title: Firestarter
Author: Keppiehed
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Word Count: 1542
Prompt: “Introduction”
A/N: Written for week #1 at Brigits_flame. The first sentence is a quote I learned from Recklessblues, and I thank him for it. I am participating in a monthlong side challenge with bardiphouka in which I am writing from the perspective of one of his more mischievous characters, Coyote. I am ( Read more... )

Title: The Apple Thief
Author: Keppiehed
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: adult themes
Word Count: 1758
Prompt: “baptism by fire”
A/N: Written for week #1 of Brigits_flame. Places (and Betty) are real, but the rest is fiction. Also, this is for Elinor, who asked for a story with this title. I am not sure it all made a lot of sense, though!

( Baptism by Fire )

Title: Study in Black
Author: Keppiehed
Rating: PG
Warnings: none
Word Count: 929
Prompt: first line must begin with “The streaks of cerise made him feel ...”
A/N: Written for week #1 at Brigits_flame. I struggled with this one!

( Study in Black )

Title: The Piper's Price
Author: Keppiehed
Rating: PG
Warnings: none
Word Count: 2694
Prompt: “bad advice”
A/N: Written for week #1 at Brigits_flame. Coming full circle here! I wrote my very first fiction story for Brigits_flame, and it was a retelling of Rumpelstiltskin way back in September of 2009. I hope that this version of the Pied Piper shows how much I've grown in the ( Read more... )

Title: Raven
Author: Keppiehed
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Word Count: 1830
Prompt: “good omens”, first line: “There was a spark”, “verisimilitude”
A/N: This was written for week #1 at Brigits_Flame, the advanced level.

( Raven )