Originally published at Rhonda Eudaly. You can comment here or there.

Prompt: A Night at the Opera

Words: Air Force, crane, orchestrate, leotard, stubble, pinpoint, placate, machete, photo, pivot

Story

“Places, everyone. Places!” the stage manager bellowed through the backstage areas.

The singers and dancers scurried in all directions in a flurry ( Read more... )

Originally published at Rhonda Eudaly. You can comment here or there.

Prompt: A Dinner Party

Words: phoenix, canvas, homesick, evening, spicy, rooftop, cicada, orthodox, ding, spruce

Story

“Do you ever get homesick?” Daniela popped a spicy cicada into her mouth and crunched down on the exoskeleton.

“For Phoenix?” Tania snorted. “No. You?”

“I miss ( Read more... )

Originally published at Rhonda Eudaly. You can comment here or there.

Prompt: A Conversation Between Artists

Words: skull, galaxy, expression, trash can, deployment, visitor, brushstroke, decade, forgot, ponder

Story
“And with a brushstroke, the galaxy becomes just an expression…” Thomas gestured with the chopstick.

“Are you trying to channel Bob ( Read more... )

Originally published at Rhonda Eudaly. You can comment here or there.

Prompt: War on Foreign Soil

Words: amputated, global, curtain, banana, carbonate, calisthenics, patriot, fixture, Bluetooth

Story

“Is this what you signed up for, Stratton?”

“What?” Doing calisthenics in a banana republic? Or being a patriot serving my country?” Stratton popped ( Read more... )

Originally published at Rhonda Eudaly. You can comment here or there.

Prompt: A Hairdresser Received a Shocking Confession from a Customer

Words: poverty, marksman, bookshelf, backspace, hedge, cuckoo, pumpkin, courteous, deduction, acute

Story

“And then I found out I didn’t qualify for the tax deduction.”

Norma tried not to roll her eyes while ( Read more... )

Originally published at Rhonda Eudaly. You can comment here or there.

Prompt: An Unexpected Visitor Shakes Things Up

Words: tightrope, nightingale, underline, risk, academy, existential, outlook, Friday, gobble, grill

Story

“Now, as delicately as a nightingale on a tightrope, we’ll add the meat to the grill…”

Sandra tried hard not to giggle. She’d ( Read more... )

Originally published at Rhonda Eudaly. You can comment here or there.

Prompt: A Story That Takes Place in One Room

Words: petting zoo, handsome, unbound, annoy, weekend, invest, immortal, piglet, cocktail, camp

Story

“So, what do we do now, Pooh?”

“I am not your Piglet in this story, Ray.” Chloe plopped down on the hay bail. “Being locked in a ( Read more... )

Originally published at Rhonda Eudaly. You can comment here or there.

Prompt: An Alligator on the Loose

Words: New York City, Chewbacca, typical, beard, walkabout, interrupt, clang, belly, cockatoo, stroll

Story

“Don’t be stupid, Earl, you’re going to get caught.”

“Come on, Wanda, you never let me have any fun.”

Wanda dropped the pot lid with a ( Read more... )

Originally published at Rhonda Eudaly. You can comment here or there.

Prompt: Parents Solve a Problem Together

Words: rhinoceros, umbrella, announcement, petal, feather, fruit, placemat, sketch, wobble, boil

Story

“Well, if we sketch out the game plan then maybe we can fix this.” Jeff slid a placemat under the fruit plate to silence the china ( Read more... )

Originally published at Rhonda Eudaly. You can comment here or there.

Prompt: A Story Told Through Emails

Words: philanthropist, symmetrical, terminate, noodle, emoticon, reference, sunglasses, moonlight, borrow, newsletter

Story

Doyle opened her laptop and clicked the icon for her mail. She bounced on her sofa as a string of email poured across ( Read more... )