Life’s Weirder Than Fiction

Fiction Friday >> Don’t breathe

[Fiction] Friday “When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin.” What has your character turned into? I woke up, moving from sleeping to wide awake in a fraction of a second. I didn’t, however, open my eyes. I admit it, I was afraid. Afraid? ...

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Fiction Friday — “Sorry”

[Fiction] Friday Challenge #144 for 26th February, 2010 The bag was empty except for a smudged, slip of paper which said, “Sorry.” The bag was empty except for a smudged, slip of paper, which said, “Sorry.” Jeannie hadn’t touched the precious artifact yet but she could clearly see the letters, crudely written with what she hoped might ...

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Fiction Friday>> Life’s joke

[Fiction] Friday Challenge for September 25th, 2009: The house lights dim, the curtain goes up… you’re on. Life’s a stage, someone said. Shakespeare, maybe, or some other writer who got immortalized. That’s what I do: I play at life. Life’s a joke. It grabs you when you rush out of your mother’s womb and lets you go ...

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Fiction Friday>> Nine Lives

[Fiction] Friday Challenge for June 5th, 2009: “Don’t sit there,” she commanded. “That’s the cat’s chair.” “Let’s talk about this,” I said. “We’ll sit down, reason it out.” I backed slowly toward the living room, my eyes glued to hers, my hands away from my body to show I didn’t mean any harm. I could see her ...

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Fiction Friday>>Time out

[Fiction] Friday Challenge for May 29th, 2009: Choose one of the following (or both!) Put this into your story – “Time out! Time out! We can call that, right?” OR: write a poem from this image – A fallen star. “Time out! Time out! We can call that, right?” “For Christ’s sake, Shirley, get serious.” “I am being serious. We’ve always ...

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