The Word of the Day is Apocryphal a·poc·ry·phal /əˈpäkrəfəl/ adjective (of a story or statement) of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true. “an apocryphal story about a former judge” Similar: fictitious, made-up, fabricated, spurious, mythical Opposite: authentic, true Write a poem, story or anecdote inspired by […]Apocryphal —…… Continue reading Apocryphal – Word of the Day Challenge
She loved doing this. Her prank required two things… Sneakers, preferably of bright colors. And the perfect spot. She could spend days looking for it. This path was ideal… Pedestrians chose it to walk their dogs, or for their daily jogging. The weather was amazing, and the shoes awaited the first passersby. A man walked…… Continue reading Surprise!
Today’s Word of the Day is Wave. If you want to participate, create a pingback to link your post. Not sure how to do that? See how to create pingbacks here. Please note that for the prompts that I publish, the comment box will now remain open for people who experience trouble with pingbacks. However, I won’t […]Wave…… Continue reading Wave – Word of the Day Challenge
I took over the prompt a couple of weeks back, as an homage to Nortina’s late ”One Minute Fiction” challenge. What’s the ”One Minute Fiction” challenge about? Easy. Each week I’ll provide a prompt to inspire you to write a very short story. The idea is to manage to type your whole story in a…… Continue reading September 23rd #1MinFiction Challenge
The Word of the Day is Aggravate aggravate/ˈaɡrəveɪt/Learn to pronounceverb 1.make (a problem, injury, or offence) worse or more serious.”military action would only aggravate the situation” 2.INFORMALannoy or exasperate. Write a poem, story or anecdote inspired by this word. Please create a pingback to your post by including a link to this page in whatever […]AGGRAVATE…… Continue reading Aggravate – Word of the Day Challenge
You really should stop feeding these flyin’ rats, Ian! The two old men sat on the bench, just as they did pretty much every day the weather allowed them to. The park was the perfect spot, to say the least, to keep an eye on all the neighbourhood’s whereabouts. And keeping up to date with…… Continue reading All roads lead to… – FFFC
The Word of the Day is “Scoundrelism“. The definition is baseness, dishonesty, double-dealing)* Write a Poem, story or anecdote, inspired by this word. Please create a ping back to your post by including a link to this page in whatever you are posting. If you want to participate create a ping back to link your […]Scoundrelism…… Continue reading Scoundrelism – Word of the Day Challenge
The Word of the Day is Timely Write a poem, story or anecdote inspired by this word. Please create a pingback to your post by including a link to this page in whatever you are posting. If you want to participate create a pingback to link your post. Not sure how to do that? See […]TIMELY…… Continue reading Timely – Word of the Day Challenge
Today’s Word of the Day is Collide. If you want to participate, create a pingback to link your post. Not sure how to do that? See how to create pingbacks here. Please note that for the prompts that I publish, the comment box will now remain open for people who experience trouble with pingbacks. However, I won’t […]Collide…… Continue reading Collide – Word of the Day Challenge
* Lying on the sidewalk, he mumbled to himself… Great f*ckin’ life, I’ll tell ya… He could have seeked a more discreet spot to nap, but nobody gave a damn about him anyway. It was amazing how the average pedestrian could be oblivious to misery. He didn’t even bother to leave a paper cup by…… Continue reading Fallen star – #1MinFiction
Cyranny's Cove 