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Post by RAVENEYE on May 8, 2022 9:42:40 GMT -6
This Week's Prompt: ACCIDENT
Length: Entries must be 100 words, no more, no less. Where: Post your entry below. Deadline: May 14 by midnight PST. Participant's Badges: HERE Weekly Challenge Rules:- No critiquing. Please refrain from giving feedback, as these challenges are to inspire creativity.
- Positive Enthusiasm is welcome! But save it for when Voting has started.
- CAN NOT vote for your own entry, and doing so will disqualify your submission.
- HAVE FUN!
Did you post an entry? Don't forget your Easy 10 Points!
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Post by FoxxGlove on May 13, 2022 14:39:27 GMT -6
A Very Important Date
Despite his frenzied zeal, he was running late once again. His panicked dash against time took him through the herbaceous border and left the accidental ruination of decapitated dahlias in his wake.
The lurker within the laburnum trees surveyed his hurried approach, not to mention the sad trail of beheaded perennial posies, with a malevolent expression. The constant irritating whinges, whines and complaints about tardiness had grated on her last nerve. And for the last time.
The axe was heavy and unwieldy but she was a super strong little girl.
Alice would certainly have hasenpfeffer with traditional semolina dumplings for supper tonight.
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Post by Caulder Melhaire on May 13, 2022 16:59:10 GMT -6
Don't Look Back
She walks the bridge, one hand caressing the handrail, and looks back. The sunny days where the water below glittered like the champagne in her glass. Warm hugs in a bitter spring wind. The ride to college with a packed truck; the ride to the new apartment with twice as much.
Memory is the only way she can look back anymore. It's been years, now, and countless miles walked. Yet still, whenever she dares turn around, it's always just an arm's reach away. The twisted metal shell of a sky-blue Mercedes, and the whiff of regret burning with the rubber.
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Post by bilance on May 13, 2022 22:35:40 GMT -6
The swap
Locked in the backroom, I stared at the empty chair opposite me. It couldn’t have been my fault. I was caught up in my work… What was going to happen to me now? I kept my hands on my lap and focused on my breathing. My lungs were trembling, and the air felt colder and colder. The clock tsked at me like a spectator witnessing an apprehension of a bad guy.
The door clicked open, and Michael came into the room and sat across me.
“Okay I would like to hear your side of the story.”
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Post by RavingCynic on May 14, 2022 15:29:34 GMT -6
Grief is the Price...
Arriving late to the funeral of a loved one never goes unnoticed, but that notice is what I dread most. I would have liked a quiet mourning.
Familiar faces and voices blur about me as I take my seat near the front. An open casket sits several feet ahead of me; the lifeless features of my grandmother, whose death they say was an accident.
I turn my gaze to the rest of the room. An unfamiliar, beautiful face sits four rows back in a black dress. Her piercing stare and red lips captivate, and I feel happy to be noticed...
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Post by Mazulla on May 14, 2022 15:31:13 GMT -6
...We Pay for Love
Love found me by accident in a place I didn't belong.
The woman's obituary and memorial details were published in the local newspaper. Mother, grandmother, wife, friend. She was none of these to me. I attended in my best little black dress, adorned in jewelry, lips accentuated bright red, making myself a spectacle among a hundred unfamiliar faces.
Then he arrived. Handsome, neat, and morose. "Grandson," the whispers ensued. I smiled, my eyes following as he seated himself at the front. I had come to see my handiwork, yet, as I met his gaze, I stayed for another reason altogether.
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Post by Caulder Melhaire on May 15, 2022 10:06:52 GMT -6
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Post by Caulder Melhaire on May 22, 2022 18:13:42 GMT -6
It's a tie! Congrats to Mazulla and.... me? Let's both take an extra 10 easy points a pop.  Also I'm so dumb, I was loving the way you guys synced up your prompt titles, and it didn't click until the second read through that they were the same setting from different perspectives  |
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Post by Mazulla on May 22, 2022 23:38:48 GMT -6
It's a tie! Congrats to Mazulla and.... me? Let's both take an extra 10 easy points a pop. Also I'm so dumb, I was loving the way you guys synced up your prompt titles, and it didn't click until the second read through that they were the same setting from different perspectives  Yay, happy to tie with a great entry!  Hah, yep, RavingCynic and I were talking about the prompt at breakfast that morning and he said, "What if we each did a different perspective?" So this was the result.  |
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Post by RAVENEYE on May 23, 2022 11:39:45 GMT -6
It's a tie! Congrats to Mazulla and.... me? Let's both take an extra 10 easy points a pop. Also I'm so dumb, I was loving the way you guys synced up your prompt titles, and it didn't click until the second read through that they were the same setting from different perspectives Yay, happy to tie with a great entry!  Hah, yep, RavingCynic and I were talking about the prompt at breakfast that morning and he said, "What if we each did a different perspective?" So this was the result.  Very creative! It was a lovely surprise to see the prompt handled this way. Well done, I say! |
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