Something Sticky

You have 200 words for this challenge, and your first couple of lines must lead with the sound of shoes traversing a sticky floor. What does it sound like? Who is wearing the shoes and where are they going? Squick, Squealch, Pop. Adrian was walking around on the gym floor, pacing as he was often …

A Slight Disagreement

This was written for a writing prompt challenge, and then I missed the challenge because I didn't meet all the criteria. whoops. "Okay, there's eight of us here, we were all there when the fire started, I'm sure we can get our story straight, right?" "I doubt it, Tim was asleep the entire time. We …

Coffee the Hard Way

Writing prompt, gonna start posting the prompts with the story: You have up to 250 words.Our hero is reading a newspaper article about the events that launched them to fame and is getting increasingly frustrated with how they are represented and what transpired.You must include a version of the quote: "I just wanted a cup …

A Yuletide Celebration

Semi-themed writing for another place. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and just happy holidays in general, which ones you may or may not celebrate. Tony sat off to the side of the room, staring at the floor. Everyone else was setting up party decorations in the other room. Christmas Eve was here, so of course, so …

Watching Them Speak

Writing prompt flash fiction piece There was fire, and smoke. Lots of corpses too. The two figures in front of him looked out over the blazing courtyard of the fort, gesturing. One of them, in long, sanguine red robes seemed cool and composed, the other, wearing gold trim marking him as a traitor from inside …

Run

More stuff from writing prompt pieces! You sprinted around the corner and dove down the side of the hall. You could feel the angry, fiery hate breathing down your neck. You could hear the distant rage as your pursuer tried to track down your position. What you had broken was irreplaceable, and the punishment for …

A Chat

More writing prompt stuff. Better than nothing eh? "Hey there kiddo. Got a minute to talk?""Oh, hey there. Sure I do, nothing really going on today.""Thanks bud, walk with me?""Sure thing!""So uh… kid, little birdie tells me you've got something of a… trick up your sleeve, yeah?""I… I'm not sure what you mean.""Oh, you know, …

Three Items

Another writing prompt piece... My car was waiting in the R&D parking lot, the engine humming away. The place was quiet, aside from a few guards. Some of them knew I was here and knew to stay out of the way, the rest wouldn't know until I was gone. First I grabbed, first to place, …

Ten Down To One

Another writing prompt thing: Ten little godlings, and a game they've made their own.Nine abundant, newborn worlds with roads up to the throne.Eight of forces greater still, that watch from up aboveSeven others down below, the carnage watched they loveSix wars of ever greater scope, will rend them all apartFive later cataclysms, strike to their …

Strike Me Down Where I Stand

A small flash fiction thing I wrote for a discord server. "Now, to conclude this national speech broadcast I would like to assure all the wonderful and valiant men and women of our country that our war is going quite well beyond the borders. The tales and rumors of so-called angels descending from the sky …