Category SS Prompt 6: It didn’t work
SS Prompt 6: It didn’t work
Word Count: 1800 words exactly
Deadline: 17 June 2020
Please do not post before the deadline.
To love yourself by Mara Adlem
‘Waiting for God? Oh’ by Amy Trakos
Dear Dreamer by Jennifer MacKinnon
June and Ron (Not a Love Story) by Robelle
The baby bawled in June’s arms as they entered the living room. She figured that he was hungry and needed to be nursed, but she was shaky and tired. There was a single lampshade switched on at the corner and…...
The Mice & the Cat by Zoltan Kosina
Cindy, the mouse was about to leave her hole, when her brother, Gary, has arrived with the good news. “Look, the human left a big piece of cheese on the floor close to our hole! I bet he starts to…...
She Tried by Fizza Younis
Tuesday, before the children came home by Chantelle Turner
It was a strange day. Uncomfortably hot if you stood too long in the sun with your gardening gloves and jeans. Uncomfortably cold if you lay still on the grass in the shadows of a large oak tree, as she…...
Third time lucky by Karin Henriques
Love in the Old Country by Monica Sharp
Your Idea by Teresa Preziosi
I stare at my therapist. Big difference. A few months ago I had trouble looking her in the eye. Now I watch her struggling to maintain composure. Act all professional and shit. And I know I look like shit. I…...