Category SS Prompt 7: Red lipstick
SS Prompt 7: Red lipstick
Word Count: 300 words exactly
Deadline: 15 July 2020
Please do not post before the deadline.
There Was No Red Lipstick by Laura Handrick
No Sale by Anthony
The Message by Athina Antoniou
Red Lipstick by Chuck Boyd
Red Lipstick by Chuck Boyd # Scrubbing, scrubbing. Nothing. Such a chore. Joel vaguely hears footsteps — someone coming or going. Scrub, scrub. Frantically. “Whatchya doin’, pal?” Joel looks up. A man, looking bored, one hand in his pocket, his…...
First date by Amina K
First date by Amina K # Amy woke up earlier than usual. She feigned a smile, didn’t bother to open her eyes while crouching towards a balcony door where she left a window in airing position. She returned to the…...
Red Lipstick by Semakula Emmanuel
Red Lipstick by Semakula Emmanuel # A singing mawkish male voice filled the badly lit hallway punctuated by the sound of boots worn by the police officers. With each step, they felt the new prisoner’s weight on the muscles of…...
The knocking at the door by Azul Aragon
Temptation by Riham Gharib
It Gets Better by Eva-Maria
It Gets Better by Eva-Maria # Big City, 1920s. ‘Good evening, Carol! Going out?‘ ‘Good evening, Mrs Smith, Mrs. Hooper! There’s a dance at the school tonight.’ … ‘Did you see her face? She’s painted her lips red again…’ ‘She…...
Her Red Lipstick by Joyce Finny
Her Red Lipstick by Joyce Finny # It looks like her lips are bleeding. But they aren’t. It’s just her lipstick starkly highlighting her face gone pale. She doesn’t need the lipstick to stand out, though. The fact that she…...