The Path Back, by Jeff L. Mauser
A writers finds a path back from his stale life he didn't know he wanted to find
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SS Prompt 5: Stale
Word Count: 1200 words exactly
Deadline: 20 May 2020
Please do not post before the deadline.
STALEmate by Sue
The Society for Transformation of Lakes and Ecology had an unfortunate acronym. ‘STALE’ was certainly not what the Chairperson and the committee had in mind. It had the humorous propensity to conjure up images of Didymosphenia geminate, known to those…...
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Stale Life with Cupcake by Jennifer A
Helena swung her skinny legs over the metal lip of the dumpster and dropped onto the loading dock, landing as nimble as a cat. It was a long way, but she wasn’t afraid of the fall any more. Helena was only eleven, but she was tough like me. Scrappy.
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Scene: Sunday Dinner at the Anderson family home in Iowa. Present are sisters, brothers and mother as well as Sara Burns, who is dating Franklin, one of the brothers. * * * * * Mother looks brightly at the…...
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“Run Like Hell! by Charles R.
"The smell of cooking meat hit my nostrils. Was that food I smelled or was it me being slowly cooked by the burning crockery?"
Read More“Run Like Hell! by Charles R.The amber nectar by Sharon J Clark
Cathy sighed heavily. “Just seems such a waste. Gallons of beer gone stale and fit for nothing but pouring down the drain. Damn this virus. Never thought we’d be facing something like this when we brought this place.”
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