Prompt 47 | Week 47: Pride
Deadline: 24 November 2021
Word count: 1200 – 1500 words
Please do not post before the deadline.
Jack was born several months into the drinking. The whole time Cheryl was pregnant Barry kept thinking this wasn’t real. This wasn’t real that he was going to be a father. That he was going to be someone’s dad. He…...
The tension in the room could be tasted. The door opened and Superintendent Reilly held it from closing with his foot as he navigated a chair through the door. It banged off the side, loud in the silence as they…...
‘I told them I’m a nurse, made no bloody difference to the bastards.’ The heat of the kitchen extracts the water out of Nuala’s coat, steam rises with her temper as she takes it off to hang on the back…...
Roy pulled into the parking lot behind Sargent Williams. He threw his car into park and was out the door without bothering to kill the ignition. The engine ran at a high idle, like the blood pulsing through his veins.…...
Augustine held Afra tight to his chest feeling her body shake as she cried. “You’re here.” She sobbed. “Augustine, you’re here.” She raised her head to look into his eyes, and he looked into hers. Her eyes had always fascinated…...
This time the entrances to the métro near the Opera did not jump away. They stayed right where they are. I descended them without any trouble. And while I did that, I thought about the words of the statue. What…...
Pan’s Pride by Sharon Hancock “Shel, do you think we can take tomorrow off? I have something I want to discuss…...
Note to regulars – this is just the beginning of the end part. I need to tell this from three perspectives, so it is probably going to eat up my word limit for a few weeks. Sorry – as is…...
