Category 2021 SS Prompt 8: The Flowers
SS Prompt 8: The Flowers
Word count: 1800 words exactly
Deadline: 11 August 2021
Please do not post before the deadline.
The Beaten Path To Our Doorstep by SM Prasad
The Right Flowers by NetaQ
Mariam pressed her nose into her cup, inhaling the hazelnut aroma. This routine of steadiness and predictability centered her core. Predictability a blessing, a constant, such as being able to sleep in on a Sunday morning, or adding an extra…...
Breaking up Housekeeping Redux by Maria Johnson
Cathleen’s Casanova by Lenore Butcher
Special Flower by Nam Raj Khatri
Kuntin was the only kid left in his family. In the community, there were few houses with living people. Kuntin walked to another village. One side of foot path was high hills covered with forest and other side was low…...
Halo by Melanie Wittwer
An Upside-Down Christmas by JK Murphy
The smell of a criminal by Christopher Joyce
It is a glorious Sunday morning and I am walking down Hammersmith High street to the launderette, yes it’s such a glamorous life for a rich (but can’t spend it, can’t show it, can’t even look at it) excon. As…...
Black Dahlia by Trace
The flowers stood tall and proud facing the gentle breeze which slowly lifted the dark veil of night. “Wakey, wakey,” said Daisy. “The dawn has arrived.” “The dawn of what?” bemoaned Black Dahlia. “Well, the dawn of a new day,…...
The Flower’s Garden Party by Anjum Wasim Dar
“Leave me alone, do not touch me, stay away”. The bright red rose, shaded with an ice cream orange hue spoke with such anger and vigor that other plants smiling and waving around, were shocked, stunned and taken aback. They…...