SS Prompt 1: Freedom
Word count: 1200 words exactly
Deadline: 27 January 2021
Please do not post before the deadline.
A Girl With Two Faces by Chloe Edwards # Lyra dropped to her knees, retching onto the grass. Her stomach cramped in response, bile burning up her throat. She coughed, wiping her mouth with the back of her hand. She…...
Her, Or The Hangman by Chantel Barton # “Appeal it, Greg!” “I will, Tristin. But I can’t guarantee that an appeal will even be accepted.” Tristin pushed off the prison bars that had, in a sickening instant, become the new…...
Freedom for Some Means Freedom for None by Angelique Pacheco # 2021 “This stupid government can’t take away my freedom!” Eric blasted as he swayed on both feet. His eyes were glassy and he burped, surprising himself. The others were…...
Face-Off by Julie Fearn-Howerska # She said, ‘Face your demons. Free yourself’. Rather eat a live snake than talk about it I’d quip. But Her bags were packed so, pushing fifty, I rocked-up at the Christmas Phobia Workshop, in a…...
What Is Freedom? by Estelle Westley # “I am here under lock and key and the world looks down on me, so why do I not feel the chains.” Jamie Wright was serving a ten year jail sentence. This was…...
