30 D | Prompt 1 | Day 1
Deadline: 1 August 2021
Wordcount: 500 words
Please do not post before the deadline.
Mara had been assigned to run the raffle ticket table at the parent’s association night. She and her daughter had recently moved into the district. “Wow! You’ve done a great job with the decorations! Did you carve that pumpkin yourself,…...
Mara had been assigned to run the raffle ticket table at the parent’s association night. She and her daughter had recently moved into the district. “Wow! You’ve done a great job with the decorations! Did you carve that pumpkin yourself,…...
Diane’s hands started to shake. She rubbed them together in a washing motion to quiet them, to quiet her. Pulling them back into her chest and stuffing them into her armpits she let out, “NO, no. You didn’t! Did you?”…...
Jane was beginning to question her own sanity. Flipping through the envelopes laid out on her dresser, she counted again. “Should be six, one for each month. That’s two-thousand-five-hundred plus missing times two, three…” Fanning the envelopes out again didn’t…...
Diane’s hands started to shake. She rubbed them together in a washing motion to quiet them, to quiet her. Pulling them back into her chest and stuffing them into her armpits she let out, “NO, no. You didn’t! Did you?”…...
Jane was beginning to question her own sanity. Flipping through the envelopes laid out on her dresser, she counted again. “Should be six, one for each month. That’s two-thousand-five-hundred plus missing times two, three…” Fanning the envelopes out again didn’t…...
Grandpa came over. He always smelt of sand and smoke, and dirt from the pond. He crouched down to his knees and scratched the dog. I was watching an ant crawling below his legs. “How long are you going to…...
Grandpa came over. He always smelt of sand and smoke, and dirt from the pond. He crouched down to his knees and scratched the dog. I was watching an ant crawling below his legs. “How long are you going to…...
A childhood event scarred Grace for life. She always told people she had been attacked by a dog on the kindergarten playground. That was mostly true, except it wasn’t so much an attack as it was the dog playing around.…...
I knew something was up when I came into the kitchen when my son met me at the door. “I’ll get those groceries for you, Mom. Why don’t you pour yourself a glass of iced tea?” I was really hot,…...
