Category 2022 SS Prompt 1: Jewel
SS Prompt 1: Jewel
Word count: 1000 words exactly
Deadline: 26 January 2022
Please do not post before the deadline.
The Bin Cupboard by Lara-Jo Morrison
Rosika would have let her 35th year go unmarked but her boyfriend booked a table at an ancient restaurant where she had wanted to eat for years. He organised a childminder and told her that while he was walking the…...
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Wanted by Jonathon Horner
Standing in the dark of the Imperial Museums’ main exhibit, Charlie listened as the church bells across the city chimed midnight. The final note hung on for a second and was then gone. She opened her eyes in the silence…...
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Jewel by Gretchen Robinson
The Jewel DAaughter by Anjum Wasim Dar
“Mama, do you know what happened just now ?” “ Senseless speechless and numb, I stared at my daughter Sara who did not ask me again but kept looking silently.” “This is the story of how daughters are the jewels…...
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Jewel of death by Neels Smit
Imitation – Rachel
I have been sitting in Accident and Emergency for two hours and ten minutes. My phone rings – it is the office. I left a voicemail first thing this morning to let them know I was going to miss work. …...
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Shiny Creepy Crawlies by Nonie
‘Am I getting more gummies today mummy?’ Amy loves her gummies, becuase even though they are good for her gummies, they taste yummy. Every day, she takes two to keep her healthy but when her and mummy travel, she always…...
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The Reunion – Jewel by Astrid Blume
I pace the checkered kitchen floor in tandem with the ticking of my grandfather’s clock, which stands tall in a nook in the adjacent hall. She’s probably sitting in the back seat of a white taxi cab, taking in the…...
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Cutting Diamonds by Bryan Harris
“Do you know the difference between a gem and a jewel?” she asks. I don’t. It wouldn’t matter if I did, because she is going to tell me. I know this, and so I say nothing. She doesn’t notice. “A…...
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Prophecy by Melanie Ouellette
Jewels by ChristineH
In the five weeks since I joined Haven South, I’ve developed a habit of waking early and savouring the quiet calm that will soon disintegrate under the chatter of a hundred waking women. Closing my eyes, I imagine that I’m…...
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