2023 SS Prompt 2: Blossom
Darion snuck into the inn and took a table in the corner. Only four or five other tables had a few patrons at them and there was a subdued energy in the air. Old Markus was behind the bar. Good…...
“The legend as I recall is that on December 4th, young singles should cut a cherry tree branch and put it in water. If it blossoms on Christmas Day, whoever’s branch it is will marry within the year.” Chloe…...
Into the sleek metal shaker went the whiskey, Frangelico, white crème de cacao, and heavy cream. The handsome young bartender with brown eyes and black hair reached for an egg—crack—and slid the yellow orb from shell to shell as the…...
When his alarm went off, a cheerful intonation that came with his phone, Daniel was already awake. He wasn’t even sure why he set it anymore–he didn’t need it. He was always an early riser, always up with the coffee…...
Know Thy Neighbour Our neighbour, Mr. McAdam, used to scurry out his door every day, in a checked dressing gown, grab the newspaper tossed over the fence by the delivery boy, and race back inside. To start with I…...
The house that Cindy’s mother bought with the money from Grandpop’s and Nana’s wills was one of two 1940’s rough-cast duplexes. The dwellings sat overlooking the Waitemata Harbour and a forest of toitoi grasses, then beyond that when the tide…...
