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  • Drabble: At the peak

    Prompt: At the peak At the peak we turn around and stare down into the white valley. At the top of the world, nothing looks real. You don’t feel like you’ve conquered a mountain, instead you glimpse into an alien world. The mountain groans as snow shifts and wind howls, like an old man who…

  • Drabble: Blah blah blah

    Prompt: Blah blah blah The words won’t come, but you can’t force them. The keys on the keyboard won’t press themselves any more than sheer concentration will push the ink out of the pen. Words are finicky brats and are quite easily frightened. They bubble up out of an intangible haze, but just as you…

  • Drabble: Fire Burning

    Prompt: Fire Burning Good Girl # A fire burns behind her eyes, a fire of heat and scorn. She looks at me with those pale blue eyes all hope has been forlorn. # She has no mother or father and her siblings are all dead. She has no home, no country, and no path with…

  • Drabble: A Father’s Lament

    Prompt: Ran Away You left when I wasn’t looking, you didn’t even say goodbye; is that any way to treat your father? I’m left alone once again, a broken husk of what I used to be. I move between extremes, wondering if I’ll ever forgive you, but knowing that I will. I wish a thousand…

  • Drabble: Over the wall

    Prompt: Over the wall Even if you stand on your tip-toes, you’ll never be able to look over that wall. It’s lived too long, known too many other nosy children to topple down just for you. On the other side you can hear voices: the clinking of glasses, a woman’s laughter, the lilting tune of…