This week’s prompt from the Odd Prompts writing challenge was “Mrs. Griswold was embarrassed when she got home from her shopping trip and realized that somewhere along the way, she had forgotten Mr. Griswald again.” (inspired by https://www.thefarside.com/2020/09/04/2 which is sadly no longer available to view) and came from ‘nother Mike. Temporal Archaeology Mrs. Griswold …
Week 36 of Odd Prompts
Our prompt from the Odd Prompts writing challenge this week came from Cedar Sanderson was: “The very friendly tabby cat twined around her ankles just as the dragon opened his mouth.” We got far behind on our posts, so this is going up late, but we hope you'll enjoy it anyway. The Dragon’s Dinner Joy …
Week 35 of Odd Prompts
This week, our Odd Prompts hint was from Fiona Grey. She gave us, “The row of vultures perched high upon the cloud, peering down through a pink, leopard-spotted cloud.” We had a couple of different ideas for this one, so we decided to try to combine the two and see what happened. Planetfall The Vultures …
Week 34 of Odd Prompts
Well, we failed abjectly at getting a prompt submitted to Odd Prompts for this week, and we were days late posting our story for last week, but here we are. We’re working our tails off, and it looks like one or both of us may be doing it through at least January. That said, I …
Week 33 of Odd Prompts
It’s been a long week, and we didn’t get a chance to get started over and over. Now that it’s late, here’s what we’ve got for this week’s Odd Prompt. Our prompt was “At a restaurant, you order calamari. The cloche is lifted, and a talking squid named Calamari gives your table a personalized stand-up …
Week 32 of Odd Prompts
This is week 32 of Odd Prompts, and we’ve decided on a simple and classic adventure. Our prompt for this week reminds me of Sarah Hoyt’s “Elise Hyatt” furniture refinishing series, but this take on the theme is a little less bloody. I decided to write it diary-style to emphasize the retro feel. "You’ve bought …
ATH Writing Challenge
Sarah Hoyt posted a writing challenge in her blog, and since we already posted our weekly Odd Prompts entry (and virtuously turned in our next prompt), I thought I’d give it a swing. The prompt is the picture below, and the instructions specify two paragraphs. It was Sunday in the Green Room. Weekend writers were …
Week 31 of Odd Prompts
When we got the prompt from Odd Prompts this week, we were really startled. You see, this could easily be a description of Jim, and we’ve been planning for a while to write about some of the experiences he’s had over the years, the way they really happened...or not. Nobody really believes them either way. …
Week 30 of Odd Prompts
We actually got our own prompt for the first time this week from Odd Prompts. That’s more challenging than getting to pick between several. Here’s what we have to work with. “The wraiths that roam the corridors of the Newgrange Passage Tombs are beginning to feel lonely.” We had two very different ideas about what …
Week 29 of Odd Prompts
We tried to get an early start this week, since last week I got crushed as I was racing the deadline, but it just didn’t work out. Here’s the snippet we managed. We went with this prompt from Odd Prompts. “It all happened at Widder’s Landing, a hundred years ago…” Clancy’s Bar It was mid-shift, …
Sifting the Ashes 