#unicornchallenge – October 18, 2024 She knew they shouldn’t be here, but Jim was insistent that they visit this club that had great rock and roll music, It was on the South side of Chicago in the U.S. It was a rough part of the city. She gave in after he assured her it would […]| The Write Scribe
#FridayFictioneers – October 17, 2024 Photo Prompt @ Lori Wilson It had been a wonderful trip. She had finally arrived in her favorite city. The last stop. She was looking forward to seeing a special person. They were to meet in a bar there. She left dinner early and started to walk toward the bar […]| The Write Scribe
#unicornchallenge- October 10, 2024 She stopped for a moment to catch her breath. Her evening constitutional had been challenging today. It was wet and foggy. She wasn’t sure how far she had come. The old woman gazed up the hill that bordered her walking path. Two children, wrapped up warmly, were playing on the side […]| The Write Scribe
#unicornchallenge – September 24, 2024 He heard the growl of the plane and saw the contrails it left visible in the sky. He was in the parking lot of this development and everyone around him was pointing skyward. What was so special about contrails left by a high-flying aircraft? The people started running toward the […]| The Write Scribe
TRIGGER WARNING #unicornchallenge – September 13, 2024 The first time she woke up, she was in his parent’s living room. Only partially conscious, she heard his parents tell him to take her home and face the consequences. The next time she was conscious, she was in her dad’s arms and he was picking her up […]| The Write Scribe
#fridayfictioneers – September 6, 2024 The old tavern didn’t look like much. It was a popular gathering place for music and meeting people back in 1986. The young man, barely of age, stumbled in the door. He was blind with despair. He spotted a girl dancing alone on the dance floor. He watched her as […]| The Write Scribe
TWT’s 8th-Week prompt was -Knight, thank you for reading. If you haven’t had a chance to read the 20-word stories of previous week, click here. There were five entries last week and all of them wer…| Bookish Bubble
TWT’s 6th-Week prompt was -Shadow, thank you for reading. If you haven’t had a chance to read the 20-word stories of previous week, click here. There were six entries last week and all of them were beautifully crafted. I am sharing my favorite one below. Hope you’ll enjoy. Thank You, everyone, for participating. He stays homereads a mid-day […]| Bookish Bubble
TWT’s 5th-Week prompt was -Stones, thank you for reading. If you haven’t had a chance to read the 20-word stories of previous week, click here. There were four entries last week and all of them were beautifully crafted. I am sharing my favorite one below. Hope you’ll enjoy. Thank You, everyone, for participating. I won’t budge, nor will […]| Bookish Bubble
-brought to you by FICTIONARY, written by Tom Burton Mr Morgan is watching me. ‘Work faster, boy!’ he bellows over the clack-clack of the looms. I heap loose fibres into the sack, just like every day, and hold my misery tightly inside. He moves to the next worker, busy amidst whirring spindles. He’s yelling […]| Bookish Bubble
TWT’s 4th-Week prompt was -Misplaced, thank you for reading. If you haven’t had a chance to read the 20-word stories of previous week, click here. There were two entries last week and both of them were beautifully crafted. I am sharing my favorite one below. Hope you’ll enjoy. Thank You, everyone, for participating. I learned the hard way […]| Bookish Bubble
-brought to you by FICTIONARY, written by K. Hartless “Does Lars speak your love language?” Rawa’s chewing gum beeped. “Hold that thought,” she said and sprinted to the closet bio receptacle to spit it out before rejoining her best friend. “So, does he?” Rawa searched the wrinkled lines on Lola’s forehead. They reminded her of […]| Bookish Bubble
TWT’s 3rd-Week prompt was -Nostalgia, thank you for reading. If you haven’t had a chance to read the 20-word stories of previous week, click here. There were three entries last week and all of them were beautifully crafted. I am sharing my favorite one below. Hope you’ll enjoy. Thank You, everyone, for participating. The world may change us. […]| Bookish Bubble
TWT’s 2nd-Week prompt was -Vivid, thank you for reading. If you haven’t had a chance to read the 20-word stories of previous week, click here. There was only one writer who participated last week. He wrote multiple tales for the prompt; I am sharing my favorite one below. Hope you’ll enjoy. Thank You, Jude, for participating. Astride the […]| Bookish Bubble
TWT’s 1st-Week prompt was -Renovation, thank you for reading. If you haven’t had a chance to read the 20-word stories of previous week, click here. As there was only one writer who participated last week, I am sharing her story below. Hope you’ll enjoy. Dollhouse One rainy Saturday in winter, Louisa Rose was redecorating and rearranging her […]| Bookish Bubble
– a tiny tale brought to you by FICTIONARY. She is off limits, Nandini reminded herself again for the 74th time in the last…9 minutes as she flipped her hand to check the time. Yes, she was counting. And yes, it was that bad. She had an orange rubber band across her brown wrist which […]| Bookish Bubble
Greetings folks! This was supposed to be the Week-48th of the famous TWT. However, with the new blog I’ve decided to upgrade this challenge too. Come, join in! All you need to do is: Sounds easy enough, right? Below is my 20-word story, I hope you’ll like it. Now, hop on the wagon and tell me […]| Bookish Bubble
Greetings, old friend! How is the new year treating you so far? Yes, I am talking to you. Now, don’t feel shy. Did you honestly think that I wouldn’t notice the insane amount of creativity that you have up your sleeves? See, so you know what I am talking about. I wanted to tell you […]| Bookish Bubble
Janie, a practicing osteopath, lives in Eastbourne, UK, with her teenage daughter, and a music producer son. She won the Faber & Faber ‘Hard Lines’ short story competition at the age of 19 while training to be a journalist in London. But she left journalism to study psychology and philosophy at Middlesex University. Her non-governmental […]| Bookish Bubble
You wait until the sound of his footsteps fade from earshot and you slump into your chair, putting two fingers to your forehead. You pull the trigger. You have ten minutes to decompress, get back t…| The Cabinet of Heed
Humanity’s last ship, Our Finest Moment, began burning less than twenty minutes after leaving the port. We all knew we were dead meat when we boarded the ship, but we were expecting to at least get…| The Cabinet of Heed
Olive arrived at the bus stop encumbered with bags, feeling like a packhorse. The bench was full. She sank deeper into her shoes. The length of the queue suggested there would be no seats left by t…| The Cabinet of Heed
You laugh in your sleep. The bed quivers beneath me as your body shakes. You never remember in the morning. Smiling in puzzlement at my amusement. It was your night time laughter that ensnared me l…| The Cabinet of Heed
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE. You have twenty-four hours to vacate the premises. The Sale of the Property located at 502 North Wendon Street will be held between the hours of 9:00 AM and 11:00 AM, Ju…| The Cabinet of Heed
I worked there for thirty years, I enjoyed my job, I had the responsibility of being a liaison for public events, and since we had been colonialized, we partook in demonstrations as a display of ou…| The Cabinet of Heed
On orange days hell is hammocked in the plastic net satsumas come in. You always cut your fingers on it because the scissors are never near enough, and the pulling kind of helps. You do not actuall…| The Cabinet of Heed
The night before he was killed by an electric eel, Pedro had hung multicoloured lanterns outside his hut, perched as it was in stilts on the muddy banks of the great river. Perhaps he knew what awa…| The Cabinet of Heed