I was having some some fun with Twitter prompts this week. It’s difficult to write a story in only 280 characters. Admittedly, some are better than others. Practice is practice, yes?
#vss365 (very short story) prompt: #Escape
It was always unusual – brown eyes from blue and green, black hair from blonde. Gene testing confirmed long held and dark suspicious but it was too late. His mother is unstable, I can’t leave him alone with her. For us, there is no escape.
#vss365 prompt: #Yesterday
The love of my life shattered my heart. He moved on quickly while I struggled to find my balance. Now years later friends complain that I am still stuck. Well, they could not be more wrong. Just wait until I tell them that I got married yesterday.
#vss365 prompt: #Epiphany
Snippets of conversations heard during afternoon pick-up:
“Her daughter is SUCH a problem.”
“Can you BELIEVE what she said to me?”
“Does she really wear the same coat everyday?”
That’s when I had a horrifying #epiphany. Twenty years later, I’m back in the schoolyard.
#Satsplat (horror tag)
Look at this woman- gentle eyes and warm heart. She wants to believe that the world did me wrong. She thinks I am kind. I suppose I can be. I can be other things too. She hurt me, humiliated me, was going to leave. I warned her, showed her the knife. She didn’t listen
