by Liz H.
Member since:
July 30, 2008

Genre Shorties Week 14: The Western Sky

November 04, 2009 04:06 PM EST (Updated: November 04, 2009 04:43 PM EST)
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The exhausted paint stumbled again, her hooves striking sparks in the rocky arroyo. Jase rolled forward, catching his horse’s mane, a fresh trail of blood surging down his side. He had ceased to wonder if he’d live to see Heaven’s Gulch again; life now existed only in the moment between heartbeats.

 

Four vultures wheeled patiently in the pale blue sky.

 

(60 words)

This week's genre is Western. Your story must contain four of something.

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Comments: 15

Kay M. Nov 4, 2009, 8:55pm EST
You painted quite a picture in only 60 words. I was worried when I chose Western that it might not be female group members cup of tea so I'm pleased with all of these great stories.
Liz H. Nov 4, 2009, 9:50pm EST
I wasn't sure, either, until I sat down to write...
Mustafa Demiri Nov 4, 2009, 9:47pm EST
You are an extraordinary writer, Liz! Tis article is a wonderful lesson in the economy of words, also in the power of well chosen words. Bravo!
Liz H. Nov 4, 2009, 9:49pm EST
Thanks Mustafa!
Adrian Eve Revenaugh Nov 5, 2009, 1:50am EST
A spareness that matches the scene you've created.

Thanks for sharing our way. The Surreal Circus
like a painting~
Thanks for posting to GutterGirls~
sheila h. Nov 5, 2009, 12:38pm EST
Very different from the first write . Vivid scene you painted
Liz H. Nov 5, 2009, 1:50pm EST
Thanks folks!
Angela A. Nov 5, 2009, 5:40pm EST
Wow, this is pure genius!


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Thanks for posting to my group, Anythingwriting
Liz H. Nov 6, 2009, 10:58pm EST
(Blush!!!)
Tracy Fabre Nov 7, 2009, 3:46pm EST
Very good! You really captured a heckuva lot in only 60 words.
Liz H. Nov 7, 2009, 6:45pm EST
Thanks!...It was a great prompt!
Sheila Deeth Nov 11, 2009, 10:42pm EST
Wow. Great job with this one, and only 60 words!
Liz H. Nov 12, 2009, 2:15pm EST
Keepin' it spare, like the landscape...

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