Tag: weekly challenge
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March 10, 2008 10:47 PM EDT --
CLANG... This time the chilling sound of steel on steel reverberated straight through blood and penetrated bone. This time the slam of a six by eight-cell door . . .
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September 01, 2008 09:17 PM EDT --
Sam left on a Thursday; a Thursday like any other. The sun rose that morning and set that evening, as if nothing at all had happened, as if my husband hadn't died. Everything seemed the same...except . . .
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February 06, 2008 09:13 PM EST --
"The students from Austin Texas are..." Before Parth could finish, Dr. Rao straightened his tie and rushed out.
What's with Rao today? He was usually very composed. Just a . . .
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April 14, 2008 10:48 PM EDT --
The week 10 Challenge for the group - 100 words, not one more and not one less.
The challenge is to write something about this photo! I enter my Challenge submission . . . . .
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September 22, 2008 07:06 PM EDT --
Grandma, once a young wife and mother, now 82 and without Grandpa, looks forward to her Sunday family dinners. This gathering of loved ones keeps her young, planning and preparing one huge meal . . .
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September 27, 2008 05:36 PM EDT --
Bump in the Night
The sounds of muffled laughter came from behind the closed door. Henry stood listening for a few moments. He loved the sound of his daughter's laughter, but enough was . . .
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April 01, 2008 09:10 PM EDT --
At the request of another Gather member, one of my contacts, I'm placing this warning to anyone about to read. This drabble was written for week 8s theme, with the intent to bring one of the stories . . .
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August 20, 2008 06:16 PM EDT --
The prompt for this week’s challenge is to give this image my story:
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February 13, 2008 11:51 PM EST --
Valentine Surprise
Joanne turned in the bed. Her hand reached out and she felt for Frank. She woke up with a start when she found his side of the bed empty. "Oh, Frank," . . .
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February 21, 2008 11:22 PM EST --
Murphy's Law
Gina was searching high and low for her car keys. Frustrated she said, "John, do you know where my car keys are?"
"Do you want to take my car?" . . .
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September 13, 2008 09:57 PM EDT --
A whisper from behind closed doors.
Lies in the darkest of night.
Honesty flickers
Swaying on the breath of a storm raging beyond windows and into my soul.
A secret . . .
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March 03, 2008 07:16 PM EST --
"There was music, the kind that never went away: the Stones and the Doors, Janis Joplin, very early Pink Floyd. It was one of those evenings."
Mickey T's . . .
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September 03, 2008 07:19 PM EDT --
The cashier wiped the spill from Joey’s sippy cup.
“Sorry, I didn’t see him drop it “.
“No prob , ma’m .He's a cutie. Reminds me of my baby.”
“You . . .
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October 01, 2008 06:25 PM EDT --
On the side of a two lane highway that weaves its way into a small town, Katie sits, waiting patiently for the Grey Hound bus that will deliver her to a new life.
Four years ago Katie . . .
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October 31, 2008 10:13 AM EDT --
"Senora Maria Popodopolous. We've been standing for a long time. There's something that I must tell you."
"Oh keep quiet, Assymptote. I'm in no mood for one of your conversations. . . .
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March 09, 2008 04:16 PM EDT --
The week 5 Challenge . . . 100 words, no more and no less and the words divine, white and precarious must be three of the one hundred words. Theme is Kismet . . . or destiny. And so I enter . . .
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March 30, 2008 12:23 AM EDT --
The week 8 Challenge for the group - 100 words, not one more and not one less.
The challenge is to "Write a short scene in which one character reduces another to uncontrollable . . .
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March 30, 2008 01:33 AM EDT --
The week 8 Challenge for the group - 100 words, not one more and not one less. I can only submit one . . . which do you think is best?
The challenge is to "Write a short . . .
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October 29, 2008 08:54 PM EDT --
(The prompt for this week's 100 Word Stories is to write a drabble involving an old lady and a donkey.)
“Master Brayer, I beg of you, untether me!! I promise, if . . .
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November 10, 2008 04:03 PM EST --
I didn't go to Mexico to dust away my sins. Just grabbed some jeans and jumped on the first morning bus. Slept in for the first hundred of miles, wasn't like I had any plans or anything. Except... . . .
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