Category: Story Catchers
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Night
Night Are you scared of the dark? Walking quietly through the park and I besotted a dangerous Pythonian Snark Squeezing a Draconian Beetleglub with all its might While its fangs glowing venom lit up the night. The chaotic sight caused several to develop Pandemodicus Pox marks.
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Tom and Jo Saga #17
“Hi, we’re close friends from high school. Take a couple weeks vacation at Trump Tower NYC, see the city.” “My family would love it, but I would be overdrawn.” “Champagne budget my treat. Giving diplomas at West Point.”
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Can you tell a story in…#16 The Saga of Tom and Jo
Can you tell a story in 63 words using the following words in it somewhere: NOODLES CLINIC SWAMP DUNGAREES OCTOGENARIAN BARGAIN #16 Saga of Tom and Jo “You look like you’ve aged 30 years since I crossed the room. So octogenarian but this guy…” cutting her eyes. “Excuse us. I thought you worked the Urgent…
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Can you write a story in… The Saga of Tom and Jo #15
#15 The Saga of Tom and Jo Can you write a story in 40 words using the following four words in it somewhere: RESOLUTION HUMAN RAISINS MOOD “We?” Tom was dumbfounded. “Who? Another human? Our child?” “Yes, our own version of A Raisin in the Sun. What’s our resolution?” said Jo. The mood at the…
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Can you tell a story in 80 words Jo and Tom #12
CREEP MERMAID TEA VIDEO RED GALLOP AGENT PILLAR Jo, you look like you are a million miles away.” Centuries away in the video reel in my mind, 1969, thought Jo. “This creepy museum and I feel ridiculous in this tight dress, red pumps, and red lips. Looking like a beached mermaid, I’m sorry.” “I just…
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Can you tell a story in 46 words…Tom and Jo #7
It’s almost Halloween! Before you don your witches’ hats and grab those broomsticks, here’s a new story challenge for you. Can you tell a story in 46 words using the following words in it somewhere: PORTAL DROOL SLIPPERS MARKSMAN As a high school senior, Tom was drafted by the government as a special agent after…
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Can you tell a story in 54 words #6
Can you tell a story in 54 words using the following words in it somewhere: GERBIL WONDERLAND ZIP AFTERSHAVE BANSHEE Tom’s aftershave turned her reverie back to reality. Here she was standing beside her first love on a date 30 years later when he left her at the train station crying like a banshee as…
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Story in 38 Words #1
Since his death, I stare at the computer checking my email for someone to razzle-dazzle me out of my algorithm of grief. Opening my email: Grand Opening of Illicit Waxwork Museum. Meet me. Eliciting my response, “What time?” I am doing these for fun! Fiction! Stay tuned every Thursday. Sal I had to use these…
