just another odd prompt

Kick it off w/ one of these fragments

"like anybody else...."
"It might have had something to do with..."
"that was the summer I..."

these fragments may be helpful.


Add an animal to this story - a misbehaving animal!

A mirror should figure prominently in the story, a mirror that makes a character look/feel pasty or fat! Ha!

prompt: carelessness

vary line lengths. be sure to bring in as much sensory information as possible. Carelessness is a theme you might want to use.


prompt words:

button
Christ
trick
hair
heave
pool
nail clippers
champagne
coffee table

a little habit of not saying what they mean

ok so this character has a little habit of not saying what they mean, beating around the bush, being indirect. This character wants something very badly but can't ask for it.

Prompt words:

right
twist
center
ankle
shiver

Four Things You Never Want to do Again and one Thing You Love

write down four things you never want to do again, and one thing you wish you could do again strongly. Incorporate them into a story vaguely or quite directly - Slip in the thing you love somehow - let it make a wistful guest star appearance.

prompt words:

hoot
celery soda
jelly
bad
quiz
sting
twist
miniature
beard

My Father's Shoes by S.D. Byrd

This story rocks in such a big way I just have to put it out there. It's been a long while since it was originally published.

S.D. Byrd is a pen name for my friend Steven who is one of the most amazing flash fiction writers around. I am hoping he will let me tell you who he is. But in the interim, I will re-publish this piece from In Posse.

the lost connection

Here's an idea. Your main character has a friend that she all of the sudden finds out... doesn't get her. After knowing this person for awhile, and having become close to this person, the M.C. finds out that the friend is totally not tapped in to who she is. It feels like there was never a genuine connection. Seems like a situation that is common in the internet age.


Here are some words:

road
edge
rabies
bloody
bunnies
rich
croak
view
alien
bedside
soup
turkey
ignore
blown

picture prompts

uh... yeah. Create a story from one/all of these if so inspired.

let it all hang out... whatever that means.

whisper this story to someone. be frank. let it all hang out. whatever that means.

Some words to kick around if you like prompt words:

skid
kick
glow
hassle
mumble
door
rental
Christmas card
cell
bottle-blond
ache
seed
goon
growl

Wigleaf Top 50!

Okay - I'm beyond excited. My story, Leaving Hope Ranch, first published in 971 Menu... made this prestigious list. I also have 2 stories on the longer list. I'm in happy shock, happy shock!

Storyglossia: Short Story Month - Meg Pokrass - elimae

Storyglossia: Short Story Month - Meg Pokrass - elimae