Tag Archives: fall prompt

Autumn’s Fall

- January 1, 2016

Flutter shivered as the cold north wind blew a handful of red leaves past her and whipped them out of sight. The Heart Tree had already lost so many of its leaves. It couldn’t have many left. Would she reach it before the last one fell? The gonging of a bell, deep and resonate, announced […]

Party at Pinehurst

- October 29, 2015

For the first time in three generations, Pinehurst Mansion felt vibrant and alive. The annual interfraternity council Halloween party packed the place with more students than a Psych 101 lecture hall. Sexy police officers danced with black and white striped prisoners. Vampires necked with mobsters, their plastic tommy guns forgotten in dark corners. A neon […]

Alexandra’s Halloween

- October 26, 2015

“Alexandra, wait. Where’s your hat?” Jean caught her arm as she tried to barrel out the door. The hat was big and floppy and it made her feel foolish, but her grandmother was so proud of it. Grudgingly she reached behind the sofa where it had “accidentally” fallen behind and plopped the thing on her […]

Beneath the Waves

- October 22, 2015

The boards of the pier were rough beneath her hands as she watched the sun sink lower, turning the water fiery red. Her hard mulled cider sat untouched by her hand, long since chilled by the evening air. A stiff breeze cut through the thin sweater she’d pulled over her sexy pirate costume. The wind […]

The Murder Cabin

- October 19, 2015

“Babe, how far is it again?” Peter asked, looking out the window as they turned onto another Missouri county road. Their two-car caravan would carve its way through rural Missouri from Oak Grove to Jeff City, then on to Salem. “About five hours,” Samara said. “Okay, well wake me up when we get to Jeff. […]