The AM Intrigue
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Why shouldn’t your tools be beautiful?
“Nicholas, pass me the tack, please?” Gregory called to his son from the top of his ladder, a handful of finishing nails strewn across the small platform in front of him. His attention focused on these beautiful nails, and he…
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The Missing Chair
Yesterday was the Sunday of a 4-day long weekend, and Michelle, like millions of Americans, perhaps like billions across the globe, had been experiencing dread and despair at the idea of returning to work the following day: the Sunday Scaries.…
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Invent an Opposite
A lie is the opposite of a kiss because a kiss is a mutual promise of adoration. A lie is self-serving. It takes away trust, love, and everything else whereas a kiss gives. If green conjures images of growing life,…
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Sentence Length & Complex Sintax
From Ursula K. Le Guin’s Steering the Craft: Exercises and Discussions on Story Writing for the Lone Navigator or the Mutinous Crew 1. Write a narrative paragraph of 100-150 words in sentences of seven or fewer words. In the beginning, he…
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In the voice of a fifty-two-year-old man
I could have avoided all that trouble if only I had remembered to ask for help. But I didn’t, and look what it cost me: a brief hospital stay, weeks of physical therapy, and people doting on me as if…
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Until the Lentils Are Ready
I must sit here until the lentils are ready, so says my book of prompts: 45 minutes I am consigned to this chair, which is approximately how long it takes for my lentils to cook. Well, not just lentils. The…
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10 sentences using 10 random letters
F, A, T, C, K, R, G, E, D, L Far away, there came Karen racing, growing ever-deeper lonely. “Fuck Adam!” Tammy chuckled, kayaking rhythmically. “Get even, dear Lord!” Frodo attacked the cherry keg, rapidly guzzling each drop languidly. From…
The AM Intrigue 