Energy

This week from https://weeklyprompts.com/2023/09/23/weekly-prompts-weekend-challenge-energy/ With the first coffee of her day, Sarah hoped it would give her enough energy to get her bottom of the chair. It wasn’t as if she didn’t go to bed early. Now, at the strange hour of six in the morning, going back to bed was going to be aContinue reading “Energy”

Movie Night

Written for https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2023/09/22/fibbing-friday-22nd-september/ 1. The Parent Trap – A parent’s nightmare when their children trap them in the house so they can go to a party. 2. The Incredible Journey – The journey of a cat named Stinky, to find its perfect partner. Leaving home, with only catnip for company, she meets up with aContinue reading “Movie Night”

Deception

Written for https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/author/cyranny/ Her deception was clear, but she validated her actions with the idea she had been lied to first. They were meant to be friends – yet the post on Tic Toc changed her viewpoint. A funny video her friend said, just between them. Now it was all around her workplace. They weren’tContinue reading “Deception”

An Aroma

Written in response to https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2023/09/21/reenas-xploration-challenge-299/ Memory is all around us, as well as within. It can be as simple as an aroma around us in the air. To sell a house many will put a percolator of coffee on, or bake bread because there are good memories associated with these smells. When I think ofContinue reading “An Aroma”

Security Blanket

Written in response to Carrot Ranch and the prompt word Blanket. The challenge is to write a story in ninety-nine words. Alessandra loved her mum’s blanket. Patches of a past she couldn’t forget. Each colourful addition was like a happy memory in time. There was a red and white check, which resided on her ownContinue reading “Security Blanket”

Honesty

Witten for the word of the day https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/author/cyranny/ ‘It’s a puzzle, that the cookie is missing, and there are crumbs by your pillow. Yet you say you haven’t eaten anything.’ Molly brushed away the evidence, with the best face she could. It wasn’t her fault she was hungry. ‘What crumbs Mummy?’ She pulled herself upContinue reading “Honesty”

Nelson

Written in response to https://fivedotoh.com/2023/09/19/fandangos-story-starter-115/ After the accident, Nelson never felt safe again. It didn’t matter, it wasn’t his fault. One wobbly step outside, and he fell on to his bad hip. Now, he took each movement with care – using his stick to guide himself across the paving slabs outside his home. He wasContinue reading “Nelson”

Piano

Written for https://cyranny.com/2023/09/13/september-13th-1minfiction-challenge/ His piano was a great investment, but he got tired easily these days. The piano, bought off E Bay, seemed a good idea a few weeks ago. Now, it stood idly by, while he dreamed of playing at the Royal Albert Hall. Truth be told, he couldn’t play any notes. The secretContinue reading “Piano”

Neighbours

Written in response to https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2023/09/18/share-your-world-18th-september/ 1.  How well do you know your immediate neighbours? I know them to chat with, but we are not close. A lot of our neighbours have moved – one to Skegness, and the other moved about a month ago. Our new neighbour is pigeon obsessed. Since he moved in weContinue reading “Neighbours”