Nothing lasts forever (an SOC)

01/13/2024 / Liz H-H / 6 Comments

Stream of consciousness on the prompt “Nothing lasts forever”

The next week or so is predicted to be true January weather, per Minnesota winter standards. Temp is now, at noon, 7 degrees with predicted windchills in the 20 below range, and lower to the west. And that’s in the Twin Cities, so we had just a couple of inches of snow last night. Greater Minnesota got much more…it’s as if the snow clouds just circled the Twin Cities in an icky-bah hug, but maybe touched just a little in generous comfort. Continue reading →

Cold Feet, Green Thumb

01/10/2024 / Liz H-H / 22 Comments

The challenge? Write a story in exactly 6 sentences, from Denise’s one word prompt: STOCK. Visit, comment, write & post your own on Six Sentence Stories.

She leaned on her shovel and surveilled her tiny backyard plot, noting the shady spots that, come Summer, would be created by the neighbors’ overgrown deciduous trees. Continue reading →

Kitchen Witches

01/09/2024 / Liz H-H / 20 Comments

“Oh for Pete’s sake, Jory,” Andy groaned, watching the multi-colored candies spread across the kitchen floor. He sighed as the remaining pieces rattled and rolled under the refrigerator. The following silence? Continue reading →

SOC and JUSJOJAN24: Penultimate

01/05/202401/06/2024 / Liz H-H / 8 Comments

Taking a break from my regular story blogs to put those energies to finishing another novella. Just Jot It January is a great tool for this, choosing to keep it more journal-worthy. This one, for January 5^th, I can share online. Check out the larger collection of fellow playmates here: https://lindaghill.com/2024/01/05/daily-prompt-jusjojan-the-5th-2024/ Continue reading →

Unicorn

12/30/202312/31/2023 / Liz H-H / 22 Comments

Boy sitting with his white dog, looking out over a shipyard, mountains distant

From Jenne Gray and C.E. Ayr’s photo prompt, The Unicorn Challenge (12/29/23). No more than 250 words in length. Otherwise, let your creative flag fly!

Summer’s last sigh had arrived too soon. It was time to return to school and be constantly reminded that he was different. He gazed longingly over the concrete and steel shipping yard. His half-grown puppy leaned warm against his side, panting. Continue reading →

Wranglers in Love

12/24/202312/30/2023 / Liz H-H / 8 Comments

comic book graffiti on the side of a building, with an emerging figure of the mc on a horse. Yeah, I don't know either...

From Jenne Gray and C.E. Ayr’s photo prompt, The Unicorn Challenge (12/22/23). No more than 250 words in length. Otherwise, let your creative flag fly!

Zeke was a Schmittyboy from the tip-top of his wrangling hat, to the red-dusted toes of his herding boots. Picture twin moons, Phobos and Deimos, shining in rare alignment over Arizon’s desert plain. Continue reading →

Fly In the Ointment

12/20/202312/20/2023 / Liz H-H / 13 Comments

Write a story in exactly 6 sentences based on Denise’s prompt: CHALLENGE. Visit, comment, and write & post your own on Six Sentence Stories

There was a stack and a gathering of doodads and curlicues, large boxes and small, unassembled whatnots, tubes of crackling rolled brightness, piles of ribbon that had been carefully constructed in some far away, foreign factory, as well as the tight rolls of plastic-ey sticky stuff designed to hold the holiday-everything together. Continue reading →