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Watcher Doings 43 and 44: Epilogue

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Watcher Doings 43                         

Join us for a weekly blog party in Six Sentence Stories, hosted by Denise and attended by some mighty fine, fun folk. Prompt word=SHUFFLE. Read, write and come back for more  SIX SENTENCE STORIES.   (Link goes active Wed night).

Plangeduc grabbed the cellphone out of his pocket and pattered down the stairs to the lake and the end of the dock where the signal was strongest for videocalling.

Elinorth picked up after the fifth ring—it was the middle of the night, afterall—and sat up in bed, hair a wild mess; behind her, a younger not-fully-bearded gnome groaned and switched on the light on the tree stump night table, then rolled over and recommenced snoring.

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Watcher Doings 14

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Join us for a weekly blog party in Six Sentence Stories, hosted by Denise and attended by some mighty fine, fun folk. Prompt word=TRICK. Read, write and come back for more on SIX SENTENCE STORIES. 

As Ferah stood behind the banquet sideboard handing out treats and holiday hootch on Samhain, she pondered the dramatic change in her brother’s attitude toward other fae outside their family group, and his increasing hostility toward her since she became a full member of the Council of Peacekeepers: what trick was this that broke and turned us from childhood best mates to this sadness?

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Watcher Doings 5

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The challenge? Write a story in exactly 6 sentences based on Denise’s one word prompt: PEG. Visit, comment, and write & post your own on SIX SENTENCE STORIES. (Link goes active Wed night)  The Café is open. Come as you are!

Rockmouse was the second-best tracker in the Brotherhood of Gnomes, right behind Fernlodth; a critical skill, however, of all trackers is the gift of being able to out-think the quarry and anticipate, and in this, Rockmouse was better.

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Watcher Doings 4

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The challenge? Write a story in exactly 6 sentences based on Denise’s one word prompt: STAKE. Visit, comment, and write & post your own on SIX SENTENCE STORIES. (Link goes active on Wed night)  The Café is open. Come as you are!

That bare spot in the woods is full tonight, a full moon illuminating the smoky, fragrant vapors from the many wee pipes gathered around for the Brotherhood meeting; they all had concerns about their brother Fernlodth.

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Watcher Doings 3

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The challenge? Write a story in exactly 6 sentences based on Denise’s one word prompt: FLAT. Visit, comment, and write & post your own on SIX SENTENCE STORIES. (Link goes active on Wed night)  The Café is open. Come as you are!

Wreaths of coffee aroma played about her smile, tightening the contour of curls that framed the family countenance passed down from generation to generation.

No matter what continent that family resemblance landed on, the inherited ability to see and draw the uncanny followed, in midnight blue eyes, high cheekbones and a heart-shaped face, teeth a little too sharp for most humans’ comfort.

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Watcher Doings 2

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The challenge? Write a story in exactly 6 sentences based on Denise’s one word prompt: GESTURE. Visit, comment, and write & post your own on SIX SENTENCE STORIES.  The Café is open. Come as you are!

He jumped at the slap of the screen door, so sharp against the morning’s murmurings, and dropped his fae knife between the stems of thick ferns sheltering his now-habitual observation point.

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