"Stranger" - S. Davies - The City at Night

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It’s cold tonight, submerged in the pool of dim light under the street lamp. The cars are thundering past, sounds ebbing closer, growing as they turned the corner and then fading just as quickly… I watch them come and go, and I frown against the cold and the emptiness.
  You weren't where you said you'd be.
  I take a draught of the coffee that I had to get takeaway after I'd been loitering in our cafe for almost half an hour. It’s good, but strangely bitter. You've been ordering it for me for so long, maybe I forgot something- some extra piece of this formula for combining caffeine and heat. Hmm.

  I guess this means we're over.

  I take another sip, and my breath spirals out of me like cigarette fog, misting into the air before it disappears.

  Good riddance.
  The heat of this coffee is fading. 

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Story by S. Davies.

Introducing- The Kitchen Sink!

Howdy writers!

So as much as I am a fan of prompts, sometimes the heart wants what it wants. And what it wants is to write something totally random, that doesn't really fit anywhere else. 

Something that could be lumped in with.... anything and the Kitchen Sink. So, introducing our new category. You can submit anything of your own to the Kitchen Sink category if you'd like it to be brought into this little writing community I am hoping to build. 

I'd also like to take this opportunity to state- Poetry and any other form of writing- Twitter Fiction etc, is very welcome in this tag as well, just in case any of you are that way inclined. I'm establishing this as a page up top there, so look there for a submission box. 

Not everything that gets submitted to this tag will be posted to avoid flooding of the blog, and the main purpose here is still to respond to the prompts, but I think a little something extra could be cool.

All the Best!
S. Davies,
Creator and Admin.

Prompt 8 - Food

Howdy writers!

Today's prompt- 




A Sunday roast, the rations in a war, meat and mead in a tavern- cupcakes at a child's birthday party. 100 words (though feel free to change it up) of a tale that mentions something scrumptious. Or gross. Some food is gross. 

Submission Box!

All the Best!
S. Davies,
Creator and Admin.

Prompt 7 - Open a Door

Howdy writers!

Today's prompt-

Describe a door, and then fling it open to let inspiration flood through you. Or something. Take liberties, writers!

It could be a door in a hotel, an ancient church, a mystical gateway. Your house. 
It could be merely the idea of a door. A metaphor, if you will.

Submission Box!

All the best! 
S. Davies,
Creator and Admin.

Prompt background image taken by Roland Tanglao on September 18, 2014. File found on Flickr.com. Used under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic License and modified in Adobe Photoshop with the addition of text, cropping and shapes.

"Untitled" - (Tell it in Song) - Maddy

QUICK READER WARNING: Story contains themes and depictions of death and genocide.

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"Icy" - Approaching Nirvana 

Everything was dying. Withering away in the frozen storm. Families, parents, children, siblings, friends, everyone. Dead. But her. She stood on the highest point, looking down upon all the destruction she had caused. Tears welled, but she wiped them away as quick as she had killed them. The tornado of destruction had died down on the horizon, but the damage was done. Everyone had told her that her power was special, but people must never be hurt because of it. She had always made sure that no one had even a scratch when she used it, but this time, of course, this time she let go. It was a simple fight with her mother that had meddled with her emotions so much so that she couldn’t control it. As she watched the bodies rot, her mind withered trying to come to terms with the fact that she had just done an act of genocide. What could she do? There was no one here. No one else on the whole planet was alive. Other then her. Stood on the top of the high cliff, she looked down upon the point where her body would lay forevermore. One last breath. Three… Two… One… Jump. Dead. 

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Story by Maddy.

Prompt 5 - The City at Night

Howdy writers!

Today's prompt comes in the form of an image.

Submission Box

All the best!

S. Davies,

Creator and Admin.

Image Credit:

Ludovic Bertron, (2008), Tribute in Light [ONLINE]. Available at: https://www.flickr.com/photos/23912576@N05/2849523066/in/photolist-5kNxW3-5VEwc9-6AmMnc-2RGwKs-83PWHE-bMQTBR-byWdNu-d5rQD5-8pvSWc-bBCKyw-djn8t6-5UGyaW-nTL7pg-pVRbFF-e9wcz2-6aYoEi-yJbyQQ-qS21Pb-oZE6zQ-pTMsB7-6rH7YP-5ByZGD-9E4QQ3-rAkiZY-kamymk-FyWoAa-r3zstS-pTUgGg-dDewL5-dkJ2uu-EKyzRz-bmPUpJ-EanJiN-e8JDvy-bMQTXe-bMCcXZ-7rNLdi-nTCTBK-2zpSDd-byHxz7-dgZcgm-fEcqTw-byHxo7-cVGQyS-fweEbv-oKcfo2-sj8uQN-nHweCn-bfVFr6-hhvHTw [Accessed 13 May 2016]

Used under an Attribution 2.0 Generic License. 

Post 6 - Indecision

Howdy writers! 

Today's prompt- Indecision! 



Crazy music videos aside- Your muse has to make a choice. Which way do they fall? And how does that make them feel? Take it and run, writers. 

Submission Box!

All the best! 
S. Davies,
Creator and Admin.

Prompt 4 - Suited for Success

Howdy writers!

Today's prompt:



Will your daring adventurer sweep about in a greatcoat? Does your angsty teen hoodie have a story to tell? Email me the photo for your piece of clothing (sdavies293@gmail.com, if such a photo exists), or just write it into your short story. 

Submission Box!

Happy writing,

S. Davies,

Creator and Admin. 

Prompt Background image taken by Tony Hisgett, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic licence. The image has been cropped and altered with text and shapes. 

Prompt 3 - Tell it in Song

Howdy writers!

Today's prompt-





Use a song you love to inspire a short story. 
Don't forget to leave a link for us to listen to the song as we read. 


It could be the lyrics, the feeling of the song, what the melody inspires you to think about, your interpretation of a song's character or meaning. 

As always, the challenge stands to get it close to 100 words- but with the lyrics included, who knows where you'll go. 

Submission Box

All the Best!
S. Davies,
Creator and Admin.

Prompt 2 - Second Person

Howdy writers!

Today's prompt-





That is, tell a story that could be about the reader- "You", "You're" and "Your" pronouns.

Can you get it close to exactly 100 words? Can you do it in less? Or will you shoot for the moon? WHo KNOws?

Submission Box!

All the Best!
S. Davies, 
Creator and Admin. 

Prompt 1 - Countdown

Howdy writers! 

Today's prompt is thus- 

Write a story that includes a countdown- in 100 words. Who's up for a challenge?

Submissions here!

All the best,
S. Davies,
Creator and Admin