Inventrix | June 30, 2011
30 Days of Fiction list Day 13: Prompt: underwater It was dark. Dark and cold. It felt like being underwater; that slow heaviness that makes everything feel both more and less solid, more and less real. His hand moved slowly up into his field of view and he had to force himself not to strain [...]
Inventrix | June 29, 2011
HERE WE GO AGAIN! Also this one is horrible but I just want to move on with the thing. 30 Days of Fiction list Day 12: Write a scene at a sushi bar “Marina? Something wrong?” The young woman was standing frozen at the door to the restaurant, her eyes wide in what he would’ve [...]
Inventrix | June 17, 2011
30 Days of Fiction list Day 11: Prompt: a dragon and a princess “But I thought you said you were a princess!” “I am a princess!” she retorted. “My father is the rightful king!” “Not the ruling king?” “Well… no.” “And no knights.” “He does so have knights! … A knight. I think.” “And no [...]
Inventrix | June 16, 2011
30 Days of Fiction list Day 10: Write a scene focused around a musical instrument She had sung beautifully that night, her voice carrying over the noisy crowd as clearly as if he played in a silent concert hall. It was largely wasted on the patrons, of course. They knew enough to recognize his skill [...]
Inventrix | June 15, 2011
30 Days of Fiction list Day 9: Write a scene working from the title “Roses are Red, Violets are Dead” The bright crimson of the rose petals drowned out the darker hue of the gleaming puddle beneath. They were still fresh, those that hadn’t been crushed underfoot, with the first signs of withering only just [...]
Inventrix | June 14, 2011
30 Days of Fiction list Day 8: Write a scene as a cat It is very difficult, the scrawled note begins, to write without thumbs. But I will persist with the experiment, if writing take me all night. Day 1 has gone much as expected. The target woman was easily won by a play of [...]
Inventrix | June 14, 2011
30 Days of Fiction list Day 7: Write something dirty (take that how you will) This is not what I originally wanted to write but that was causing me too much trouble. SOMEDAY. SOMEDAY I WILL WRITE THAT BLOODY SCENE. Mud. Rotten, stinking, clinging sludge. It’s been months since the floods and everything is still [...]
Inventrix | June 12, 2011
30 Days of Fiction list Day 6: Write a scene with people talking, but without any actual dialog They sat at their usual table, in the window of their usual cafe, having their usual coffee and pastries for breakfast. He makes the usual comments on the weather, she makes her usual non-committal response, and they [...]
Inventrix | June 11, 2011
30 Days of Fiction list Day 5: Write a scene entirely in dialog “What do you mean he’s dead?!” “What I said. He’s dead. Deceased.” “Passed away.” “Kicked the bucket.” “Bought the farm.” “Where does ‘bought the farm’ even come from, anyway? Dead people can’t buy anything.” “You know, I always wondered about that. Maybe–” [...]
Inventrix | June 10, 2011
30 Days of Fiction list Day 4: Prompt: a hostage situation “You realize no one’s going to come, right?” “Shut up! Of course they will!” He smiled, mockingly. “Sure, and Santa’s coming early this year. Face it, you’ve got nothing.” “Oh just you wait.” She snarled back at him. “They’ll come. You’ll see, they’ll come.” [...]
