Day 155 Writing Short Stories

Tingle

The first snow. The light chill. The first cold morning and the quiet it brings. It was there. She could feel it tingle at the tip of her nose, her fingers. Soon, the cold would come, and it would be magical. All her senses felt raw, alive. She was more connected to the ground, to the trees, to the land. Her bones were twisting in the elements.

She had woken to guard the city. Her sister would go to sleep and sleep until the warm air arrived, and it was her turn to slumber. Now her steps were light, and her dance would be long, cold, and dark.

Summary

Owen Jang…

I can’t. All I can think is poor Owen Jang, I never meant to write you such a fate. I’m sorry. So, so, so sorry.

An Anniversary Dinner

The staff danced around them. They swirled with their plates. Their flaming cocktails. They moved in unison. It was perfect. It had been ages since they had been out. And she wanted everything to be perfect. They had been married for twenty years, and while the years had been bad recently, she wanted nothing more than to find her way back to him. This was going to be her first step.

But then everything went south. The woman at the next table started weeping as her girlfriend was leaving her. Then their horrible neighbor came to say hi, and her husband went on with the mundane. She didn’t dare demand his attention.

Now, he was out of the table, taking a work call, and she was on the verge of tears.

The prompts are from the book A Year of Creative Writing Prompts.

I missed yesterday’s writing. Most likely, I won’t be able to write these prompts on Wednesdays. My workday starts too early, and the day stretches long into the night. But I try my best on other days.

I was meant to write a summary of the scifi book I’m writing as the second prompt. I drew a blank. Nothing wanted to come out. It might be because I’m still reading it through one more time that I’m too immersed in it, and also because there was pressure to get it right.

See you tomorrow, hopefully!

Also, how wonderful it is that winter is coming?

Thank you for reading! Have a wonderful autumn day ❤