Naming a Coyote
Written with the prompts: dreams don’t come easy, blended spirits, can I kiss you, change your name, Gloria quacked, not a nice person, new guy in class, on our bellies [...]
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Oct, 2025
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Oct, 2025
October Shift
Written with the prompt: secret colors Climate change is jerking Marilee around. Day before yesterday it rained. Not hard, not steady, but enough to force her into her hooded barn coat and [...]
10
Oct, 2025
Twyla, on Facebook
Written with the prompts: thank God none of this is real, write what first comes to mind, caffeine, cats and cuss words, false red lips, stop, I needed contact with those [...]
3
Oct, 2025
Waffles at the Lucky Cafe
Written with my Thursday night group with the prompts: waffles at the Lucky Café, sure you’re ready for this, a little bit of sun, I’ve never had any goals, it [...]
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Sep, 2025
The Herd
Written with my Thursday night group with the prompts: discombobulated, rhinoceros, rising sun, in this photograph, 1968 In this photograph, Jack is playing guitar for the children at the weekly [...]
19
Sep, 2025
The Crevasse
Written with the prompts: Dad was back, explore clean living and peace, go away, bottom of a crevasse covered in______, laced with ______ which made the men mellow, huddled in the [...]
12
Sep, 2025
What Remains
For this writing group meeting, my friend John went to Home Depot and gathered up paint chips: euphoric magenta, misty lavender, planetary star, Renoir bisque, canyon dusk, blueprint, what remains [...]
5
Sep, 2025
Holding the Vision
Written with the prompts: Teletubbies, c’mon, tug at my sleeve, the big lie, awareness, Joe liked to torment me, harbor, push, father, took me a long time, yellow, smells like [...]
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Aug, 2025
The Horrible Secret in Arriana’s Diary
Written with the prompts: body speak, Peter came across a horrible secret in Arriana's diary, wet her pants, invisible threads, the bowl hit the tile floor, hospitality Peter sat up [...]
22
Aug, 2025
Memorie and the Coyote
For a final summer rerun, this is one of my favorites. I hope you love it too. Written with the prompts: monster, did it wander off, but that’s why [...]