Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
where she asks us to get creative in exactly
13 words using the prompt word ‘spell’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.
Tag: Frogs
Warts and All
Written for Friday Fictioneers where we are
encouraged to write a story in 100 words or less
using this photo for inspiration. Here is my story.
There was a boy named Danny who sat directly in front of me in 5th grade. He had a perpetual case of ringworm which fascinated and repulsed me at the same time.
His beautiful black hair had been shaved to expose the circular rash on the back of his head. I imagined microscopic critters chasing each other around that stubbly maze.
The theory was that Danny caught the fungus while hunting frogs in the boggy bullrushes; somehow that didn’t make it any less gross.
I never could understand boys and their frog fetishes. Everyone knows that’s where warts come from!
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100 Words
This is “Hop Frog” by Lou Reed featuring David Bowie
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Jumpin’ Jehoshaphat
Written for Fake Flamenco’s May 2024 Poetry Challenge –
a non-rhyming dodoitsu poem: four lines, syllable count 7-7-7-5
~ Have you seen Jeremiah?
– Hmm, I guess you haven’t heard.
~ Nope. Just checking out his pad.
– Sorry man …. he croaked!
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This is “Joy To The World” by Three Dog Night
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