Here is where you can find a collection of short stories created through various writing prompt exercises. (some of these can be heard read aloud by me within the Story Time live replay videos)
A Dragon Documentary – Twenty Minute Challenge
The day was scorching hot and bone dry, the air smelled like burnt toast, and everyone’s nerves were on edge. Only Zeke was calm. He patrolled the perimeter, making jokes about…
Iris sits at a table in the adjacent tavern, a stack of books crowding out her dinner as she holds a prized scroll aloft. So engrossed in her treasures she almost doesn’t notice the others pulling up their chairs…
An Offer – Twenty Minute Challenge
The wind whispered through the dark, empty trees like a warning in a foreign language. Winter was coming, and with winter came…
A Magical Heritage – Twenty Minute Challenge
“I sat down next to her on the couch. It was time to start telling the truth. But I couldn’t just dive into the heart of the matter, so I started with the little things. I told her…
He Couldn’t See – Twenty Minute Challenge
I asked her if she was joking. Her frown told me she wasn’t. “Every last penny, gone,” she said. “And that’s not the worst of it, she continued, leaning across the table, Lena has the map.” …
A New Heir – Image Prompt Short Story
Amy waited breathlessly on the shoreline. Only a few more moments now and she’d finally catch sight of the Master’s new heir. Her hands twisted the front pocket of her apron. Surely this one would make it….
Alien Humans – Image Prompt Short Story
The hiss of the air lock opening warned of the next shipment of parts. Lucy’s head bobbed up from her crafting bench, the magnifying goggles strapped on heightened an insect-like appearance alongside the segmented plating of her crafting vest…
The Forest Guardian – Image Prompt Short Story
Breath froze in her chest, brown eyes growing wide in panic. Meeki studied the long smooth fingers wiggling under her command.
“Derth, what did you do?” Tears welled up in her eyes as her voice strangely croaked…
Corrupt Science – 20 Minute Prompt Short Story
It was odd to be in a room full of people who all seemed to look up to my dad like he was some kind of hero. A part of me wanted to see him through their eyes just for a moment. I tried to picture him as I tried to picture him as…
I Betrayed Her – 20 Minute Prompt Short Story
She believed in me in a a way no one else ever has and no one else ever will, and I betrayed her. The worst part is she doesn’t know. She still thinks I’m just next door, like I promised…
It’s Coming – 20 Minute Prompt Short Story
We took turns guarding the door, neither of us sleeping very much. Ricky looked nervous, and suddenly I felt bad about getting him involved. I shouldn’t have gotten him this job…
Silence – 20 Minute Prompt Short Story
The lake was as still and shiny as glass, as if he could step on it and walk all the way across. It was one of those days when anything seems possible, and he stood there, breathing deep and the brilliance of the bustling city…
A Dangerous Realm – Combining Six Separate Prompts into One Short Story
She kept pacing the living room, back and forth, back and forth, not saying a word. It would have been easier if she had just come out and told us how disappointed she was, announced our punishment, instead of just sending us to our rooms…
A Mad Mother Scientist – 20 Minute Prompt Short Story
The boy woke up before dawn. The horses were restless. Something wasn’t right. He rose and tiptoed quietly down the hall, careful not to wake his mother. She was exhausted after last night’s experiment…
The Vanishing of Chicago – 20 Minute Prompt Short Story
People give me credit for seeing what was coming, but I think it was more luck than anything else. I couldn’t sleep, and I felt like going out for a drive. That’s the truth. And it seemed like a normal, quiet night until a normal, quiet night until…