Category Archives: Prose

Short-short stories, short stories, essays.

Monday Mini

Posted on July 8, 2013 by TommiaW

So the July edition of Camp NaNoWriMo is off to a slow start, even with the extra days off. A link to the latest snippet to “Sights on the Storm” can be found here.

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The Daily Prompt challenge is: Language evolves. The meaning of a word can shift over time as we use it differently — think of “cool,” “heavy,” or even “literally.” Today, give a word an evolutionary push: give a common word a … Continue reading →

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Friday Ficlet/Fragment – Words, Words, Words

Posted on May 3, 2013 by TommiaW

Today’s ficlet is inspired by today’s Daily Prompt: Describe a little thing — one of the things you love that defines your world but is often overlooked. While there are many great posts to the point, here’s my rambling rendition … Continue reading →

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Quiet Bravery

Posted on April 19, 2013 by TommiaW

Today’s ficlet fragment started off with the FFF challenge from One Minute Writer. Then I realized Sylvia didn’t interest me as much as I thought she might. Had thought about a segment from Quietus: Quintets Demise, but had nothing proper. … Continue reading →

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M is for Magic

Posted on April 15, 2013 by TommiaW

Inspired by today’s Daily Prompt: Write a piece of fiction describing the incident that gave rise to the phrase, “third time’s the charm.” Dora walked the labyrinth with her father, her small feet atop his. She read the words for him while … Continue reading →

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Ficlet Fragment – Flight Risk

Posted on March 8, 2013 by TommiaW

Air to Sea by Tommia Wright Inspired by a contest prompt, this ended up melding with a NaNo project. Flight Risk Alven Sydney wandered for almost an hour before he found his runaway. He called his wife from a pay phone, … Continue reading →

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March of the Pigs

Posted on March 1, 2013 by TommiaW

Today’s National Pig Day. Only reason I knew that was starting the day on a trivial search. (It pays to play hooky from work once in a while.) So, today’s ficlet/fragment has nothing to do with the NaNo’s or anything … Continue reading →

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NaNo Fragment-Never Fails

Posted on February 27, 2013 by TommiaW

A ficlet/frgament from the NaNo collection inspired by today’s Daily Post Prompt: Murphy’s Law says, “Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.” Write about a time everything did — fiction encouraged here, too! Strike One “I only asked for … Continue reading →

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Friday Flash Fic

Posted on February 22, 2013 by TommiaW

Today’s ficlet fragment was inspired by Mike’s challenge. She longed to toss them all out; the slender fingers of wax reminding her of ghosts, goblins and boogeymen, wire frames making faces at her. Why her uncle continued to collect and … Continue reading →

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Friday Finds

Posted on February 15, 2013 by TommiaW

The ficlet-fragment for today can be found here. What makes for a fabulous Friday is news about two fun-filled finds just in time for payday! First, the release of Mari Collier‘s Earthbound – the prequel to Gather the Children. If … Continue reading →