#383 — DEAD OR ALIVE

Deluded Custodians April Challenge

December’s Winner & February’s judge, THE CREATIVITY DOCTOR, Presents this Month’s Challenge:

Ann James
Dead or Alive
Published in
2 min readApr 1, 2024

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“Seriously, you think I can’t get out of this straight jacket?”

From THE CREATIVITY DOCTOR’s post below:

Pick two random objects in your surroundings and consider how you might combine them to solve your problem.

The problem: Lucy Furr, bent on world domination, has decided I’ve been playing on Medium far too long. She wants my complete and undivided attention. A part of the problem is she has a bacterial infection from a walk in the field a couple of weeks ago. Pobrecita. Poor girl. She’s on antibiotics and staying mostly indoors until she’s well. Another problem: She’s not too terribly interested in wearing moccasins in the snow.

The February 3 snowstorm. The field behind our house is beautiful in snow.

The solution: Time. And antibiotics. She’s fine now. Back to being a street walker. We have no

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Ann James
Dead or Alive

Her writing muse lurks in the volcanic hills amidst mustangs, marmots and jackalopes. While hiking with her dogs, Ann stumbles upon stories of dark humor.