Prompt: A cell phone wants a life. All dialog. Nice review: I believe your story, the characters, and the plot, it does fit well and makes sense. “You can’t get ’em up, You can’t get ’em up, You can’t get ’em up this morning.” “What the hell is that? …

Prompt: Lyrics from a song. Chose Growin’ up doesn’t mean gettin’ older. An older couple is sitting on a park bench. It is overcast, early November. Winter is not far away. Not quite cold, but not warm either. Almost dreary. The wind light and variable. A time for thought. “We’re…

Nice review: What a sweet start to romance. Your story is concise and easy for anyone to understand. I liked all the imagery you included. You named the diner plus revealed the location. That creates a mood and makes it feel very real. I loved the choice of music too…

Contest entry: Prompt Quote. “It’s the questions we can’t answer that teach us the most. They teach us how to think. If you give a man an answer, all he gains is a little fact. But give him a question and he’ll look for his own answers.” — Patrick Rothfuss. …

Contest entry. Had to be about royalty, so I made a little fable about Steve and MarieAnne. ’Twas a princess who lived so long ago, but not so far away. She lived in a castle atop a hill. A hill just over there. She was all alone. She had been…