Wandy Goodness

“Mo-o-o-o-om!” Taylor whinged.
It amazes me how many syllables she manages to put into a one-syllable word.  I swear one day I’m going to count them, and give her a prize. Well, maybe not. I don’t want to encourage her.
“Yes, dear?” My tone was politely snarky. In other words, you’re acting like a brat and we [...]

Alien

“When you were born, I didn’t know you.  And I told the nurse I didn’t know you, and she laughed and said I was silly, of course I didn’t know you because you were just born. She didn’t understand. I knew both of your sisters. As soon as they were placed into my arms, I [...]

Two Pink Crosses

The prompt: Write a story that begins, “The last time I saw my mother was fifteen years ago.”
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DOLORES:  
The last time I saw my mother was fifteen years ago. I don’t remember it, because I was only a baby. There is a photograph of me and my mother. She looks so beautiful. Her long black hair [...]

Harry Potter and the Awful Dursleys

I don’t write fan fiction. Never have.
That being said, The Leaky Cauldron has a contest running through June 30th, 2007. The challenge is to write a chapter imagining what happens when Harry has his last fateful stay with the horrible Dursleys. The chapter cannot be longer than 2,000 words.
 Here’s my entry.
GOOD-BYE TO PRIVET DRIVE 
Harry had [...]

Parting is such sweet sorrow

I’m not sure about the sweet part, though. The S-project seems to be dying a slow, agonizing death. I’ve enjoyed it. I’ve liked having a specific writing prompt each month, and have particularly enjoyed the prompts Trista provided. But even in those months that I had to wrack my brain and come up with a [...]