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Reboot
Published on 2012-05-20 12:02:41
Jarvis & Smith ~ Chapter 8 Jarvis sat on the exam table wearing boxers, socks and a blue paper gown. > read more
Diagnosis
Published on 2012-05-19 23:10:33
a Lulu & Friends story May is Melanoma Awareness Month 500 words inspired by the Weekend Wordsmith prompt “fear” ____________________________________ Lulu sat fully clothed in her dermatologist’s exam room, staring at the doctor. > read more
The Pantry
Published on 2012-05-12 23:30:46
a Lulu & Friends story 500 words inspired by the Weekend Wordsmith prompt “hunger” __________________________________ Lulu drove around to the side door of the community food pantry, grinned at her best friend Lola sitting in the passenger seat and tapped the horn. > read more
Testimony: Ban The Tan
Published on 2012-05-12 12:25:38
May is Melanoma Awareness Month 500 words inspired by the efforts in several states to ban the use of tanning salons by persons under 18 years of age _______________________________________________ Good afternoon Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee. My name is Lulubelle B. > read more
Mr. C and the Big D
Published on 2012-04-28 13:40:02
a Lulu & Friends story 500 words inspired by the Weekend Wordsmith prompt “from here to there” _________________________________________________________ “Get your purse. We’re going for a walk.” Lulu looked up and saw her boss, Mr. C, standing in her office doorway. “Get your purse,” Mr. C said. He turned and walked away. Lulu pulled her purse from the bottom drawer of the desk and rushed to catch up. > read more
Pizza Delivery
Published on 2012-04-21 13:51:34
a Lulu & Friends story 500 words inspired by the Weekend Wordsmith prompt "pizza delivery" _______________________________________________________________ “Hi Benni. It’s me,” said Lulu as she locked the apartment door behind her, kicked off her shoes, dropped her keys into the bowl on the bookcase and let her totebag fall to the floor. “I couldn’t get a seat on the bus tonight and I’ve got too much stuff in my bag. My back is killing me. “I just saw Bobby the pizza guy in the [..] > read more
Breasticular Enhancification
Published on 2011-04-03 08:33:59
a Lulu & Friends story 500 words inspired by a photo selected by Dive. _____________________________________________ “Lu, can I ask you something?” said Benni as she and Lulu walked home from the Food Emporium to the one-be > read more
Lulu and Lola
Published on 2011-04-03 04:21:43
a Lulu & Friends story 500 words based on a sentence (in italics) selected by Dive. Click here for more info. Twin beds sullenly welcomed us at the motel just off the interstate, flat, spent pillows barely raising a bump under the stained quil > read more
Preference
Published on 2011-04-03 04:20:46
a Davey's Family story 500 words based on a sentence (in italics) selected by Dive. Click here for more info. Davey was a bookish boy, his boldest adventures taking place in his own mind, combining the tedious flat details of everyday life with th > read more
Lucky
Published on 2011-04-03 04:18:49
a Lulu & Friends story 500 words based on a sentence (in italics) selected by Dive. Click here for more info. Lulu stepped in it barefoot on her way to the bathroom. The dog sidled up to her and nosed the side of her leg as she sat on the e > read more
Artie
Published on 2011-04-03 04:17:59
a Davey's Family story 500 words based on a sentence (in italics) selected by Dive. Click here for more info. “Mr. Bloom! A moment please, sir!” Mr. Bloom paused near the waiting car, the driver watchfully anticipating his boss’s usual hurr > read more
The Morning After
Published on 2011-04-03 04:17:13
a Lulu & Friends story 500 words, just because… and BEFORE Dive declared “writer’s choice”. [ok, ok...the original post was hard to follow. since some of you won't even try to hear the voices in my head, i've reformatted this > read more
Bare Bear
Published on 2011-04-03 04:16:07
a Davey's Family story 500 words based on a sentence selected by Dive. Click here for more info. This week's sentence is from Garrison Keillor's "Radio Romance": So what happened to Hoyt Buford? _________________________________________ > read more
I-635 (LBJ Freeway)
Published on 2011-04-03 04:14:52
a Lulu & Friends story 500 words based on a sentence selected by Dive. Click here for more info. This week's sentence is from John Steinbeck's Cannery Row: "It was not so interesting driving at night." ______________ > read more
This One's For Dive
Published on 2011-03-24 22:30:41
a Lulu Sexytime Romance Not quite 500 words based on a photo selected by Dive. It's not 500 words, but I think it does the trick. Warning – this story is much more “adult” than my usual entries. If you are easily offended please avert > read more
Little Apple
Published on 2010-03-28 21:34:01
a Lulu & Friends story 500 words based on a sentence selected by Dive. This week’s sentence is from L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: "Not a tree nor a house broke the broad sweep of flat country that reached to the edge of > read more
Dead Fish Swimming
Published on 2010-03-25 06:36:00
a Davey's Family story 500 words based on a sentence selected by Dive. Click here for more info. This week’s sentence is from Willa Cather's Death Comes For The Archbishop: 'Muerto,' he whispered. ____________________________________ > read more
Cooking with Benni
Published on 2010-03-20 03:38:30
a Lulu & Friends story 500 words based on sentence selected by Dive. Click here for more info. This week's sentence is from E.M. Forster's A Room With A View: It tasted partly of the paper in which it was wrapped, partly of hai > read more
Home
Published on 2010-03-11 14:10:11
Jarvis & Smith ~ Chapter 7 500 words based on a sentence selected by Dive. This week’s sentence is from Wilkie Collins’ The Moonstone: The Thursday night passed, and nothing happened. ________________________________________________ > read more
This Little Piggy
Published on 2010-03-11 14:08:04
Jarvis & Smith ~ Chapter 6 500 words based on a sentence selected by Dive. Click here for more info. This week's sentence is from Boris Pasternak's Doctor Zhivago: The hotel staff were being driven frantic; the incident in No. > read more
Meeting
Published on 2010-03-11 14:07:24
Jarvis & Smith ~ Chapter 5 500 words based on a sentence selected by Dive. Click here for more info. This week's sentence is from Ken Kesey’s One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest: "Out along the dim six-o'clock street, I saw leafless trees stand > read more
Probing Questions
Published on 2010-03-11 14:06:53
Jarvis & Smith ~ Chapter 4 500 words based on a sentence selected by Dive. Click here for more info. This week's sentence is from Louisa May Alcott's Little Women: "A pair of silk stockings, that pretty carved fan, and a > read more
Feed Your Head
Published on 2010-03-11 14:06:20
Jarvis & Smith ~ Chapter 3 500 words based on a sentence selected by Dive. Click here for more info. This week's sentence is from William Burroughs' Cities Of The Red Night: "He was passing a huge marble snail, a bronze frog an > read more
Knowledge
Published on 2010-03-11 14:05:46
Jarvis & Smith ~ Chapter 2 500 words based on a sentence selected by Dive. Click here for more info. This week's sentence is from George Eliot's Middlemarch: 'I suppose it would be unprofessional,' said Rosamond, dimpling. In > read more
Knowing
Published on 2010-03-11 14:05:13
Jarvis & Smith ~ Chapter 1 500 words based on a sentence selected by Dive. Click here for more info. This week's sentence is from Alan Paton’s Cry, The Beloved Country: Jarvis sat a long time smoking, he did not read any > read more