Your Daily Writing Prompt for May 26, 2020
At long last, it was the day of the marathon. The runners were lined up, tense, and waiting for the starting gun.
At long last, it was the day of the marathon. The runners were lined up, tense, and waiting for the starting gun.
"Scientists: The Hokey Pokey Not What It All About," blared the headline in 72-point font.
But right after it happened, it was the loudest silence he'd ever heard, and in order to fill his mind with sound again, he....
"Don't say that," the mother told her child. "It's the worst word in the world."
The hospital machines beeped, whirred, and buzzed. You had no idea which machine does what. All you knew for sure was..
It was not a dark and stormy night. In fact, it was a sunny and clear day, but that did not matter one whit.
The product design wasn't merely bad. It rivaled screen doors on submarines in its breathtaking lack of consideration for basic facts of reality.
The electric doors part as you enter the grocery store. The familiar scent of cinnamon wafts to your nostrils. It reminded you of her and how she was deathly allergic…
You get off the elevator and enter the waiting room. The receptionist barely glances your way. You hear the hum of the air conditioner as you try to calm your…
The thing that stood out the most, however, was the ficus plant in the corner of the room.
I almost felt pity as I looked down on the man who once terrified me, reduced to a skinny, unkempt frame in a prison uniform.