Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)
Some chew for the meanwhile …
Say little but say it well; the mouth that speaks not is sweet to hear A soft answer turns away anger; a shut mouth is a whole mouth Drunkenness and...
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Evolutionary Myths
They used to say, Some things are relics in our bodies from previous non-human ancestors – vestigal, useless now, like the vermiform appendix, but...
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Legless
Legless. He stands on the pavement, under the sign, in exactly one place. Wobbling, swaying, leaning this way, then that way. Never setting off but...
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Jenkins’ Ear
'Go tell your king that we'll do this to him,' they said, as they chopped off his ear You're not wanted here, the Americas are ours, we hold the...
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Admission (2)
He moved on. A Fiji Mermaid — a monkey's torso stitched to a dried fish tail, seams visible, the face a shriveled primate grimace. GENIUNE FIJI...
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Skeleton
Imge: CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. Creative Commons
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Admission (1)
The chain-link shook after he let go. A low rattle, the kind that carried. Cody hung from the top bar for a second with his sneakers scraping the...
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Second Time Lucky
First time is free; most people get one by default. A quirk of biology. Most of the time, it's exactly what's needed; life goes on as it should. The...
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Chrysalis
Two years. Two years spent debating. Two years spent wondering. Two pathways, yet... For two years, they remained untrodden. The first step is always...
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Apple Strudel Surprise
Granny Peach was a peach. Not a literal peach, she wasn’t orange with hints of red, (although she was round and a little furry, especially round the...
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