Inspiration point (IP)
Lille Dante's wonderful series based around song titles is an absolute joy to read, and so I'm unashamedly nicking that idea for this week's Inspiration Point, which is: Reasons To Be Cheerful. Hoping ABC Talers will lighten some of the pervasive gloom at the moment! (I don't need to remind you, of course, that you cannot quote directly from the song, copyright and all that.)
Inspiration point
Slabberin
‘Wat tha fuk ar youy slabberin abouyt?’ Pink drink drips from his wide wet lips. He’s about a foot wider than me and a fair few brain cells shorter. I’ve never been in a fight before. It’s quite exciting but I hope nobody’s watching because I’m not sure my couch Kung-Fu is going to be strong enough.
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Black
On a good night the sky was black, out here in the Larkworth Hills. Better, some said, to be higher up, because the algae didn't bloom as well so...
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White
It was time to go. Erica stood on a steel platform, staring up at the ship. It was massive. She somehow hadn't expected it to be so huge. The hull...
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Green
It got harder over time to keep the garden going. It wasn't just in terms of the time it took, the other demands on her, the tiredness. All those...
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Grey
Nina Hockson sat curled on her aqua-blue couch, legs pulled up against her chest, watching the sunrise. She kept thinking one day she would see...
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