Leeron Heywood

20250518 Prompt from DailyPrompt.com Jim had never been afraid of the dark. To him, darkness was a comforting, protective shroud. It let him vanish. If people couldn’t see you, they couldn’t point at you. They didn’t know to laugh. Or throw pity. Who you were in

20250517 Prompt from DailyPrompt.com “You want me to… what?” May stared blankly at the little booth with its microphone. Supervisor Ellen didn’t bat an eye. Simply repeated “Your overnight duty is to monitor RXV’s emergency readout, and to talk to it.” “About what?” “Pretty much anything will

20250516 Prompt from DailyPrompt.com [O Noreel, liege of fools, I beseech thee for advice. My upstairs neighbour is a right burk and clomps about at all hours. It’s driving me spare. How do I approach him about this rudeness without making things awkward? Your loyal supplicant, Carl] FEAR

20250515 Prompt from DailyPrompt.com Everyone in town knows the song. Children skip to it. Women beat laundry to it. Men chop wood to it. You learn the words long before you understand what they mean. “Two go in, and one comes out Zusova’s waiting, toothed and stout She’

20250514 Prompt from DailyPrompt.com Mik scanned the equipment at the end of the sports hall. Nope. Not dodgeball. Which meant… Sighing, he flumped onto the bench and got comfortable. Coach picked Rose and Daisy as captains, of course. The twins were both sporty and hyper-competitive, especially with each other,

20250513 Prompt from DailyPrompt.com The life of a rock watcher was staving off mind-numbing boredom with serious internal lectures about how vital your duties were. Interspersed with long periods of staring blankly at nothing, or anything which moved. With glances back at the rock, of course. Phil was fairly

20250512 Prompt from DailyPrompt.com “Get back here, murderer!” Detective Hartley staggered around the corner, bad knee screaming, just in time to see Mr White scrambling up a fire escape. Damn it all, where was Simone?? She’d be up there in a flash and give that scumbag six clockings!

20250511 Prompt from DailyPrompt.com “If only this world had shown me a little more mercy…” The whisper was forlorn. Wistful. Slightly bitter. Adam scowled up at the warped mass of crystalline flesh coating the ceiling of the cell. “Trying to make me feel sorry for you?” “No.” The flesh

Part 4 here. Index here. I am not left fretting at this question, however; Nallisami asks “How are you feeling now, sir?” “Ah, um… Rather better.” I gingerly flex my arm and to my relief it moves almost as it should. Still painful, but far less so. Hopefully I’ll

20250509 Prompt from DailyPrompt.com “My love, I have a question.” Lynn shifted, her body snarling until she went still once more against the couch. Hopefully he wouldn’t see the pain in her face. “Yes, sweetness?” “Do you wish only for diamonds?” Ralph waved to the gems adorning her