20250426 Prompt from DailyPrompt.com “You don’t mind?” Steph whispered. She knew the answer; it was the same every time. She just… needed to hear it. “Not at all.” HEM intoned, nir synthetic voice a close proximation to reassuring. “I understand the importance of monitoring and maintaining different resource

20250425 Prompt from DailyPrompt.com When Abigail first moved to the island she hated the fog. How it smothered everything in dark damp grey. The way it stole mornings and sometimes entire days. But now, after living here three years, she’d adopted the local mindset; fog days were like

20250424 Prompt from DailyPrompt.com [Miss Teagan. I will be at the Chained Swans this evening at 20:00. If you are not interested in this opportunity no action is required.] Joan turned the embossed envelope over in her fingers. Distantly admiring the flowing cursive of the letter. Was it

20250423 Prompt from DailyPrompt.com “Hmm.” Antonio rolled the ball of clay between his hands. “What are you meant to be?” {I don’t know.} “Not to worry.” Antonio gently flattened the ball, examining where it gave and what strove to hold its height. “Let’s see… A hedgehog, perhaps?

20250422 Prompt from DailyPrompt.com It was starting again. That Conversation. Ailbhe ["AELVah"] shuddered, their twig-like fingers unable to block their long ears. The brownie was forced to wrap their arms around their head instead. It wasn’t enough. “…better for the children.” Better? How could it be

20250421 Prompt from DailyPrompt.com Grandad’s funeral was surreal. I’d never been able to tell him and Paul apart. It must be strange to see your twin in a coffin. It was strange enough for me, looking at Grandad lying peaceful and then glancing about to see him

20250420 Prompt from DailyPrompt.com Arthur knew it had to be a particularly vivid dream. What else would place him in the workshop of his beloved creation Sorceress Cecilia? “Creator!” The buxom blond elf threw her arms up and beamed. “O Weaver of All, you have answered my prayers! Praise

20250419 Prompt from DailyPrompt.com “Genny, what did you do?” The young changeling pouted, her cheeks puffing up. “Nothing!” Rebecca swallowed a sigh. Patience, she reminded herself. Patience and love, that’s what’s required. More so than most children. Pointing out school didn’t end for another three hours

20250418 Prompt from DailyPrompt.com Now, I try not to judge customers on their purchases. Even grocery lists which look worrying almost always have perfectly innocent explanations. Very few people are, like, serial killers. So there I am, brainstorming all the reasons someone would need five litres of concentrated bleach

Anyone who knows me will be going “Of course you do. It’s an arbitrary invented dichotomy, and you hate those with unreasonable fury because you always seem to sit awkwardly between the two poles and you take that personally. I mean, you still haven’t forgiven Marmite.” To which