Day 19 Insurance patience   Patience is a virtue, Larry knew. Can’t let anyone know what really happened otherwise the insurance company won’t pay out. Not to mention he’d probably end up in prison. When things go wrong in your life, some […]

Day 18 Surgery complaint What a whiner, the doctor thought as he left the operating room. A patient threatening to put in a complaint like that. Aren’t I supposed to be sedated before the surgery starts? It’s the doctor’s discretion, don’t they […]

Breath wife Darius held his wife cradled in his arms. Clara’s own arms fell limp as she drew her last breath. The rage built up inside Darius, the invading soldiers didn’t care about the innocent civilians they killed. The politicians never cared […]

Day 16 Photo Funeral The police were using a telephoto lens, the kind wild life photographers use of predators like lions. They are in a van in a parking lot across the street from the funeral where the victim’s family have gathered […]

Day 14 Difference month What a difference a day can make in a person’s life. And for me, Samantha, it had been a month since it happened. I’ve been on the run for two weeks and now hiding in a flea bag […]

Here’s what I came up with for day 15 Protection Clothes Rory was relieved that the clothes he changed into did exactly as advertised. Providing ballistic protection as he ran away from his assailant. All twenty three bullets from the MAC-10 machine […]

And here’s day 13 of the writing challenge Library tension Marci felt the tension growing in her body as she sat in the back corner of the prison library reading the book. A supposedly true crime account of her life. The events […]

Welcome to day 11 Speaker menu Robert put down the menu as the third speaker came up on the stage. Thanks God they’re serving food. These mandatory events the company has us going on every year are a major waste of our […]