Week 23 of my writing prompts series is here, check them out and all the others to see if anything is helpful

1. When the lights came back on everything had changed
2. Someone once said it’s not how many times you fall but how many times you get up. They neglected to mention though that sometimes the knockdown is a knockout blow
3. Some foul smell came through the air intake
4. It was like a 1200-watt bulb shining straight in my eye
5. I steeled myself against what I knew what was coming…
6. He crossed the line once, and I wasn’t about to ever give him a second chance
7. I thought for once that maybe something I try might workout
8. The look in her eyes said she was hiding something
9. That scent in the air brought back memories

They will see the truth of my conviction but by then it will be too late