Category Archive:Moose Nuggets

Coffee Shop

July 2nd, 2012 / Categories: Moose Nuggets, words / 3 Comments »

Shelli stared at the words taunting her from her smart pad. The cursor blinked, blinked, blinked, waiting for her to reply.

YOU ARE BEING WATCHED – DO NOT LOOK OVER YOUR SHOULDER. HE IS THERE.

She could barely stand the tension that erupted in her skin. Shelli’s neck kinked and knotted and she felt her shoulders hunch tighter toward her ears.

DO NOT LOOK (blink, blink, blink) The murmur of the others in the coffee shop grew into a cacophony as Shelli debated answering.

Why are you telling me this? What do you want me to do?

SIMPLE. YOU RUN. NOW! . . .
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Okay, now I probably won’t be able to go to sleep for trying to finish this in my dream/wakefulness. This is in reply to Velvet Verbosity’s word of the week: MURMUR.

Yeah, I don’t know where it came from, either. But, I will leave you with it for the night – or to read over your morning coffee. Be careful – don’t look over your shoulder. HE might be there.

Picture from this site.

Swagger on, Mate

June 27th, 2012 / Categories: Moose Nuggets, words / 2 Comments »

A man walked into a bar.

Marci’s few opening words glared at her; the cursor mocking her as it blinked like her mind – on – off – on – off – on again.

“GAH!” The cat jumped from her lap as Marci let out her frustration into the room. Her screech bounced wall to wall, inside and outside of her brain-pan: rattling around like so many bbs.

Characters screamed for attention, but she was stuck well and proper. Marci’s fingers itched to give them flesh and blood.

Wait. What if I . . . Change this to . . .

The man entered the room all a-swagger. His eyes growing accustomed . . .
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VV’s challenge this week: 100 words using Swagger as the jump-off point. These are mine, where are yours?

Trifecta – Prompt 3

June 26th, 2012 / Categories: Moose Nuggets, trifecta, words / 3 Comments »

I knew this would be forever. It could last like it had never lasted before. If the world around me crumbled – if the stars tumbled from the sky – YOU. Always and forever, you.
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Prompt 3 of week 33 by Trifecta: to write 33-333 words using The Smashing Pumpkins – Thirty-three.

Trifecta – Prompt 2

June 26th, 2012 / Categories: Moose Nuggets, trifecta, words / 2 Comments »

One, two. Here’s a Kiss for you
Three, four. Take one more
Five six. We’ll share a Twix
Seven, eight. Our first date
Nine, ten. What was the score, again?
Who cares? SMOOCH!

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Prompt Two:Write a 33-333 word response using the third definition of the following word:

score (noun)
1 a : twenty
b : a group of 20 things
2 a : a line (as a scratch or incision) made with or as if with a sharp instrument
b (1) : a mark used as a starting point or goal
(2) : a mark used for keeping account
3 a : an account or reckoning originally kept by making marks on a tally
b : amount due : indebtedness

Please note that we need you to use the singular, noun form of the word. Also, the word score must appear in your response.

Trifecta – Prompt 1

June 26th, 2012 / Categories: Moose Nuggets, trifecta, words / 4 Comments »

The sky is blue.
No, mama, the sky’s green today – tornado.

The sky is blue.
No, the sky’s black today – gonna rain.

The sky is BLUE, mama!
Yes, son, the sky is blue.

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write between 33-333 words using the following quote as a brain tickler:

“What I tell you three times is true.” by Lewis Carroll.

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