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'"I hear a voice," said he - "a young voice. Will you give me your hand, kind young friend, and lead me in?" I held out my hand, and the… Continue reading Word Prompt: Tremble | Story Prompt: from the book “Treasure Island” by Robert Lewis Stevenson

'The idea that the environment shapes brain development is a very straightforward one, even if the details are immeasurably complex. Think of a kernel of wheat. No matter how genetically… Continue reading Word Prompt: Enough | Story Prompt: from the book “In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts” by Gabor Maté, M.D.

'The rain is easing. Sea gulls circle and land on something between the logs on the rocky shore. A flock of sea gulls is called a squabble, and they are… Continue reading Word Prompt: Gather | Story Prompt: from the book “Monkey Beach” by Eden Robinson

'The waitress came by and refilled his coffee. Sarah gulped her water. She reached over and held his hand. "I kinda know what you're going through. Gran died. Then Mom… Continue reading Word Prompt: Manage | Story Prompt: from the book “Return of the Trickster” by Eden Robinson

'All day, Lucky had been thinking about a cheesy horror movie she'd watched on TV with her mom. Not the movie, really, but the title -- Something Wicked This Way… Continue reading Word Prompt: Freeze | Story Prompt: from the book “VenCo” by Cherie Dimaline

https://youtu.be/KXqEQE6Bew0?si=lV4MFQfLsrHVGHRVhttps://youtu.be/KXqEQE6Bew0?si=lV4MFQfLsrHVGHRV 'I sat on the floor, wedged between the bed and the wall, fiddling with the silver necklace Ben had given me and drinking wine. Hiding. Over the last few… Continue reading Word Prompt: Step | Story Prompt: from the book “The Almost Widow” by Gail Anderson-Dargatz

https://youtu.be/fQbwkGetiTs 'Down here, it is cool and still and when I breathe, I hear the sound my breath makes over the still mouth of the well -- so I breathe… Continue reading Word Prompt: Drop | Story Prompt: from the book “Foster” by Claire Keegan

https://youtu.be/LRuhz3IBPyg?si=PRc9gqdRdoluOKOe 'It was only four hours later, in the eleventh hour of the ninth of May, as the dryer clicked and droned downstairs and she sat beside her bedroom window… Continue reading Word Prompt: Mix | Story Prompt: from the book “Prodigal Summer” by Barbara Kingsolver

https://youtu.be/RWsMMRWu0Oo 'One of the simplest and smartest things I ever learned about writing is the importance of a sense of direction. Writing is about getting something down, not about thinking… Continue reading Word Prompt: Reconciliation | Story Prompt: from the book “The Right to Write” by Julia Cameron

https://youtu.be/Rkx3NJzGX7M?si=j69oGykXuVDqEFSn '”How did you get blue eyes?” he said at last. “When you’re Chinese and all?” Lydia blinked. “My mom’s American.” “I thought brown eyes won out.” Jack propped his… Continue reading Word Prompt: Gentle | Story Prompt: from the book “Everything I Never Told You” by Celeste Ng