Wednesday micro-story challenge: in 300 characters or less, write a story (fiction or non; it could even be a poem) about...conflict resolution.
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Professor Kyle @blackcatproseWednesday micro-story challenge: in 300 characters or less, write a story (fiction or non; it could even be a poem) about...work.06:55 PM - Jul 05, 2023
06:54 PM - Jul 19, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
He shoved the box in the walker basket and shuffled down the hall. Hard candy. Who the hell gets mad over hard candy? Wasn’t even good. He stopped a ways down the hall, reached to knock, then stopped. He dropped the box on the floor in front of the door. Maybe the ol’ witch will trip on it.
11:19 AM - Sep 01, 2023
(Edited)
In response to Professor Kyle.
Oh my God! Why do I always have to go with the twins?! They are the absolute bane of my existence. One is slick as a snake, the other lie quick as a cat can lick his ass. trouble always finds them. Not today. Mom! Toni & Roni got suspended today! They staying home.
08:48 PM - Aug 18, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
This world was her bane, her punishment, her nightmare…but it also was her joy & awe-inspiring giver of symmetry & peace. She found herself obsessed with the dichotomy, but was so grateful for the good & the patterns she had been given the gift of recognizing, she was willing to put up with its B.S.
10:36 PM - Aug 09, 2023
In response to Jacquelyn G..
Love it. Being able to see the good & makes the bad bearable.
10:39 PM - Aug 09, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
She hissed and growled quietly as she circled the bowl, watching him scamper up close them back, checking for a way to dip in. There would be no theft this time, she thought. He hopped at her one last time, tripping over his own feet as a second bowl was placed in front of him.
Dinner time.
Dinner time.
08:43 AM - Jul 27, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
“I don’t know why you’re yelling. Again.” The loud black furball bunts his head into my leg.
“I love you too,” I say. Purring, he rubs his body against my calf, then turns and bites my Achilles.
“Ow! WTF!” I scoop him up. “If you’re going to be bitey, you’re getting cuddled.”
He glares. I smile.
“I love you too,” I say. Purring, he rubs his body against my calf, then turns and bites my Achilles.
“Ow! WTF!” I scoop him up. “If you’re going to be bitey, you’re getting cuddled.”
He glares. I smile.
02:39 PM - Jul 20, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
She studied the prompt, willing her brain to come up with something pithy.
Fine.
If not pithy, interesting.
Fine.
If not interesting, made of words.
Holding her lukewarm coffee, she sat back and sighed, mind still a blank.
"It's harder when it's not my prompt," she said.
Fine.
If not pithy, interesting.
Fine.
If not interesting, made of words.
Holding her lukewarm coffee, she sat back and sighed, mind still a blank.
"It's harder when it's not my prompt," she said.
01:20 PM - Jul 20, 2023
In response to Isa-Lee Wolf.
Ha! Love it. For me it's harder when it's *my* prompt!
02:03 PM - Jul 20, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
Three hundred characters? I can't even follow a Robert Altman film.
11:45 AM - Jul 20, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
I'm late, with an excuse. I had a colonoscopy and they gave me fentynal. Nuff said.
When I lived in Phoenix years ago, I was a medic for a bar that did live bull riding. When I wasn't doing that, I was supposed to break up fights. Because "even a drunk cowboy won't hit a woman"
It worked every time
When I lived in Phoenix years ago, I was a medic for a bar that did live bull riding. When I wasn't doing that, I was supposed to break up fights. Because "even a drunk cowboy won't hit a woman"
It worked every time
11:10 PM - Jul 19, 2023
In response to nancycharette.
What a gig! Both the patching up bull riders & peacekeeping.
11:12 PM - Jul 19, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
Husband wakes up in a bad mood. Snarls at the kiddos. That's a no-no with me. I say, "you're not really fit to be around. I think you should quickly go to your room until you are". He immediately departs and, wait for it, goes to his room. A couple hours later he's up and in much better humour lol.
10:13 PM - Jul 19, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
He adjusts his glasses as he looks at the reflection in the mirror. The years have not been kind to his eyesight or the greying remains of a full head of blond. Staring back at him are the eyes of the boy. The old man owes his life to the strength behind those eyes. A debt he may never repay.
10:02 PM - Jul 19, 2023
(Edited)
In response to Professor Kyle.
Andrew’s shouting brought me, seething to the door. ‘I’m trying to write! What’s going on?!’ He glares at me. ‘Nothing’. Turns away, sits on his bed, hands clenching. Sigh. ‘Look, I’m sorry. What’s going on?’ ‘I don’t know what’s going on.’ ‘Okay. Look, I’ll get us some hot chocolate.’ ‘Okay.’
09:05 PM - Jul 19, 2023
In response to Terri MacMillan.
I love this, especially the "I don't know what's going on" and the hot chocolate. Sometimes understanding isn't the first step.
09:09 PM - Jul 19, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
"You know, we can both walk away here."
"How?"
"Could either one of us spend a billion dollars in stolen loot in one lifetime?"
"Heh...good point."
"So...deal?"
"Deal...now, about the bullet hole in my arm..."
"Oh, yeah! Let me get the medkit..."
"How?"
"Could either one of us spend a billion dollars in stolen loot in one lifetime?"
"Heh...good point."
"So...deal?"
"Deal...now, about the bullet hole in my arm..."
"Oh, yeah! Let me get the medkit..."
09:04 PM - Jul 19, 2023
In response to Ground Control.
Nice!! A great moral – greed & selfishness leads to violence, but sharing brings friendship & half a stolen billion...
09:07 PM - Jul 19, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
"You are on my last nerve"
"This is my lawyer. Have at it."
Resolution was successful.
"This is my lawyer. Have at it."
Resolution was successful.
08:53 PM - Jul 19, 2023
In response to Schrodinger's Democracy.
Nice – says a lot with a little. Pays to bring the big guns sometimes.
08:55 PM - Jul 19, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
She starts up the stairway and gasps. Runs to 3yr old daughters room. Opens the door, the child runs across the room, hiding something behind her back. She holds her hand out, the child shakes her head, a silent no! She asks "my red lipstick?"
"yes new wallpaper needed flowers for your burtday"
"yes new wallpaper needed flowers for your burtday"
08:00 PM - Jul 19, 2023
In response to Connie Love.
Ha! Love it. I like how the child is hiding it so knows it's wrong...yet is excited about it too. Captures the moment.
08:16 PM - Jul 19, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
Home from a tough day at work , get in the back yard looking forward to unwind with a glass of wine 🍷 ,realize my neighbor is having a full-blown kid 👦 birthday party on a Wednesday. 🤷🏽♀️
Such is life !
The end
Such is life !
The end
07:53 PM - Jul 19, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
He said, with a voice high and whiny: "For the love of all things holy, throw the ball."
After some deep, soul-searching thought, I did, indeed, throw the ball.... Only to see it returned, moments later.
Alas, the battle continues, to this day.
#ZiggyBoy
After some deep, soul-searching thought, I did, indeed, throw the ball.... Only to see it returned, moments later.
Alas, the battle continues, to this day.
#ZiggyBoy
07:52 PM - Jul 19, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
Sharp Peace
It's said the pen is
Mightier than the sword when
Drawn to a blunt point.
It's said the pen is
Mightier than the sword when
Drawn to a blunt point.
07:33 PM - Jul 19, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
They looked around the room at the angry faces, stewing in the awkwardness. Sighing deeply, before speaking, they remembered their mother's best lesson: "Don't be a dick."
07:12 PM - Jul 19, 2023
In response to Professor Kyle.
They had never seen eye to eye on any project which led to delays. Then they both were told that the other one was fired for poor workmanship, which each knew was a false assessment and told their boss this. Upon hearing that the firing was a ruse, they realized that they actually needed each other.
07:02 PM - Jul 19, 2023
