Friday Fiction: Luck

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Today's prompt is to write about "Luck". 

Friday Fiction is your opportunity to write a short (short, short, short) story. Many participants use more than one minute for Friday Fiction prompts, and I don't generally take the length of the post into account when I name a Friday winner.

Moonlight 9

Adria and Pepper burst into the semi-darkened and empty gymnasium. Adria shut the doors behind her while Pepper dashed towards the other door on the opposite end of the room and secured it. For safety measure, she also locked the doors leading to the locker rooms. When she returned, she was still gasping for breath and her face shone a barely restrained panic that she fought to squelch.

"Please tell me you have a plan?" Pepper took another deep breath and glanced around the huge room.  It was empty but there weren't a lot of hiding places they can use to their advantage. She noticed a baleful moonlight streamed through one of the upper windows of the building. "Because this place is ripe for Horror 101."

Adria nodded in silent agreement and followed her friend's gaze up towards the window. She just saw a shadow figure ducking away.

"With any luck, Rick and other guys will deal with them before they get inside." Adria crossed her fingers.

 

Friday Fiction: Flash

Today's Friday Fiction prompt is: Flash. For more Friday Fiction entries hop over to The One-minute Writer 

As another challenge for me, I decided to continue the one-minute story started from the previous prompt. I don't know if it will work eventually but hopefully it will. ☺I just have to get the third installment out soon. Lolz. I know Jules you're waiting for it. ☺

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Adria ducked as the creature hurled another acid ball towards Pepper and her. The room they were in was starting to become a deathtrap if they don't get out. A strong hissing sound erupted from behind and fumes tried to engulf the pair but it was this side of the wall they wanted melted down if they want to escape.  A hole gradually formed on the wall, offering an escape route. It was time. The girls simultaneously hurled the beakers toward the creature that appeared to be a cross between a slimy troll and a garden-variety mushroom with beady eyes.

One-Minute Writing: Too long

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One-Minute Writer provided a prompt and for today it's : What takes too long? 

It seemed to take too long for me to complete a draft these days. I think one of the cures I need to bring myself out from some rut, is read up a couple of  books on screenplay. ☺

One-Minute Writing: Night Rewrite

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One-writer asks, rewrite this sentence in a way that's more interesting less and less cliche: It was dark and stormy night. 

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Thunder clapped.

Lightning lanced the angry dark skies.

Rain drove sheets into the earth. 

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One-Minute Writing: Fire

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One-Minute Writer asks, write memory that involves about fire.

Magnifying Glass

When I was a kid, my friend and I collected dried leaves to do a little science project. We dug a shallow hole, placed the dried leaves in the hole and then used the magnifying glass to start the first flame. Soon a small fire began eating the dried leaves away. We had a pail of water ready if it suddenly went out of control and mom was nearby too. It was interesting. ☺

One-Minute Writer Prompt: Labor

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Prompt for the day is to write the most satisfying labor that you've done? 

My satisfying labor was to write a five-minute skit for my group to be ready the next day. My shift ran from 2:00 PM to 10:00 PM so I had to wake to up around 5:00AM to make it work. Lolz. 

Casefile 101: Johnny English and the Pink Panther Diamond

One-Minute Writer Prompt: Laugh

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The One-Minute Writer asks: What is your favorite thing to laugh at?

My pet cat  Cottonball with his hilarious sleeping antics always sends me into guffaws like this pose of his posted at my other blog:

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One-Minute Writer: Fix-it

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Write about the time you fixed something...

After a severe storm a couple years back, the basement was flooded in. The micro-switch for the pump was busted. After getting instructions from dad through the telephone, I proceeded to replace the defective unit.

Preparing my gear and the replacement

It was going to be dark downstairs as I was going to switch off the mains of the house. I needed two flashlights and my trusty headlight.

One-Minute Writing: Sense

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Which of the five senses evokes the strongest memories? Hmm, sense of smell would easily send me to reminisce a particular strong memory because well, it's just is. lolz.

Friday Fiction: Pepper

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Adria stole quietly into the darkened chemistry lab and jammed the only the entrance of the room with a chair but she knew it wasn't going to be enough to keep  the creature out. It was systematically searching for them now.

"Great choice of room," Pepper whispered back. Her eyes glinting with anticipation as she crouched before the glass cabinets that  housed the acids. "Molotov cocktail would be good for tonight's special drink." Her flaming locks swayed as she tilted her head towards the cabinet in front of her.

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One-Minute Writing: Movie/ book

Today's prompt was to reflect on a book you've read and a movie that was based on it.   To join in the fun visit One-minute writer

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It was backwards for me. I saw the movie first before delving into the Lord of the Rings books Trilogy. I was quite astounded by the level of production work and the dedication from the people involved that went into interpreting Tolkien's world. I thought Sir Peter Jackson's vision which was to breakdown the books in a simple, digestible terms (to have a beginning, a middle and the end) helped navigate through the rich world Tolkien visioned. Sir PJ and his team (WETA) created a Middle Earth as if it did once existed and was lost in our history so to speak. It was quite unbelievable and that kind of impact to me was great.

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Friday Fiction: Rows

For more Friday Fiction, visit One-Minute Writer. ☺ You'll enjoy it. Write a brief bit of fiction using the prompt "Rows."

Napa Valley by En Vino Veritas

The gaggle of noise rose higher now as more and more of the seats were claimed by the students in en masse. She snapped several more shots for the school paper and at her final picture, she snapped a photo of Rick Lineheart while she steadied her somersaulting heart. She thanked for small favors that she was at the other end of the auditorium, far from anyone to see her flaming cheeks. She afforded a nervous giggle when the principal cleared her throat beside her. Adria flushed again but this time with embarrassment and started to leave the stage but before she turned her heel, she scanned the rows. She was surprised to see Rick was seated three rows behind Sally and not at the same row as she thought. She could hear "Your The One I love" by Jon McLaughlin playing in the background or was that in her head? She walked on clouds that day.

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One-Minute Writing: Review

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Today's prompt was to right a one minute review of a most recent book read. 

by Rick Barba

My Thoughts

For me and those others  unfamiliar with the Romulan Empire, the book gave a glimpse of what the Romulans have been doing after the great war against the Federation. The history lesson was very light and it didn't  bog down the story which I usually encountered in other sci-fi books. Fortunately, Mr. Barba kept it light and focused  that helped the story maintain its momentum. A couple of red herrings along the way that kept me on my toes and at the same time, it tickled my curiosity about the characters he had introduced. Can we hope to see them again in his other future stories? What will happen to the Romulan peace movement or to Gemini? Uhura-Spock shippers will be thrilled too since there were several scenes with them. Although, I'm still wrapping my mind seeing Spock in full grin. I'm intrigued by this. I don't know if Mr. Barba was testing the waters for fans reaction. Do I like it? Well, it takes getting used to the idea. It wasn't certainly bad and in fact, it made think of his mother. I haven't seen a Vulcan smiled in the movies or TV so like I said, it will take getting used to having Spock show his emotions when his guard is down. A good mystery even if the ending was a little bitter-sweet for Kirk. 

Friday Fiction: A.S.R.

"Dark Corridor" by Angvil

For more Friday Fiction, check out One-Writer. Write a brief bit of fiction using the abbreviation  "A.S.R." You decide what the letters stand for.  


A pair of beams crisscrossed along the walls lighting his way. Then the lights disappeared  just as Ulysses glanced down at the handheld scanning device he was carrying. The monitor showed no other blips on the same floor and movement was still confined at the basement level.  He switched on his search lights that came from his eyes and the light beams fell on the name  "Arthur S. Rom" attached on the wood panel door.

"Gotcha, A.S.R."

Before he could enter the room, a sound of something metallic connecting to another metallic surface, clanged from behind the door he was about to open. He backed up and glanced around for another exit.  He found one to his right and dashed toward it. He had just closed the door quietly behind him when heavy footfalls navigated around the room and were closing in. Ulysses welded shut the metal doorframe with his finger and left to find another way to get inside A.S.R's office.

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Writing prompt: Phrase

What is the phrase that I catch myself saying? 

Not much as in saying out loud but muttering in times of near frustration. " just want to make it happen?" Lolz. 

By ludwig 

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Writing prompt:: Organize

The current scene of my table

What I need to organize hopefully this week, is my table. One side  is a growing pile again at least the other half to table of the is a working progress.  ☺

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Friday Fiction: Reptile

By malikimram

Adria kissed the ground when a deadly machete came flying straight at  her. A dull thud followed when the machete embedded itself on the trunk of massive tree. Noises of a fight between her team and the bad guys continued with  frenetic energy just a couple of yards away that their grunts and fists smashing against flesh were subdued by a sound that chilled her blood. A dangerous rattle repeatedly jingled close to her elbow.

She froze and willed her furious beating heart not climb up her throat. 

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Writing prompt:: Once

What should everyone do at least once? Check out One-Minute Writer for more once entries.

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Bungee jump at least once. ☺ I'm still psyching myself ever since the Amazing Race splashed to the screens. That's how long for me still. Not yet there. Haha. My resolve's thinning out. Tsk.

I also like to do the aerial bungee from the Lara Croft: The Tomb Raider movie too. Although, I need to be flexible to make through some of the complicated stuff.

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When it's worth it to get insufficient sleep?

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It's worth to get insufficient sleep working on a project with people you enjoy being with. It's rare but those moments do come along, concert buzz, movie marathons at friends' houses, chatting with a cast member of one fave  show and waiting for a call from overseas pen friends who are  currently attending a concert so I could listen in. :) That's my one-minute writing for Sunday and if you want to check out others, hop to  One-Writer.