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Happy Friday! I hope everyone has had a great week and is ready for the weekend. To help start your weekend off on the right foot, we have a couple of new prompts for you. Don't forget that prompt responses under 1,000 words can be posted in GA Stories as long as they are part of a collection. And also, remember to share your prompt responses in the appropriate forum thread so that we can possibly share them next week! Prompt 564 – Creative Tag – List of Words Use the following words in a story – a dress, a sewing machine, a basement, a radio, and a rose. Prompt 565 – Creative Tag – Meeting For weeks you’ve been talking to someone online. Tonight you plan to meet for the first time. What is your date like? We had one taker for Prompt #563: Oh, God! What should I do? by Timothy M “Oh, God! What should I do?" “Calm down, Tobias. It’s no big deal,” Mitch said. “But she’s real pretty and clever and…and there’s no way she’d want to go on a date with me!” Rob face-palmed himself while Jasper chuckled and Mitch sniggered. The four teens were in the showers after baseball practice, with Mitch and Tobias facing him and the redhead.

I hope everyone is having a great week! It's time for this weeks prompts, supplied by our prompt guru, Comicfan. Just a reminder, and for those who haven't worked with the prompts before: prompt responses under 1,000 words must be posted as part of a collection. Hopefully you'll find something in this weeks prompts to spark an idea and get you writing! Prompt 558 – Creative Tag – First Line What do you mean, you’re pregnant? Prompt 559 – Creative Tag – List of Words Use the following words in a story – Pine tree, toy soldier, a book, a full moon, and a blanket. Last week we had three takers on Prompt #557. Let's take a look. Portal Stones Don't Just 'Go Missing' by Sasha Distan “And then I hid it somewhere he won’t find it,” the Demon Del Deorion finished with a smug grin. Across the uneven and beer spattered surface of the wooden table, the Prince of hell smiled at him, arching one perfect eyebrow. Deorion had always thought Nassau to be unfairly pretty, even when he’d been stripped of his powers and his feathers and banished from the world below. Not that the smoke flavoured demon would ever do anything about it, after all being consort to the Wind gave him rather special privileges. And then I hid it somewhere he won't find it by Ivor Slipper “And then I hid it somewhere he won’t find it.” “What? You must be joking Jayden! Man, where did you hide it?” “I’m not gonna tell you, Corey – just in case he starts beating on you about it.” “Jeeze Jayden, I know we’ve pulled some stunts in our time but this could be one of the greatest ever – if we live to tell anyone!” Prompt #557 by Hudson Bartholomew And then I hid it somewhere he won’t find it. Except I wanted him to find it. I wanted him to find it, and use it on me, and turn me inside out with it. It was the single most terrifying thing I have ever wanted. My relationship with Daniel has always been simple, sweet vanilla and I’ve never had a problem with that. It’s all I’ve ever known and it’s always been satisfying. But I know there’s other stuff out there, stuff that is risqué, kinky even. And I would be lying if I said I hadn’t thought about it, what it would feel like to dabble in the more exotic flavors.

Happy Friday, Y'all!!!!! Hope everyone is looking forward to the weekend, I know I am! To help start your weekend off right, it's time for some new prompts. Hopefully one of these great prompts will inspire you, and don't forget to share your responses (at least a link) so that they can possibly be featured next week. Also, as always, remember that prompt responses under 1K have to be posted as part of a collection. Prompt 552 – Creative Tag – End of the world Due to a lack of humanity, the world was a lot less forgiving. New strains of diseases, ones thought to have been eradicated, have come back stronger and with no vaccine. People everywhere are dying. How are you going to survive the end of the world. Prompt 553 – Creative Tag – List of Words Use the following words in a story – a dvd, a blanket, library card, a book, and a dagger. Last weeks Prompt #550 had a lot of responses, lets take a look. Prompts 2017 by Cazpedroso “There is no way I’m wearing that!” Dereck snapped. Chris looked at the costume he was holding then back at his furious looking partner. “Why not?” “I’ll look like an idiot. That’s why not!” “But, it’s couples costume night. We’re supposed to either dress in matching costume or as a famous couple. If you don’t like this what about, Tweedle-dumb and Tweedle-dee? They’d be less revealing if that’s the problem.” The End of the Big K by jamessavik "There is no way I’m wearing that!" The comm crackled, "Come on Bobby, you have to. There's too much damage. Most of the ship is open to vacuum." "I can't. I've got claustrophobia. I'll go nuts in there." "Look- you've got to do it. Containment is breaking down on the #3 Fusion plant. We lose that and this wreck will become a mini supernova. You've got to get out of there." A Ripping Yarn by northie “There is no way I'm wearing that!” Geoff stared in disbelief at the sartorial monstrosity Helen was offering him. She laughed at him although with some sympathy. “Geoff, what else are you gonna wear for the gig this evening?” He backed away from her slightly, still unable to take his eyes off … it. Unrequited by Sasha Distan “There is no way I’m wearing that!” “Why not?” Max snorted at his best friend, and turned away. “Because it’s two sizes too small, and it’s blue.” Prompt #550 by Hunter Bartholomew “There is no way I’m wearing that!” “Why not?” “Because!” Marcus waved at the contraption as if the gesture was explanation enough. “What?” Andy flipped the black cotton vest back and forth, inspecting it for defects. “What’s wrong with it?” Prompt #550 by Greg_A “There is no way I’m wearing that!” I growled, glaring at Alex. “Why not?” Alex asked with a grin on his face letting me know he knew perfectly well why not. “I know you normally like blue, but I thought you’d look good in green. Well, green and black.” “The color is not the point,” I hissed with my teeth clenched. “I’m not wearing that thing!” “Why?” Alex asked again, his voice getting a little defensive. “What’s wrong with it?” Plan by JohnAR “There is no way I’m wearing that!” The wind carried the protesting voice up to his terrace. She cried in his arms. He might be Fate, but he couldn’t make the world silent to comfort his goddess. Even if her child had died. “Come on, you’re not in Alabama. This is Greece. Speedos are normal here.”

Happy Friday! I hope everyone has had a great week and is ready for the weekend. To help start your weekend off on the right foot, we have a couple of new prompts for you. Don't forget that prompt responses under 1,000 words can be posted in GA Stories as long as they are part of a collection. And also, remember to share your prompt responses in the appropriate forum thread so that we can possibly share them next week! Prompt 548 – Word List Tag – List of Words Use the following words in a story – Cold wind, blue sweater, bald man, postcard, and a gift. Prompt 549 – Creative Tag – Superhero You’ve been tasked to create a superhero for today’s average person. Your creation will be made into a movie. What is your superhero about? What is their message and what powers do they have? And our featured prompt responses from Prompt #546 Mistaken Identity by Sasha Distan “Just slowly rub it in, why don’t you!” Ewan laughed heartily, and slapped his friend’s shoulder. The other guys in the common room had fallen about in similar fits of giggles, and Jim was becoming so red in the face it was a wonder he was still able to draw breath. “Oh dude, your face.” “Shut up,” Craig whined, shifting his weight from foot to foot, looking decidedly uncomfortable. “You guys are horrid.” “We weren’t the ones flirting with the new teacher,” Jim pointed out, having regained full control of his lungs. “I was not flirting!” Craig huffed. Dean by JohnAR “Just slowly rub it in!” Stiller moaned. “You’ve declined his ‘invitations’ at least four times,” Carl added with a smirk. It wasn’t often he had the upper hand versus a US Army General and beta. “Our alpha is not showing up, either. You couldn’t expect this dean not to want to talk with the pack who has a love affair with vampires – on his campus,” he continued stating the obvious. “Done with gloating, enforcer?” Stiller barked. There were limits. “Sure,” Carl answered, not so sure. Maybe that taught Stiller he was an enforcer, a potential alpha, and not a little secretary.

Today I get to be Renee! Woohoo! This time of year, it seems everyone is busy, busy, busy. But surely you have a bit of time to write some flash fiction, don't you? Last week we had two repeat Why don't you check out the prompts below. Hopefully they'll spark some inspiration. Prompt 542 – Creative Tag – List of words Use the following words in a story – red leaf, turkey, squeaky wheel, pumpkin, and a blue shoe. Prompt 543 – Creative Tag – First Line I think it is time for you and I to have a little talk. Last week's prompts were put up as a second chance to inspire authors, so I'm featuring a piece that's also from an earlier prompt. Check out Hunter Thompson's story inspired by prompt #539. Read the rest here!

Brrrr... Anyone want some snow? I have plenty of it that I can give! First snowstorm of the year dropped at least 10 inches on us. Who else has gotten the white fluffy stuff? Anyway, now that the talk of weather is out of the way, it's time for the weekly prompts. Once again, we're taking a look back at two prompts which, for whatever reason, got overlooked. Don't forget to share your prompt responses in the threads. To make it easier, I've linked to both of the threads. Prompt 502 – Word List Use the following words in a story : a cop, a statue, a ship, a pink ribbon, a bag of candy. Prompt 507 - Creative Your life has been easy, but now you have to make a choice that will determine your whole future. You are having to choose between not only two dream jobs, but two very different partners. The first job pays well, and leaves you with one of the two people you love most, it is also in deep space and will keep you from seeing or really talking to anyone else for eight years. However, you will be paid approximately ten million dollars. The other job keeps you in the countryside, never far from anything, with other partner you love. The big drawback is you will paid $30,000 a year, but will be given a small home to live in for the length of the project. What do you choose? Did anyone do the last round of second chance prompts? I don't see any links in the two forum threads. So this week, I'm going to do things a little different. Everyone is welcome to comment and share a short excerpt, and link, for one of their past prompt responses.

Happy Friday, Y'all!!!!! Hope everyone is looking forward to the weekend, I know I am! To help start your weekend off right, it's time for some new prompts. Hopefully one of these great prompts will inspire you, and don't forget to share your responses (at least a link) so that they can possibly be featured next week. Also, as always, remember that prompt responses under 1K have to be posted as part of a collection. Prompt 536 – Creative Tag – List of Words Use the following in a story – a sword, a new car, a museum, an eagle, and a burrito. Prompt 537 – Creative Tag – A Spider A lab in New York City had been cross breeding spiders trying to create a stronger type of silk. However, their cross breeding has created some strange side affects. The problem is two of the spiders have escaped the confinement of the lab. What happens next? Prompt Responses from Prompt #534 - First Line: “And who are you supposed to be?" Twilight's Last Gleaming - jamessavik “And who are you supposed to be?" "I'm Gorman from Global Analysis" He handed the officious man an identity card. The bureaucrat read the card as if it might say 'enemy agent, detain on sight', and then returned the credentials'. "Please come in Mr. Gorman. The committee is waiting. Are you an analyst for GA?" Gorman took off his gloves revealing a dagger tattoo on one hand an ace of diamonds on the other. He said, "No sir. I'm the owner." He cocked his head in the direction of the door indicating to the bureaucrat to lead him inside. MetaSplash - JohnAR “And who are you supposed to be?” Rory teased shouting up the precipice. “Moby Dick?” Will giggled. More laughter. “Let’s get away from the lake before he drowns us emptying the lake,” another voice suggested jokingly. Warren tried to ignore them. Hunter's Prompt Responses - Hunter Thomson "And who are you supposed to be?" I called out. I stepped out onto the back porch of my ranch, only to see movement coming from the fields. I wasn't surprised. It was almost harvest season, and movement meant either more scavengers, or more thieves. Either way, I wasn't happy to deal with them. I was less happy when it was people who popped into view. the couple, at least I assumed they were a couple the way they were dragging each other along, appeared at the edge of my corn field without any warning.

Happy Friday, Y'all!!!!! Hope everyone is looking forward to the weekend, I know I am! To help start your weekend off right, it's time for some new prompts. Hopefully one of these great prompts will inspire you, and don't forget to share your responses (at least a link) so that they can possibly be featured next week. Also, as always, remember that prompt responses under 1K have to be posted as part of a collection. Prompt 524 – Creative Tag – List of Words Use the following in a story – a beach blanket, a sandwich, a bottle of water, a broken shoe, and a bird. Prompt 525 – Creative Tag – A Life Delayed At twenty-seven you put your life on hold when your mother’s health declined. It was a long time until she passed, only for your father to follow in her footsteps. You never thought of yourself, but now your life is your own again and you are now forty. What happens now? For this week, I decided to feature the responses from Prompt #522:

Happy Friday, Y'all!!!!! Hope everyone is looking forward to the weekend, I know I am! To help start your weekend off right, it's time for some new prompts. Hopefully one of these great prompts will inspire you, and don't forget to share your responses (at least a link) so that they can possibly be featured next week. Also, as always, remember that prompt responses under 1K have to be posted as part of a collection. Prompt 528 – Creative Tag – List of Words Use the following in a story – a zoo, a bright green shirt, a hot dog, a security guard, and torn pants. Prompt 529 – Creative Tag -The Trip There is a good news bad news sort of win at your job. There was a trip to the one place you have always wanted to. The trip includes air fare, hotel, and two meals daily. The bad news is the one coworker you can’t stand one the other ticket and will be with you the whole time. You can either go with them or give up the trip of a lifetime. What do you do? Due to my own fault of forgetting to put the prompts in the forum, I only know of Mikiesboy's prompt response to Prompt #527. If you did one of the prompt responses from last week, please feel free to share in the comments!

I'm back! (For now) Did y'all miss me? Thank you to both Cia and Steve (Wildone) for taking over for me while I was on vacation. I hope everyone is looking forward to the weekend, I know I am! To help start it off right, it's time for the weekly prompts. Hopefully one of these great prompts will inspire you, and don't forget to share your responses (at least a link) in the forum so that they can possibly be featured next week. Also, as always, remember that prompt responses under 1K have to be posted as part of a collection. Prompt 532 – Creative Tag – List of Words Use the following in a story – a bank, a blonde wig, a doctor, a fire hydrant, and a doughnut. Prompt 533 – Creative Tag – Police Officer You recently graduated from the academy, and have your own assigned area to protect. However, you aren’t a normal police officer, because your beat is a quadrant of space. What is your job like? For this week, I decided to feature the responses from Prompt #530:

Happy Friday, Y'all!!!!! Hope everyone is looking forward to the weekend, I know I am! To help start your weekend off right, it's time for some new prompts. Hopefully one of these great prompts will inspire you, and don't forget to share your responses (at least a link) so that they can possibly be featured next week. Also, as always, remember that prompt responses under 1K have to be posted as part of a collection. Prompt 516 – Creative Tag – List of Words Use the following in a story – a zombie, a lab coat, a green car, a rusty bicycle, and a baby. Prompt 517 – Creative Tag – The Servant Technology has advanced so quickly that many homes now have robotic servants that cater to a family’s every need. Some people feel the robotic servants are stealing jobs, some can’t afford them, and others are leery of them. A new model has come out and you have been chosen as one of ten trial users. What is your servant like? For this week, I decided to feature the responses from Prompt #514:

Happy Friday, Y'all!!!!! Hope everyone is looking forward to the weekend, I know I am! To help start your weekend off right, it's time for some new prompts. Hopefully one of these great prompts will inspire you, and don't forget to share your responses (at least a link) so that they can possibly be featured next week. Also, as always, remember that prompt responses under 1K have to be posted as part of a collection. Prompt 520 – Creative Tag – List of Words Use the following in a story – a tire iron, a bloody foot print, a bat, a diamond ring, and a cake. Prompt 521 – Creative Tag – The Test You are among a small group of people who are preparing a ship for deep space travel. Those among the group who pass a test will be allowed to become part of the crew. What is the test about and are you chosen? For this week, I decided to feature the responses from Prompt #518:

Happy Friday, Y'all!!!!! Hope everyone is looking forward to the weekend, I know I am! To help start your weekend off right, it's time for some new prompts. Hopefully one of these great prompts will inspire you, and don't forget to share your responses (at least a link) so that they can possibly be featured next week. Also, as always, remember that prompt responses under 1K have to be posted as part of a collection. Prompt 508 -Creative Tag – List of Words Use the following in a story – a blue coat, a large animal, a crutch, a new house, and an evergreen tree. Prompt 509 – Creative Tag – The Tire Your were called away for a business trip to the middle of nowhere. On the way home you blew a tire. When you go for your spare you remember you were going to get it fixed, but you forgot. You call the auto club and they send out a repair truck to help you. When it arrives you find yourself facing someone from your past. Who is it and what happens? For this week, I decided to feature the responses from Prompt #506:

Happy Friday, Y'all!!!!! Hope everyone is looking forward to the weekend, I know I am! To help start your weekend off right, it's time for some new prompts. Hopefully one of these great prompts will inspire you, and don't forget to share your responses (at least a link) so that they can possibly be featured next week. Also, as always, remember that prompt responses under 1K have to be posted as part of a collection. Prompt 512 – Creative Tag – List of words Use the following in a story – a snake, a thunderstorm, a muffled cry, a pink flower, and a towel. Prompt 513 – Creative Tag – Marked for Death You have been having issues with your roommates. It has only gotten worse when you won the lottery last week. Needing some time to yourself you go for a drive. As you begin to head toward the mountains as you usually do, your brakes fail. Luckily, you just had a minor accident, but the mechanic tells you the brakes were cut. Who is trying to kill you? For this week, I decided to feature the responses from Prompt #510:

And it's the end of the week again. Sorry about being so late in posting the writing prompts for this week, I haven't been home all day. Since it's already late, let's not delay any further and get right into the prompts! Prompt 506 – Creative Tag – List of Words Use the following words in a story : a dirty plate, a nurse, a green hat, a puddle, and a squirrel. Prompt 507 – Creative Tag – The Choice Your life has been easy, but now you have to make a choice that will determine your whole future. You are having to choose between not only two dream jobs, but two very different partners. The first job pays well, and leaves you with one of the two people you love most, it is also in deep space and will keep you from seeing or really talking to anyone else for eight years. However, you will be paid approximately ten million dollars. The other job keeps you in the countryside, never far from anything, with other partner you love. The big drawback is you will paid $30,000 a year, but will be given a small home to live in for the length of the project. What do you choose? Let's take a look at those who took up Prompt #504:

So this week, I had to set up the prompts from comicfan a little early, because I'll be out of town. (Ha! I'm not even here and yet I'm still doing the prompts, go me!). I'll be featuring the responses to Prompt #500 today, but if you did the prompt and it's not posted here, it's nothing against you, it's just that it wasn't up before I set up the blog post. Feel free to share them in the comments if you'd like. Don't forget, that if you post your prompt responses in GA stories, anything under 1,000 words cannot be posted by itself and must be done as part of a collection. Now, let's look at the prompts! Prompt 502 – Creative Tag – List of Words Use the following words in a story : a cop, a statue, a ship, a pink ribbon, a bag of candy. Prompt 503 – Creative Tag – The Exhibit You were told by your lover that you had a date Saturday morning and you were to dress up. When the time comes you find yourself dragged to see local museum to see an exhibit of your favorite eork. What was the exhibit on and what happened? Now, lets look at the responses from our 500th prompt!

Happy Friday everyone! And if you didn't notice, it's Friday the 13th to boot! Do you have any Friday the 13th superstitions? If so, let me hear em! Just for fun, I'm going to do a "special prompt" for Friday the 13th, on top of our regular prompts. Since we missed prompts last week, I'm also including the newest Poetry Prompt for you. Have fun writing, and don't forget that prompt responses can be posted in GA Stories, but any under 1K must be posted as part of a collection! Special Prompt #1 Tag - Friday the 13th It's Friday the 13th and you're having a movie night with all your friends. You're having a marathon of the Friday the 13th movies. You've just put the second one in when you get a creepy phone call and start hearing sounds from outside. What was said in the phone call and what sounds are you hearing and who, or what, is making them. Prompt 498 – Creative Tag -List of Words Use the following words in a story : a pen, a blonde wig, a bag of groceries, a swan, and a deck of cards. Prompt 499 – Creative Tag -The Achievement You going to working long and hard on your project. It is taking years to get to this point but you have finally completed it. What is this major achievement? Poetry Prompt #20 Write three Found Poems on the themes of 'Loss,' 'Memory,' and 'Celebration.' Your source material is The Dead, by James Joyce. You may decide if you wish to explore metre in your poem or not, or rhymes to accent certain parts. You may also wish to consider using a repeating section as a refrain. Let your imagination run free, as long as you allow the three principal themes to guide your creation of three freestanding works. You can learn more about Found Poetry in the thread. For our featured Prompt Responses, I decided to take a look at the poetry responses from Poetry Prompt #19:

Happy Friday! A little birdie told me that people were wanting their prompt fix. The prompts are a great way to jumpstart writing, whether you're stuck on your current project or you're looking to write for the first time. Don't forget that prompt responses that are under 1K can be posted in GA Stories, but they must be posted as part of a collection. So without further delay, here's your weekly prompts. Prompt 494 – Creative Tag – List of Words Use the following words in a story : army uniform, a dog, a tent, a hamburger, and a toy. Prompt 495 – Creative Tag – The Vacation Mostly you wanted to stay home, but you won a vacation. Where was the trip to and how was it? This week, let's look at the responses for Prompt #492:

I hope everyone is having a great week! It's time for this weeks prompts, supplied by our prompt guru, Comicfan. Just a reminder, and for those who haven't worked with the prompts before: prompt responses under 1,000 words must be posted as part of a collection. Hopefully you'll find something in this weeks prompts to spark an idea and get you writing! Prompt 482 – Creative Tag – List of Words Use the following words in a story – a tree limb, a garbage bag, a lemon, a chicken, and bees. Prompt 483 – Creative Tag – The Trip You decided you needed a little vacation and jump in your car to get away. Where do you go on your little trip? For this week, I decided to share all the responses for Prompt #480. Enjoy! Continue Reading Continue Reading Continue Reading

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!! I hope everyone had a safe and happy new year. How did you spend your New Years Eve? I know this is kind of late, but it's time for the first prompts of 2016!!! Hopefully you'll find something that will get those creative juices flowing. Don't forget, if posting your prompt responses in GA Stories, stories of less than 1000 words need to be posted as part of a collection. Happy Writing!!! Prompt 468 - Creative Tag- List of Words Use the following words in a story- a blanket, a cake, a torn shirt, a pink ribbon, & a bat. Prompt 469 - Creative Tag - The Allergy You told your date all about your favorite foods. Tonight they are cooking for you. As you eat you suddenly begin to swell and your date calls for an ambulance. What are you allergic to, and what happened? For our featured prompt response, let's take a look at Valkyrie's response to Prompt #466. Read the rest!

Use the following words in a story : A man’s ring, a dish rag, a pillow, a snake, and a ticket.

Use the following in a story – a snake, a thunderstorm, a muffled cry, a pink flower, and a towel.

Use the following words in a story : army uniform, a dog, a tent, a hamburger, and a toy.

Use the following words in a story : a dirty plate, a nurse, a green hat, a puddle, and a squirrel.

Use the following in a story – a zombie, a lab coat, a green car, a rusty bicycle, and a baby.