ART – GENERATIVE AI – COLOR (CHARACTER VISUALIZATION) Meet Aslak, the Shadow Lord. He is the leader of a group called Sombra. Aslak and his group are central characters in a story that has been developing for nearly 30 years. I’ve written countless stories during this time, but I always seem to come back to … Continue reading Portrait of the Day – 06262024
ART – GENERATIVE AI – SCIENCE FICTION I’m a bit of a science fiction junkie. The live-action stuff. I don’t read much of the literature. But, with all the talk about impending death by machines. I decided to imagine what one would look like. So, I asked a machine to render an example. Here are … Continue reading Portrait of the Day – 06242024
CHALLENGE RESPONSES – FICTION Chapter 1 The room was filled with smoke. I cough and stare through my stinging eyes at the game. Harry is sitting, acting like he’s stumbling drunk, and the others are falling for it. Man, this guy could bluff his way through anything. A few years back, when Harry and I … Continue reading The Jaded Side of the Truth – 1
DAILY PROMPT RESPONSE I came up with potential responses to this prompt. Either would have been fine. However, I spent most of the night and a good part of the wee hours working. As a multi-genre artist, work could mean anything. Well, last night, I worked on character descriptions for my fiction. It’s nothing to … Continue reading Art
CHALLENGE RESPONSE – FICTION Here is my response to Writer’s Workshop The sun through the 4th floor glass felt good, It was partly on my shoulder and partly on my face. It was good to the feel the warmth. I’d been so cold lately. Nothing, I did made me warm enough. Even when AC went … Continue reading Writer’s Workshop Prompt – 05312024
FICTION – PHOTO CHALLENGE RESPONSE Here is my response to MLMM Photo Challenge I surveyed my kingdom and the lush gardens before me from my perch on the railing. There’s a sign by the gate with a picture of me. It says something below it. They call me Stanley. I wonder which one came up … Continue reading MLMM Photo Challenge – 05302024
CHALLENGE PROMPT RESPONSE – FICTION Chapter 4 The darkness slipped away, and I was back in my office. The cats surrounded me, asleep. They yawned, arching their backs as if they were awaiting my return. I had yet to learn where I had been. I went into the kitchen to make some coffee. First, I … Continue reading The Wet Dog – Chapter 4
CHALLENGE RESPONSE – FICTION Chapter 3 The world shifted, and the fluttering wings stopped. I sat there in darkness, wondering where I had gone this time. I asked myself what was happening to me. It felt like my pen had become alive. Things that occupied my mind and found their way to the page had … Continue reading The Wet Dog – Chapter 3
FICTION The world stopped shifting; I expected to be back at my desk, confused and stared at by my cats. Have you ever noticed that cats have this way of staring at you that makes you feel like an idiot? They seem to do it when you have done nothing deserving. Yet, you pause and … Continue reading The Wet Dog – Chapter 2
What activities do you lose yourself in? DAILY PROMPT RESPONSE – FICTION I don my Bluetooth Sennheiser Headphones and plug the charger into my phone. We are less than 30%. I don’t know how long this will take, so I will take my time but hurry every chance I get. A Lucky Strike smolders in … Continue reading The Wet Dog
CHALLENGE RESPONSE – FICTION Here is my response to RDP’s Daily Prompt – Lithe In the heart of a bustling city park, where children’s laughter mingled with the melodious chirping of birds, sat a man named Julian. He was a solitary figure amidst the vibrant chaos, a contemplative soul who found peace in the art … Continue reading Julian’s Truth
CHALLENGE RESPONSE – PROSE/FICTION Here is my response to RDP’s Trifling A quaint village nestled between rolling hills and whispering woods lived a trifling spirit named Elara. Mischievous and light-hearted, she danced through the villagers’ lives like a playful breeze, her presence barely more substantial than a fleeting shadow. With a penchant for harmless pranks, … Continue reading RDP – Monday -02262024
CHALLENGE RESPONSE – FICTION Chapter 1 A boy named Timmy Sinclair lived in a bustling city named Licksville, known far and wide for his extraordinarily large tongue. Timmy was no ordinary boy, and his tongue was no ordinary tongue. It was the size of a baguette, supple like a gymnast’s and versatile like an artist’s … Continue reading Lizard Boy: Timmy Sinclair
Book Review: Coronado (Short Story Collection) by Dennis Lehane My first book from Dennis Lehane was Mystic River. Nervously, I bought a few more books from him. I was nervous because I had purchased and read books by other authors who fed my written word addiction several times. Now, some addicts read whatever they get … Continue reading The Knucklehead Report – Issue #3
DAILY PROMPT RESPONSE When we have a conversation about leadership, one can find opinions and ideals with a few keystrokes. There are seminars, books, and articles thoroughly covering the subject. During my time in the military I read several in an attempt to find everything I could about becoming a better leader. I’ve listed a … Continue reading The Burden of Leadership
CHALLENGE RESPONSE – FICTION My response to RDP – Thursday – bamboozle The Grand Bamboozle A spry little man named Barkan lived in the serpentine alleys of the ancient city of Khazan, notorious for its labyrinthine streets and enigmatic inhabitants. Barkan was not your average resident. He was a trickster, a master of bamboozles, and … Continue reading RDP – Thursday
CHALLENGE RESPONSE – PROSE Here is my response for RDP Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. Let me be blunt from the beginning. The snow was coming down heavy, but the wind blew it sideways. The temperature was dropping rapidly. I didn’t want to be out here, but the gig paid the bills. Prices were so high … Continue reading Sunday, Monday, Tuesday – RDP
DAILY PROMPT RESPONSE Questions like these make me roll my eyes and shake my head. It seems like the next thing they will be asking is, “What does it all mean?” What’s my place in the world?” And more nonsense questions. I have this attitude because it is the decisions we make that cause us … Continue reading Questions Like These…
What’s your favorite cartoon? DAILY PROMPT RESPONSE I watched so many cartoons as a child I can’t remember them all. Of course, the classics like Scrooby-Do and Bugs Bunny. However, there was one cartoon that appeared later. GI-Joe ended up being my jam. It might have sparked from having the action figure GI Joe with … Continue reading Real American Heroes
FICTION I found a letter from a woman named Wilmela Turnbull. By the way, the letter was written she was my father’s mother. She made it clear that she disapproved of the relationship between my father and mother. I couldn’t understand why she was so against two people who loved each other. So I decided … Continue reading Where the Blackbird Sings – 6
PROSE – FICTION I moved the breadbox to the side and fished down an old shoebox. I held it up so Mother could see it. She nodded and motioned for me to put it on the table beside her. I walked over and laid the box on the table. Then, I went to the stove … Continue reading Where the Blackbird Sings – 5
PROSE – FICTION Mother moved slowly as she made her way to the stove. She motioned for me to sit down, But I stood in case she needed me. She poured a cup of coffee, brought it to the table, and sat down. Motioning again for me to join her. “I will be alright, baby… … Continue reading Where the Blackbird Sings – 4
PROSE – SERIES FICTION “Well, invite me in…. I got business with your mama. The interest is due on this place, and I am here to collect it,” I didn’t like his tone or manner. I had two barrels filled with turkey shot. It wouldn’t kill, but the hurt would be enough to make him … Continue reading Where the Blackbird Sings – 3
PROSE – FLASH FICTION With a nudge from Butchy, a well-seasoned mix breed woke me. His tired, bloodshot eyes looked like I felt. It was time to let him out to stretch his legs. He had been on guard all night by Mother’s side. I opened the door, and he was on his way. There … Continue reading Where the Blackbird Sings – 2
PROSE – FICTION The leaves on the trees rustled as the squirrels playfully chased each other limb to limb. In the forest, there was a clearing. A woman reading from a book sat in this clearing next to some fallen branches. The woman dressed in a habit, and the book was small in size but … Continue reading The Lucidity of Silence – Scene 2
PROSE – FLASH FICTION The ice was perched in the corner of the window. The panes rattled from the wind. The candle’s flame danced in the reflection. Yet, there was a stillness outside that only the cold brings. Nothing moving, not a stir, just the glow of the predator’s stare from the shadows. He could … Continue reading Where the Blackbird Sings
PROSE – FLASH FICTION The wooden rocking chair creaks against the porch in perfect time with the living clock on the wall: Tick, tick, tick. Carol Oxford sat on her porch, looking at the sky, lost in her thoughts about what she had seen in her lifetime. The memories of everything she had lived through. … Continue reading The Lucidity of Silence – 1
FICTION – RANDOM THOUGHTS Daylight slipped into the darkness. The streets have begun to empty. People have started to enter the safety of their homes. A mother is sipping a cup of tea after a hard day’s work. A father making dinner for his children and a sister reading a story to her brother before … Continue reading Shaking of the Rust
What was the last thing you searched for online? Why were you looking for it? PROSE – DAILY PROMPT – FICTION Once, I decided to become a writer, a decision I came to after a bit of turmoil. I say this because I decided to change my career after breaking up with my longtime girlfriend. … Continue reading I’m not a Serial Killer … I swear!
What’s the most money you’ve ever spent on a meal? Was it worth it? PROSE – FICTION/MINI RANT/CHALLENGE I’m there’s a story like this in memories of most of the men on the planet. One might think I spent an obscene amount of money on a date with the opposite sex, however, this is a … Continue reading When you write about me …
Its sometimes strange or odd the way things work. I’ll never understand it. I don’t think I was intended too… This guys good I don’t read him as often as I’d like, but I do get to him it is always worth the journey for me. Give him a read, perhaps he’ll do the same … Continue reading REBLOG: Tony Z’s – Blue Sky
Imagine you’re browsing through a bookstore, and a novel catches your eye. You pick it up, flip to the first page, and read the opening line. In that… Hook, Line, and Sinker: Crafting a Powerful Opening Line for Your Novel Continue reading REBLOG: Hook, Line, and Sinker: Crafting a Powerful Opening Line for Your Novel
What’s the ”One Minute Fiction” challenge about? Easy. Each week I’ll provide a prompt to inspire you to write a very short story. The idea is to manage to type your whole story in a minute or less. Of course, you can think about it before hitting the keyboard, and you can take all your […] … Continue reading REBLOG: April 12th #1MinFiction Challenge — Cyranny’s Cove
What movies or TV series have you watched more than 5 times? My favorite TV show is Justified hands down. The question ask more than 5 times, that would be low for me. It hard to explain in words why the tales of Raylan Givens captivate me. I could babble on about this show until … Continue reading Justified
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