8:00

A couple times a week, around 8 p.m.

Our den is dimly lit. Invited guests speak in whispers as we hang on every word.

It unfolds there in the shadowy room.

Schemes crafted.

By 845, covert operations have nearly been executed.

15 minutes later elusive criminals are being discussed.

The most perplexing and perverse criminal minds.

In less than an hour a profile’s complete; analysis is set forth.

The baby sleeps and the DVR plays on.

This week’s prompt was to:

Take my readers to a version of 8:00–A.M. or P.M., fiction or creative nonfiction– in 200 words or less. Tuesday by David Wiesner, a (mostly) wordless picture book that plays with the question, “What really happens at different times of day?” was the inspiration.

Text A Story

It was a leisurely walk. Five minutes after returning there was blood. Her words alarming, she breathed “we better go to the hospital.”

This week’s prompt was to:

Compose a post in the form of a text–160 characters.

Your text must elicit or express fear.

Though this initially looks like more of a fiction prompt, we challenge our non-fiction writers to take a stab at it as well. (Stab! Scary!)