Pumpkinery #99wordstories

This week’s #99wordstories at #thecarrotranch is September 5, 2023, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story that depicts the painting, “Southwest Pumpkins” by TOJ (from the introductory photo). Feel free to explore the nuances — do you focus on the art or seek a story? What vibes do you get? Who shows up to enter the image? What happens? Go where the prompt leads! Little…

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Really? Seriously? #99wordstories

Sometimes a prompt is just so extraordinary that it’s almost impossible to follow it. This week’s from the #carrotranch is May 30, 2023, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about a beaver slap. It can be an actual tail slap warning on the water or an imitation. Is a beaver slap the name of something — a new type of burger, perfume, or a sci-fi gadget? Take ecological and poetic…

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Strutting The Funk: #99wordstories #carrotranch

This week’s prompt is April 9, 2024, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about someone (or something) strutting. What has caused the overconfidence? Is it arrogant? Foolish? Legit? How does strutting shape a story? Have fun and go where the prompt leads! Funky Stuff And Other Struts Colonel Strutt is Little Tittweaking’s greatest benefactor. He supports local causes, and has,…

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Superhearoes: The Afters #99wordstories #carrotranch

This week’s carrot ranch prompt is April 2, 2024, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story that happens in a flash. A flash of inspiration? A flash flood? Who shows up in a flash? Who is impacted for a lifetime from a single flash incident? Go where the prompt leads! Superheroes: The Afters Little Tittweaking is an open hearted community, looking out for those in need. It helps…

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The Church Of Zombie The Apocryphal

A small addition to the Little Tittweaking’s Canon… The Church Of Zombie The Apocryphal Little Tittweaking welcomes all churches. St Canni of Bali, patron saint of all decaying flesh eaters moved into a defunct Woolworths, believing their pick and mix philosophy mirrored her own and has been a sanctuary to an eclectic mix of zombies, flesh-shedding cannibals and others with a humanistic leaning…

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Plugging Away #littletittweaking #99wordstories

This week’s prompt is March 12, 2024, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about leaving a leak. What (or who) is leaking? How can you use the leak to create tension? Expand the idea of leaks. Go where the prompt leads! Plugging Away Little Tittweaking’s history is littered with leaks. The unique dialect can be traced to a leak of German following a shift in the local Teutonic…

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More Awe #littletittweaking #99wordstories

This week’s prompt from the #carrrotranch is March 5, 2024, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write an awkward story. You can expand and demonstrate awkwardness in the action, dialog, verse, setting, or characters. You can explore the theme of what makes something awkward. Or submit a BOTS (based on a true story). Go where the prompt leads! More Awe Little Tittweaking’s old centre…

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Supernatural Banality #99wordstories

An odd little prompt telling us to boldly blow…. February 20, 2024, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about a cosmic egg soup. Is it something new on the menu or the deep horizon? Who is making the soup and why? Who will it feed and how will it change the story? Be inventive, imaginative, or playfully serious. Go where the prompt leads! Supernatural Banality Little…

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Unmasking #99wordstories

This week’s prompt is February 13, 2024, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about an intolerable mask. Who is wearing the mask and why? What is so intolerable about the mask? Is there empathy for the one behind the mask? Go where the prompt leads! Masking Tape Little Tittweaking’s film industry is renowned from one end of the High Street to the Chemists. It’s famous series,…

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Walk On Guy #littletittweaking #99wordstories

This week’s prompt is about lost and found February 6, 2024, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about something lost now found. Is it an object or person who is lost? How are they lost? What happens when what was lost is found? Go where the prompt leads! Walk On Guy Wanda Lust, Little Tittweaking’s tour guide loved lockdown. She curated online tours via SIT (See Interesting…

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Nuts, Ancient And Modern

A prompt from #carrotranch takes us to January 30, 2024, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about something made of walnut. How can the object expand a story? Who is the maker? How old is the object? What is its significance? Go where the prompt leads! Nuts, Ancient And Modern For decades, no one stayed loved-up for long in Little Tittweaking, due to the presence of a number…

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When Considering Evolution, Once Is Generally Enough #99wordstories

This week’s #carrotranch prompt is January 23, 2024, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about a fish out of water. What is the source of the tension? The characters, the action, the setting? Or, is it literally a story about fish, real or metaphorical? Go where the prompt leads! For centuries the River Tweak met all Little Tittweaking’s riparian needs from hydration, laundry…

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Revenge, Cold And Late

What would you do with this prompt? I wonder if I was right… January 16, 2023, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story that unfolds during wrecking weather. You can set the story anywhere and use any genre. Who are your wreckers? Your targets? Your merchants? Are there difficulties to overcome the weather? Go where the prompt leads! Revenge, A Dish Best Served Cold Raine Cloude…

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Finding Your Real Repurpose In Life #99wordstories

Following this week’s #99wordstories prompt from the carrot ranch January 9, 2024, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a recovery story. What instigated the recovery? What is being recovered? Data, athletes, illness — expand the idea of recovery and find your story. Go where the prompt leads! Finding Your Real Repurpose In Life Little Tittweaking has been at the forefront of the…

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Language Lessons #littletittweaking

Language Lessons In Little Tittweaking, words and phrases have evolved to take different meanings. Here, being a racist refers to those who abhor competitive running and it was the result of an adulterated consignment of a favourite 1980s soap powder that saw many people describe themselves omophobic. Recently, however a significant worry has grown with the arrival of the culture wars. Before…

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Coloured In #99wordstories

Back in Little Tittweaking, the prompt this week is January 2, 2024, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story using the color red. It can be a descriptor, a setting, a character, or a metaphor. How far can you get in a story by expanding “red”? Go where the prompt leads! Coloured In The Little Tittweaking colour palate offers several choices: the ‘browned off’ for those…

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