Point | Prompt #23

Point | Prompt #23

PROMPT : POINT The Principal sat back, lecture delivered, cheeks red and flushed, one finger tugging at his collar. “And your father can answer to the school board!” He finished, beady eyes narrowing to identical slits. I stared calmly back, wondering whether my...
Point | Prompt #23

Scent | Prompt #22

PROMPT : SCENT Steel and roses. That’s what she smelled like, at least, to my uneducated nose. I only knew that she was always there when I needed her and that she was everything I wanted to be when I grew up. “Lady Herrington?” Maid Louisa stood outside of the door,...
Point | Prompt #23

Clean | Prompt #21

PROMPT : CLEAN Perry stifled a laugh as he caught sight of his reflection in the glass panels of the back door. “Mum’s going to kill us,” he said, cheerfully. His little sister, Chelsea grinned. “Probably, but at least the ship’s clean.” “The ship and the dogs and the...
Point | Prompt #23

Tyrant | Prompt #20

PROMPT : TYRANT “Just wait until I get my claws in him, the bloody tyrant!” Maura raged. “How dare he!” She shrieked. The twins behind her, winced in tandem. “Gee, Maura, I don’t suppose you could be any louder, could you?” Stephen joked. “Ask me again and I’ll...