tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022413452547277809.post5840121110436614364..comments2023-07-06T07:33:06.262-04:00Comments on * Writers' Spark * Every story has to start somewhere *: Prompt: a clock, a match, a vintage post card, a packing crate (Use at least 3 of these) Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022413452547277809.post-32868381927018515532013-12-06T20:06:33.382-05:002013-12-06T20:06:33.382-05:00Fantastic! Calling out the cliche *in the cliche* ...Fantastic! Calling out the cliche *in the cliche* and giving it a setting is *awesome*!Margaret S. McGrawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18301618521427459626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022413452547277809.post-64019321172131937612013-12-06T01:45:56.632-05:002013-12-06T01:45:56.632-05:00Prompt: a clock, a match, a vintage post card, a p...Prompt: a clock, a match, a vintage post card, a packing crate (Use at least 3 of these)<br /><br /><br />It was cold, and dark, and my imagination was inventing all sorts of things creeping about the warehouse around me. I readjusted my injured foot, leaned back against the packing crate behind me, and searched for calm. I had two matches left. The last one’s flare had illuminated a clock showing a bare two minutes had gone by since Katie and her friend had left.<br /><br />_Just wait here_ Katie had said. _We’ll find out what’s going on and be back soon_<br /><br />I should have insisted on coming, even with my limp. Together, we could have found our way out of this maze of supposedly defunct warehouses and back to what masqueraded as civilisation. As it was, we were separated and ready to picked off one-by-one like used to happen in horror movies back when people made movies.<br /><br /><br />Time writing: 10 minutesAnnenoreply@blogger.com