tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022413452547277809.post7518587418197282732..comments2023-07-06T07:33:06.262-04:00Comments on * Writers' Spark * Every story has to start somewhere *: Prompt: Shadow life Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022413452547277809.post-22862392759933137212013-10-23T18:46:07.549-04:002013-10-23T18:46:07.549-04:00Nice shock value in the first paragraph, as your m...Nice shock value in the first paragraph, as your mind rewinds to assess that yes, the tables _are_ empty. Makes me wonder what is going on! And how she knows the boy.Annenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3022413452547277809.post-34055970353985387422013-10-23T18:40:56.469-04:002013-10-23T18:40:56.469-04:00Prompt: Shadow life
The shadow moved, over rock...Prompt: Shadow life<br /><br /><br />The shadow moved, over rocks and sticks – jumping airborne to reach the lower tips of a weeping willow’s branches – then shot straight up onto the brick side of the storefront. Jamie stopped, and the shadow stopped.<br /><br />“See, it’s you,” said his big sister.<br /><br />Jamie shook his head. Another shadow merged in, long thin extensions gyrating wildly.<br /><br />His sister flapped her arms. “And that’s me.”<br /><br />Jamie shook his head again. She didn’t understand. “It’s alive.” It wasn’t exactly what he wanted to say, but the words eluded him. He had so many thoughts, and so few ways to say them. But the shadow. The shadow would have more.<br /><br />He tilted his head, and the shadow’s bulbous top canted sideways. The taller, skinnier shadow had already separated. _Can you explain?_ he thought at it. The shadow seemed to melt deeper into the brick. _No_, apparently.<br /><br />He lifted an arm, and the shadow spawned a proboscis which attached to the other shadow. His sister took his hand, warm, after the faint cold of a shadow passed across their palms. He grinned. The shadow could come with them, safe in their grip. He trotted to keep up.<br /><br />Time writing: ~15 minutesAnnenoreply@blogger.com