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Monday, April 26, 2021

Lurchin' Urchin

Prompts = Curse, Shelf, Plant
Near the edge of the continental shelf, a small unassuming creature had an idea. What if, instead of moving along the seabed, you could fling yourself through the water.
Its first attempts were awkward and drew the laughter of its community. ‘Hey! Lurchin’ Urchin! Swimming’s for fish! Stop goofing off and plant yourself on the ground!’
‘Why should we crawl when instead we could swim! Why accept the curse of our tiny feet when we could jet through the water like eels! Why… ah…ah… ah… choo!!!’
The sneeze shot it backwards three metres.
‘Ooooh — cool’, said his former detractors.

I mentioned another story in the video below. It was “FauxKea”. Here’s the link.

Links to other sites where I publish:

Blogger = https://onehundredwordsbyparz.blogspot.com
Medium = https://medium.com/100-word-or-less-stories
YouTube = https://www.youtube.com/user/parzivalsattva

And a link to where my Lovely Lady Love (who also operates the camera) posts her art: https://www.youtube.com/user/recyclinggoddess

Friday, January 15, 2021

The Most Auspicious Arrangement

Photo by Michal Balog on Unsplash

Prompts = Blank, Shelf, Mellow

Moonbeam Lightbringer’s dream of setting up a spiritual bookshop had finally been realized. After days of placing products in their most auspicious arrangement, she’d opened her doors, ready for her first customer.

It didn’t take long. A mellow young woman entered the store shortly after opening, wandered the aisles and inspected the statues. She bought a small Guanyin, then left.

Moonbeam assessed the damage — a blank spot on a shelf was the least of her worries; the unbalanced energies were more so.

She closed the store so she could restock and rearrange the items into their new most auspicious arrangement.