Tag: Short story

• “Once Upon A Time”

  In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Once Upon a Time.” Tell us about something that happened to you in real life last week — but write it in the style of a fairy tale. Once upon a time not long ago on an early warm morning, retired beach bums gathered along the Gulf of…

  Expedition Nomadic Adventurer

  02/01/2015

  Aspiring Writer

  Blog Postings, Short story

• “Let it be”

  (Daily Prompt) Write a post about something that should’ve been left untouched, but wasn’t. Why was the original better? One month before Christmas a divorced mother who is a screenwriter of several successful television shows and a dozen featured movies, asked her daughter what she wanted for Christmas? Her daughter aged seventeen has always displayed a…

  Expedition Nomadic Adventurer

  11/10/2014

  Aspiring Writer, Retirement lifestyle

  creative writer, Short story

• Truth Serum or are you listening?

  Most mornings I people watch the many walkers, and joggers passing by along the beach as I sit at a picnic table, underneath a pavilion facing the Gulf Of Mexico during the early mornings before 8:00 am. From time to time, someone will sit and a conversation begins with comments about the weather in southwest Florida. I…

  Expedition Nomadic Adventurer

  09/30/2014

  Aspiring Writer, Retirement lifestyle

  Blog Postings, Flash Fiction, Listening, Short story

• “Nightmare Jobs” (Short Story)

  In response to The Daily Post’s writing prompt: “Nightmare Job.” In honor of Labor Day in North America, tell us what’s the one job you could never imagine yourself doing. On the day for which we honor those American Employees who work full or part-time. In the early 70’s my father owned several rental homes…

  Expedition Nomadic Adventurer

  09/09/2014

  courage, Dicipline, honesty, Retirement lifestyle, Sacrafice, Truthfulness

  Blog Postings, Flash Fiction, Short Stories, Short story