Creative Busyness

writing challenge

  • To call or not to call?

    1 She used to be proud. He said he would call her, so she would wait, but never call him before he made the promised call. A day passed and no word from him. 2 days, 3, 4…. She has hurt, thinking he didn’t care. She meets a friend at the mall, who asks about Read more

  • Fiction: Busy Bee

    Thursday morning. Wake up. Migraine. Get up. Wake up the kids. Have breakfast. Get kids ready to school. Walk them to school. Work from home. Automation won’t work, do it manually. Stop to go to the doctor. Come back to a meeting. Work non-stop until 3:25. Bring suitcase down for hubby. Pick up kids at Read more

  • Gunslinger

    He is crossing the desert after the man who killed his father. The crossing is though, but the need for revenge keeps him going. After days in open desert, he finally reaches a village. The story of the murder and his seek for revenge travelled faster than he did, though, and the townsfolk knew who Read more

  • The view

    This has always been the view from my room. A pretty walled garden, full of roses. I can’t smell the roses, but that’s actually good, as I can’t stand their sweet smell. But I still like to view the view. Last week, a new person moved in. It’s a lady who likes to paint. She’s now Read more

  • Fairytale

    It is her first hike ever. Alina is in awe. A funny butterfly crosses her way and she goes after it. After a while, she reaches a clearing with a stunning waterfall. Fluttering all around the place are thousands of the same funny butterflies. Then she realizes they’re no butterflies. They’re fairies! She knew they existed! Read more

  • Fiction in 50: Public Enemy Number One

    The public was in awe. The tricks performed by the magician were unbeliveably amazing. Some were trying to explain the tricks, some were just accepting that magic may even exist. Then it happened. The mice chewed the loops that held the curtains, and the secret to the tricks was revealed.   This post was written in Read more

  • Time

    They were best friends ever since they can remember. It started at toddler years and their friendship only grew with time. They would laugh together, cry together, suffer together, be happy together. But time went by and their lives parted. Each had their own families and had a great happy time with them. She had Read more

  • Forever mine

    Summer used to be on my great-grandmother’s house. A few miles from it there was a beach. It was a rocky beach and at the end of it there was a promontory that was covered up with water at high tide, leaving a few rocks surface like islands. The last island was my hideout. I Read more

  • Even if briefly

    Rain has filled a big pail in the backyard with water. Then the frost comes and the water becomes a big, cilindrical block of ice. One day, we need the pail inside. I drag it in and warm it up a little bit so the ice comes out. I look at the beauty of that Read more

  • The King is Down

    Trying on a writing challenge once again (have I ever mentioned that the only occasion when I write is when I decide to take these challenges?). This time, it comes from the Literary Lion and the word of the week is King. I never lived under a King or a Queen, I don’t like war and Read more