Aliferous Mannequin

The Aliferous mannequin held his daughter just out of arms reach. His fingertips touched the child’s heel before he lost his footing and began a thirty-two story descent.

(#VSS365 & #BraveWrite, Prompts: Mannequin & Aliferous, 170 characters)

Unfathomable

She lay paralyzed, as the unfathomable horror of the situation sunk in. Eight hairy legs, under the covers, crawling up her leg.

(#VSS365, Prompt: Unfathomable, 128 characters)

Pandemic

As the pandemic took hold, and the government began burning the bodies, they promised we wouldn’t lose a quarter of Earths population, like last time. They cannot repeat the mistakes they made in 2020.

(#HorrorPrompt, Prompt: Pandemic, 201 characters)

Euphoria

She rode a euphoric wave, looking into the face of God. Then lamented the fact, humankind was certainly not made in this gods image.

(#BraveWrite, Prompt: Euphoria, 132 characters)

Tribute

While the tribe carried him to the mouth of the volcano, as a tribute, Michael regretting showing the tribe a few magic tricks.

(#VSS365, Prompt: Tribute, 127 characters)

Whitecaps

The shipped rocked violently through the whitecaps. Frightful crewman fought to keep everything lashed down below deck. The captain grimaced, looking up at the silhouette of an unlit lighthouse.

(#VSS365, Prompt: Whitecaps, 194 characters)

Skip

She didn’t want to skip leg day, but if she didn’t eat his hands soon, he was going to pick the padlocks again.

(#MicroPrompt, Prompt: Skip, 111 characters)

Body

As the government began burning the bodies, they promised we wouldn’t lose a quarter of Earths population, like last time. They cannot repeat the mistakes they made in 2020.

(#BraveWrite, Prompt: Body, 174 characters)

Tag

She finished tagging her name on the wall and stepped back to admire her work. “Good job,” said the Banksy on the next wall along.

(#MicroPrompt, Prompt: Tag, 130 characters)

Deathly Earnings

She unrolled the ransom note. “£300,000 or we sacrifice your husband to Ix Chel.”

She patted the deathly creature on the head and gave it a pig’s ear. She’d earned it, she thought, as she fed the note into the paper shredder.

(#VSS365 & #BraveWrite, Prompts: #Earn #Deathly, 224 characters)