by Rowan | Oct 4, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
IT IS MY SEASON AND I DONT CARE WHO KNOWS HOW HAPPY I AM It’s pouring rain outside. I just ate grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup. The sun goes down at a reasonable @#!$!@# hour. And I have more energy than at any time of the year. Which is good, because...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Oct 2, 2019 | Challenge, Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Voting, YeahWrite
Let’s Taco Bout It Oh hey, Friday is NATIONAL TACO DAY and I couldn’t be more excited. Can you tell? Except I can’t get quality tacos in Massachusetts the way I can in my home state of California. MA is more of a lobsta state, which is good in its...
by Christine Hanolsy | Oct 2, 2019 | Microprose, Open, YeahWrite
I ain’t afraid of no ghost I am, however, afraid of things that go bump in the night. And the monster that lives under my bed. And whatever it is that’s hiding behind the furnace in our dimly-lit basement. You’ll never catch me watching a typical...
by Stacie Dalrymple | Sep 28, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
For Science! When I first started writing for the grids, it took me a long time to lose some of the habits I’d developed writing scientific papers for years. Passive voice? BYE BYE. Long, convoluted sentences? I’m working on it. But one thing I refuse to...
by Asha Rajan | Sep 7, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Kickoff, Microprose, Nonfiction, YeahWrite
Baby On Board! It’s okay, I haven’t launched headlong into midlife crisis, there’s no wistful longing for some whimsical memory of raising small children. No, we got a new puppy. Frank. I didn’t name him. He was Frank when we got him, and when...
by Rowan | Sep 6, 2019 | Fiction|Poetry, Microprose, Nonfiction, Winners, YeahWrite
Sinking feelings Oh yeah, folks, if you’ve been following the Great Remodel saga, I have some good news for you: I can do the dishes. Well, my spouse can. Well, the dishwasher we bought because life is too short to fight over the dishes can. I’m so excited...
