Marian Allen's Blog, page 40
May 24, 2024
Fridays For Future, Climate Strike Online, StoryADay May
This post is part of StoryADay May (https://storyaday.org/) #StoryADay #StoryADayMay @storyadaymay #freeshortstory #FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrikeOnline Breathe When Cosmo put on his stained tan trenchcoat, he heard his mother stop putting dishes away and knew she was looking at him. This year, he looked back at her.…
May 23, 2024
Thursday Doors, StoryADay May: Princess
This post is part of StoryADay May (https://storyaday.org/) #StoryADay #StoryADayMay @storyadaymay #freeshortstory #ThursdayDoors Princess “Why can’t you be the princess?” said Steffie, in as close to a whine as a trained assassin could do. Agent Resa tucked her spray bottle of extra-strength Mr. Clean into…
May 22, 2024
One-Liner Wednesday, StoryADay May: Mainly It Were So
This post is part of StoryADay May (https://storyaday.org/) #StoryADay #StoryADayMay @storyadaymay #freeshortstory #OneLinerWednesday This is something my grandfather used to say if a story didn’t exactly line up with the details. Mainly It Were So George prided himself on his honesty. Not to the point…
May 21, 2024
Food Tuesday, StoryADay May: Love in the Time of Pancakes
This post is part of StoryADay May (https://storyaday.org/) #StoryADay #StoryADayMay @storyadaymay #freeshortstory Love in the Time of Pancakes They had promised, twenty years ago, after their first post-marital fight, that they would never go to bed angry. They had kept that promise, but it had…
May 20, 2024
Monday Recommends, Nail Art, StoryADay May: The Miracle of the Chains
This post is part of StoryADay May (https://storyaday.org/) #StoryADay #StoryADayMay @storyadaymay #freeshortstory #MondayRecommends #NailArt #nails #Maniology #HelloManiology #ManiologyAmbassador #MomGoth10discountcode #writingprompt I’m going to do my recommend and my nails first, since my story today is not a light-hearted oned. Sara and I have been separately…
May 19, 2024
StoryADay May: Holly Takes the Case, Part 3, Conclusion
This post is part of StoryADay May (https://storyaday.org/) #StoryADay #StoryADayMay @storyadaymay #freeshortstory @hjahangiri.author Below, please find HOLLY TAKES THE CASE, Part 3 For those who don’t know, years and years ago, I wrote a novel (currently out of print) set on Llannonn, a planet where…
May 18, 2024
Caturday, StoryADay May: Tipper’s Tale
This post is part of StoryADay May (https://storyaday.org/) #StoryADay #StoryADayMay @storyadaymay #freeshortstory Caturday #cats #catsofinstagram #cats_of_instagram #whitecats #Tipper #TipperLordSnowbottom #SirSniffsalot Hi, there! I’m Tipper Allen, and guess what? It’s my turn to tell a StoryADay May story! Tipper’s Tale Once upon a time, there was…
May 17, 2024
Fridays For Future, Climate Strike Online, StoryADay May: When Bees Collide
This post is part of StoryADay May (https://storyaday.org/) #StoryADay #StoryADayMay @storyadaymay #freeshortstory #FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrikeOnline Did you know honeybees aren’t native to the Americas? There are tons of native bees, though, that specialize in pollinating native plants like squash, blueberries, and tomatoes. Did you know bees…
May 16, 2024
Thursday Doors, StoryADay May — Trouble in Happy Caterham: A Steffie the Spy Story
This post is part of StoryADay May (https://storyaday.org/) #StoryADay #StoryADayMay @storyadaymay #freeshortstory #SteffieTheSpy #ThursdayDoors Trouble in Happy Caterham: A Steffie the Spy Story “That must have been a good-time place,” said Agent Trainee Lois. Her gesture indicated the string of white lights that ran from…
May 15, 2024
One-Liner Wednesday, StoryADay May: Write Every Day
This post is part of StoryADay May (https://storyaday.org/) #StoryADay #StoryADayMay @storyadaymay #freeshortstory #OneLinerWednesday StoryADay in May’s slogan is: Write this May, not ‘some day’! Write Every Day “I don’t wanna I don’t wanna I don’t wanna….” The whine was endless. It was mine. I was…
