Rennick slowly pushed through the knee-high grass, the smell of dirt and untouched earth in his nostrils. A plain of foliage lay out before him, expanding in all directions until on three sides it reached the forest and one side, directly ahead of him, was the tragically abandoned city. In the distance, he saw the … Continue reading CW Prompt: Ghost Town
There is an old saying, “when it stares you in the face, that’s when you know if you're going to just be good at this job or if you're going to be great.” These words kept circulating through my head as the sirens screamed on top of the rig. My eyes scanned around inside of … Continue reading “Probie”
Here's a slow-motion story that covers ten seconds of real time. No internal monologue was allowed. Let me know what you think! Jerome held out his Glock 19, relaxing his right hand while maintaining the weight with his left. His right index finger extended along the rail, careful not to break the plain of the … Continue reading CW Prompt: Ten Seconds
Every writer has a file of their old pieces. Short stories, poems, even old novels that as the person who wrote them, find them so cringeworthy to read again. It's not because they're sappy love letters or nostalgia you don't want to visit, but because after dedicating so much time and passion into your writing, … Continue reading Why Reading Old Work Is Good For Your Soul
With a word limit of 1K, this was a pretty open-ended prompt but with dialogue limitations. For the sake of academic limitations, I won't give the prompt but here's my result. Hope you enjoy! "Pick up your duty belt and begin to place your holster and tools along the belt as you see to be … Continue reading CW Prompt 2: FNG
Drew Schroeder 