Creative Writing Prompts

1. I come from a long line of animal healers - almost four generations. I say almost because I haven't decided if this is a family tradition I want to keep alive. Don't get me wrong, I love animals and my heart weeps every time I have to wrap a broken wing or mend a leg that has been mangled in a trap. It's dedicating my life and my future children's lives that I have a problem with. Next week I'm supposed to go away to veterinarian school but... 2. It's hard to describe the sound of ripping fleshing. Even more difficult is the sound the flesh makes when a vampire makes first bite. You wouldn't think your sense of hearing would be paramount when you are being attacked but I guess that is just one of the ways the body separates itself from the pain. I never expected to survive but I did and the experience has... 3. Derrick held up his glass of wine and looked across the table at his brother Donny, then to Donny's wife Gia. "We're here to celebrate... 4. I knew he was being patronizing but I was still glad that he showed up. That someone I trusted was within an arm's length of me. I didn't reach out for him, I just looked at my blood painted hands and arms as he droned on about the risks of being a homicide detective. His words faded into the background as my own thoughts filled my mind. If only I had been a few minutes... 5. When you are as rich as I am it is easy to live an adventurous life. Just yesterday I took off in the company jet and went... 6. The first time I learned to use a hula hoop was... 7. She could hear the water running for a shower when she came in the front door. "That's strange," she said. She dropped her keys in the lead crystal dish on top of the buffet and headed up the stairs. The bathroom door was ajar a few inches and steam was billowing out. As her fingers reached out to push the door open the small hairs on the back of her neck stood to attention. But it was too late, the masculine hand was already on her... 8. I hate surprises. No, I really do hate surprises. The last time someone surprised me I nearly... 9. John and I had been trying to have a baby for four years by the time Joshua Chimer came into our lives. We never talked about adopting and we definitely never thought we would have to make good on our god parent vows to friends we hadn't seen%u2026 well, a long time. But as we stood there looking into the five year old's bright blue eyes we knew it was... 10. "I really wanted to see you again," said Rebecca. She repeatedly twirled a strand of her long auburn hair tightly around her right forefinger until the tip blushed then released it. "I was afraid you didn't want to see me because of what happened on our date." Her mind flashed back to...

11. Nancy Richards arms were full of bags by the time she reached the front door. She didn't go out much anymore. She had fallen in love, with her new condo. For the last three weeks she had relished decorating every square inch of it pampering every room with sweet scents and lavish decor. When she finally unlocked the door she was mortified to find... 12. My name is Miranda Harkness and for four hours a day I work as an online computer tech helping inexperienced computer users navigate their systems. I get paid well enough to cover the basics which is all any body ever really needs. My real job comes when the sun goes down, unfortunately vampire hunter doesn't pay well. At least not until now... 13. For the first ten years of my life I always imagined myself a princess. Then in the eleventh grade Bobby Monroe called me a hag and I realized I wasn't a princess after all. It's amazing how quickly someone can defeat your dream with the utterance of one word. Twenty years later I cringe whenever I hear it and am immediately brought back to that rainy afternoon when my love for myself diminished. That's why when I opened up my mail and found an invitation to my highschool reunion I... 14. Gwen always liked to go for long walks on the trail behind her house every Sunday morning. Most of the time she would pass one or two people and they would nod a greeting or exchange a brief sentence or two about the weather. Overall they never made an impression on her and vice versa. That was until the first Monday in August when after a long day of typing catalog descriptions she looked up from her supper to the nightly news and saw the face of a man she passed the day before. She turned up the volume in time to hear... 15. Parents don't realize the damage their occasional slight remarks cause. It is not their fault really. Some times they just don't realize they have forgotten to turn their internal filter on. If they do realize what they have said they make the mistake of assuming that little ones won't remember or that the words they string together won't make an impression. One time when I was six years old my mother gave me a gentle but loving poke in the belly and said, "You're getting chubby." By the time I was thirteen, I was pinching the same belly and saying to my reflection, "You're getting fat." When I was eight years old my father said... 16. Working for the John Montgomery Agency was my life. When I say it was my life, I really mean it. I worked twelve hours a day, brought work home with me and always took some on vacation (whenever I was forced to take one). I had no friends, my family had pretty much given up on the idea of ever seeing me again. Then a funny thing happened... 17. I grew up in the little town known as Norwood, Virginia. It was so small the local doctor was also the undertaker, the vet, and a florist%u2026 ok, his wife was the florist but when he wasn't performing his other three professions he was by her side in the town's only flower shop, Lily of the Valley, cutting flowers and making deliveries. When Ann Margaret disappeared one Sunday afternoon in June no one ever thought that Dr. Mandguard had...

18. When they inspected Lesley Olson's passport she never expected they would... 19. The day I became a judge was one of the most relevant days of my life. I took an oath that valued our legal system and I believed it to the core of my being. The day I started taking the law into my own hands, with no regard to the system whatsoever, was the day I truly felt... 20. From behind a lacy curtain she watched as four riders rode toward the house. Her husband had sent her in when he heard the hooves in the distance. She had no idea who they were but from the...