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Welcome to the Spot Writers. The prompt for this month is “New Year’s” and this week’s post comes to us from Kathy Price. A Clean Slate by Kathy Price   The snowflakes continued to drift down through the still night. She couldn’t decide if the silence enveloping the woods was a comforting stillness in which […]

The prompt for this writing is “new year’s”. Today’s post comes from Cathy MacKenzie. Check out her books on Smashwords.   Smouldering Alive by Cathy MacKenzie   Alice wasn’t sure of her plans for New Year’s Eve—or for the rest of the new year, for that matter. Her life hadn’t unfolded as she had hoped. […]

Welcome to the Spot Writers. The prompt for this month is “new years.” This week’s post comes to us from Val Muller, who wrote the following poem—on the theme of time—in memory of her father-in-law, who passed unexpectedly earlier this month.   The Horologist By Val Muller   He was a warden of time, Counting […]

Welcome to the Spot Writers. The prompt for this month is “new years.” Today’s contribution comes from RC Bonitz, author of A BLANKET FOR HER HEART.      Something New This Way Came by RC Bonitz   Every breath produced a puff of frost before her as she shuffled through the crowd. Fingers and toes tingled […]

Welcome to Spot Writers! This month’s prompt is “statue” and this week’s story is contributed by Kathy L. Price.   The Statue   Little did they know, the mundane, dreary people who passed by him every day, but he knew. He knew he was there, trapped forever in this coat of bronze. He could see […]

Welcome to the Spot Writers. The prompt for this month is to write about a statue. Today’s contribution comes from Val Muller, author of the YA novel The Scarred Letter, the new release Corgi Capers 3: Curtain Calls and Fire Halls, and the new release Cora Cassidy and the Craven Corgi. The Bears By Val […]

Welcome to Spot Writers! This month’s prompt is to write a story about a boat and this story is contributed by Kathy L. Price.   The Witches’ Cauldron by Kathy L. Price   The old wooden Cris Craft cruised past the breakwater and motored into the outer harbor. It was a holiday weekend and all […]

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This month’s prompt is to write about a boat. The story this week comes from Cathy MacKenzie, who has written a slightly macabre story in honour of last week’s Halloween (with a tiny reference to a boat).   Her two most recently published compilations of short stories are: Paper Patches (short fiction for women). Paper Patches […]

Welcome to the Spot Writers. This week’s prompt is to write something about boats. Author Val Muller decided to incorporate her favorite holiday, Halloween, as well as some deeply-embedded memories of watching Garfield’s Halloween special with her sister. You can find out more about Val, including information about her soon-to-be-released Corgi Capers: Curtain Calls and […]

Welcome to Spot Writers! This month’s prompt was to write a story about a car.   The MGA by Kathy L. Price   The midnight blue MGA had been selected as “Car of the Week” and, as such, sat in the premier location at the front of the showroom. The turntable in the floor slowly […]