Val Muller

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  Welcome to the Spot Writers. The prompt for this month is to use the following five words in a story: candy, whistle, ferry, ring, and kitchen. Today’s contribution comes from Cathy MacKenzie. Check out her books on Smashwords at https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/camack. (Cathy’s print books are available on Amazon/Create Space, and e-books are also available on […]

Welcome to the Spot Writers. This month’s prompt is to write a story using the words candy, whistle, ferry, ring, and kitchen. Today’s story comes to you from Val Muller, author of the young adult novel The Scarred Letter, a modern take on Hawthorne’s original. The Real Candy Crush Saga By Val Muller Melody knew […]

Welcome to the Spot Writers. The prompt for this month is to use candy, whistle, ferry, ring, and kitchen in a story   Today’s contribution comes from RC Bonitz, author of A BLANKET FOR HER HEART.   RINGS AND THINGS By R. C. Bonitz   Lavinia stuffed a piece of hard candy in her mouth […]

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 […]