Writing Prompt

My Pinecone

The wind rushed through the trees like a tornado. The girl grabbed a tree so

she didn't tumble through the pine forest. "That's odd," she thought. Winds

don't usually blow in the forest like that. The girl loved being outdoors.

Anywhere in nature would do-the beach, the mountains, or like today-the

forest.

As the wind ceased, she let go of the tree. She glanced around to see what

dam...

Amethyst clouds only subsidized the abysmal black sky. If I had known what terror awaited me in this new and foreign land that morning, I would have dismissed the thought of boarding this dreadful locomotive.

When I first heard the loud nibbling and cracking, I thought maybe it was an infestation of mice that jolted me from my rest. Rubbing the blur from my vision, I noticed a dark oval mass on t...

The wind is rushing past me as I’m gazing towards a cloudy sky. I’m falling, slowly. I savor the freefall and close my eyes, willing my mind to let me land on a fluffy cloud once I reopen my eyes. Most people hate having dreams of falling, but the anxiety goes away once you learn how to control your dreams. I suppose most people that are gifted with lucid dreaming would choose to fly instead of sl...

Crack

Whack

Unpack

Get back!

Dragon

Wagon

Hang on

What’s wrong...

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Fingers poised over her keyboard Agnes waited. The caller was silent except for a leathery rustling on the line. Switching to mute...

Donnie and I finished our meal, and I started packing things away. He went to check on the egg, to make sure it hadn’t moved or fallen out of the dog bed we gave it. Benji, our border collie had passed 3 months ago, not too long before we found the egg on that hiking trail. It felt like an omen. Permission to move on.

“All tucked in” Donnie said softly, as if he’d wake the baby.

“I guess we...

I still remember being shaken awake by my mother one night. Her dark skin glowed in the moonlight and her freshly shaved head showed she knew what was happening much before I did.

Through sleepy eyes, I watched as a smile grew on her face. Then I heard it, a quiet crack echoed through our silent house.

I flew through our home, into the Dragon Dome. You could see the stars through the panes of gla...

I had a dream. I was smothered in smoke and warmth as if I were a blacksmith off duty. I then heard a growl, not of a dog or even a bear but something big. I could see the furnace and the flame inside and it was lashing fiercely towards me. Each lick of flame a warning and each flicker forcing my eyes to close. The heat was getting heavier and it blanketed me heavily into submission. The wood in t...

I started from the bed, covered with sweat. The candle at my night table showed me the truth of it all: the black, speckled egg that looked like a pinecone had begun to crack. The curators had said that this wouldn’t happen for another few months, and when it did, it would change the world. They were gone now, on another island, attending to other hatchlings. I was alone in our forest.

I watched...

I thought it was decorative, but boy was I wrong!...