Writing Prompt

I sat with my lighter in my hand flickering it on and off, then on and off again. Other then my lighter flicking, the room was dark and dusty.

The phone on the bedside table buzzed, lighting up and showing the name

“Mark Heisenberg, FBI”

This was, unfortunately, a more of a normal call then non. Mark had helped me get my name out of several cases and made sure I kept my job. ...

Finding a way into tricky situations has never been a problem for me - although I still haven’t learned the art of getting out of them. And here I am again. Right in the middle of a tricky situation.

My clothes are sticking to my body - not because of cold sweat.

Water has entered the small room.

It's already getting to my hips.

Another half hour at most and then it would be over. Then it woul...

Finding a way into tricky situations has never been a problem for me - although I still haven’t learned the art of getting out of them. Here I am, on a Friday evening, sitting on a tree branch and staring rather stupidly at the bedroom window of one of my friends with benefits.

I’d rather be at the pub downing an ale, but my dumb self had to lose something kind of embarassing in that room. And fo...

Finding a way into a tricky situation has never been a problem for me - although I still haven’t learned the art of getting out of them.

Don’t get me wrong - it’s always an adventure and never boring… the issue is the amount of danger it could bring onto myself, other people, living creatures or the planet. Doesn’t matter how whole or alive any of us might be anyway, it’s still a huge responsibil...

I’ve had a bad luck streak for a few years. And by a few years, I mean 21 consecutive years where I’ve been thrown shit balls. Just recently, I’ve failed Chemistry. For the second time. Now, I know what you’re thinking. “Seriously? You failed the same class twice.” Yes. Oh and last march I backed into a car and the woman committed insurance fraud, which increased by car insurance to a diabolical a...

Finding a way into tricky situations has never been a problem for me - although i still haven’t learned the art of getting out of them. So now i was sitting in a cell in the castle dungeon and awaiting someone to bring me before their royal snobiness’s. I suppose getting caught was always a risk for me, i’m not exactly subtle. But i’ve usually been able to buy or force my way out. Still, I’ve been...

Mom used to read us a book about a sticky kid. Everything the kid touched stuck, and eventually the kid couldn’t move because too many things stuck. That’s kind of how I feel, stuck in the backseat. I feel like I can’t move. The front seat is SO much better. You can see everything up there. You get fresh air from the vents, and you can control the radio. The back seat is for suckers. Speaking of s...

Finding a way into tricky situations has never been a problem for me - although I still haven’t learned the art of getting out of them. This by far is the most tricky situation I have ever found myself in. Let me explain.

I pull back the bow string and align my shot. I’m about to release and let the arrow fly towards the target when my mothers voice from behind me makes me flinch. I miss. I curse...

‘Finding a way into tricky situations has never been a problem for me- although I still haven’t learned the art of getting out of them.’

When Paris was little, she was constantly getting in trouble. That’s just who she was; a little trouble maker, who couldn’t help but ruin and tear down everything in her path. It was just how she was born.

She’d paint walls with permanent markers in the ugliest ...

And this problem is far from an exception. I’ve been down this road before, metaphorically and physically. All of the buildings loom like giants above my head. I swear they look like they’re leaning towards me at certain angles which makes me feel even more like a button mushroom growing on a forest floor. Which block was it on again? I remember it visually, following the vauge instructions from a...