Welcome back to another Friday Prompt Me! Yes, amazing how quickly the week seems to pass. Already those of us in the Northern Hemisphere are seeing the cooler temperatures moving in, the leaves changing colors, and announcement of snow. Seems that autumn is flying by. As it does hopefully people are taking time to enjoy things and perhaps even taking a bit of time to write again. Just the weekly reminder - Prompt responses under 1,000 words must be posted as part of a collection.

Considering it is indeed Friday it is time to see if I can tempt something new from our authors with the weekly prompts. So no further holding back, here are this weeks treats.

Prompt 454 – Creative

Tag – List of Words

Use the following in a story – costume, candy apple, big dog, a large bowl, and a broken mask

Prompt 455 – Creative

Tag – The Party

Your best friend is throwing a party and has invited you to come. To be honest, you were told you had no choice; you were coming to his party. What sort of party is it and why did he want you there?

Now last week I asked for your opinion on how many things you would like to see here from each week's prompts. So people asked for one or two to be spotlighted. I will go with the consensus.

Last week there were two prompts and a poetry prompt.

First up is a sample of the Ballade from last week.

I choose Dolores Esteban's

 

The Second Commandment

 

Don’t make for yourself an image of God,
Of heaven, earth and what is beneath it
This image is illusion, not the Lord
Phantom of the mind, painted bit by bit
By imagination and corrupt wit
And the painter’s artful execution
Don’t bow to an idol, don’t worship it
Do not fall for a self-made illusion

 

The colorful image is just a plot
Drawn to draw you in and tempt your spirit
Ignite and stir desires, keen and hot,
Fuel the daydream that you have painted
Until you’ll worship and idolize it
And live for what is only delusion
Be warned, it is never easy to quit
Do not fall for a self-made illusion

There were more examples and they may be found here -http://www.gayauthors.org/forums/topic/40858-poetry-prompt-14-%E2%80%93-ballade/

There were two different prompts last week and both got attention. However, I read them all and am focusing my attention on one of the entries for Prompt 452.

Jamessavik gave us another glimpse into his world of Cadet Cruise.

“So, tell me all the details!”, Jerry gushed.

 

"It's ugly bro. Very ugly."

 

Jerry read his brothers grim mood and said, "It was a wildcat colony like you thought?"

 

Gary said, "Yeah. Welcome to beautiful New Zion. Population twenty thousand corpses."

 

Jerry said, "Oh Christ. They all died?"

 

"I got into the colony command center- their data core was still in tact. Every single faithful one of them. They were funded by the Ladder Day Saints. They wanted to establish- I don't know- Utah in space I guess. The Mormons sort of have a tradition of taking shitty places and taming them. They've just never tried to tame a place this wild. They weren't down an hour when they had their first death."

You can find the stories for prompt 453 here - http://www.gayauthors.org/forums/topic/40870-prompt-453-creative/

So the prompts come to an end for another week. Hopefully our authors will be inspired and write many new pieces to tempt you into reading them. When you do read remember to like and comment on the pieces. It allows the authors to know where they succeed or fail. Never be afraid to tell your friends about the stories you enjoy, word of mouth is a great way to get people to read. 'Til next time, be safe and be well.