Surprise! It's me! Our prompts aren't up so prompt this morning, whoops! But we're featuring 2 new flash options for authors from Comicfan today--so enjoy!

Prompt 406 – Creative
Tag – List of Words
Use the following in a story – rain coat, patch of ice, steak, blue fuzzy slippers, Greek statue

Prompt 407 – Creative
Tag – The Clown
Clowns have always freaked you out. You don’t find them funny and find the whole thing sort of scary. Unfortunately, this year your job decided to throw a party for the boss and the entertainment were some clowns. You weren't expecting that and nearly broke down into tears when you suddenly found yourself surrounded by five clowns. What happened?

Featured prompt this week is from Dolores Esteban, with her take on Prompt # 405, with "Jump":

‘You honestly think I would wear something like that?’ Brian said to himself, shaking his head. He looked at the boy with the smart phone in his hand. How old was he? Thirteen, fourteen? Two other boys joined the first. They all looked alike, dressed in sweaters and buggy jeans that revealed their underpants. The sight was a pain to his eyes.
Brian was in his forties and not for a million would he have wanted to change place with one of these boys. Brian had a moment of clarity. He had had his share in life and he had had his moments and he would doubtlessly have some more.

 

He had gotten all that he could get from life. These boys had no idea of life or what their life was to be, but Brian admitted they could not be blamed for their ignorance. Ignorance was a blessing when you were young, it was a curse when you grew older. At some point in life, you had to look in the mirror and face your scarred and battled self. Once you had looked long enough, the battle of life faded and turned into boredom. Life had taught Brain a few lessons. The lessons were simple....