Day 113The #oddity had rested on the shelf of the antique store for fifty years without gathering a single mote of dust. Simon entered the store with a sigh, following the death of his grandpa he had a decision to make. Run the store or sell up. In a back corner the oddity sang. Day … Continue reading VSS365 Week 17
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VSS365 Week 15
Day 99The #Telegraph lay in smouldering ruins & Adrian pushed through the gathered crowd to get at the remains. "Meet me at the telegraph. Friday at 6. Don't be late!" But he'd been late. Too late. As tears fall, a hand clasps his shoulder. He turns. "Lee!""I was late too." Day 100He paces his cell trying not … Continue reading VSS365 Week 15
VSS365 WEEK 14
Day 92"Go on then, or are you #chicken?""I prefer to look at it as a healthy sense of self preservation." "Chicken!" "I am not!" Sam scowled at his friend as he tucked in his arms and did his worst chicken impression. Calling it his best would be an insult to chickens. Day 93He curled into a ball, protecting … Continue reading VSS365 WEEK 14
VSS365 Week 13
Day 85 He wanted to get warm & #cosy. Rifling through his boyfriends wardrobe, he stole the fluffiest hoodie he owned and pulled it on. Next he climbed into the bed and bundled himself. The heating was out and without starting a fire in the bedroom this was the next best thing. Day 86The sound … Continue reading VSS365 Week 13
VSS365 Week 7
Day 43 Hands bound in shackles of damascus steel, he looks up at the skeletal #judge before him. "Why have you summoned me here to the infernal court?" He asks out of turn, bold as brass, his expression bored. "The shadow council has need of you." "You couldn't just ask?" Day 44 Her eyes shone with the embers … Continue reading VSS365 Week 7
VSS365 Week 6
Day 36Dean thumbed through the atlas of souls, waiting for one to call out to him. When one did, he'd slip it on like a winter coat before reliving that soul's journey from inception to immolation. Having long since lost his own soul, this was the only way he could feel. Day 37#Ritual complete, she … Continue reading VSS365 Week 6
VSS365 Week 5
Day 29Smiling outwardly, she tried to mask the #tremendous void within. The brighter her smile, the less people would be able to see the darkness flickering behind her eyes, threatening to take control and drag her under. One day her resolve would slip, but not today. Not yet. Day 30 As the fifth child born … Continue reading VSS365 Week 5
VSS365 Week 1
I started doing these weekly collections of my VSS365 (very short stories every day) prompts last year after doing them every day for literally MONTHS and then quickly fell off the wagon and stopped writing them... mybad. Now that it's the start of a brand new year, I'm going to start posting them again and … Continue reading VSS365 Week 1
Lisa Stapleton 