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THE HORSE DID IT!” I roared at Detective Inspector Redfern, pointing at the nervous beast in the box behind me. He rolled his eyes. The Detective Inspector, not the horse. This was my only chance to solve the murder of Beggy, the jockey, and save myself.
“You, braindead ululating crumpet! You snuck into my crime scene to – what?- brighten my sad little day up?” I kept out of his and the horse’s reach. My jaw still had vivid memories of the time he caught me good with his famous left hook, and no way I came close to that thing.
“But! Facts?” Even Redfern couldn’t be that ignorant. He scoffed and paced up and down the stable.
“Listen, O’Brien. First. Sod off.” He waved his notebook and biro exasperated, “Second. Still, sod off. Third, the victim has an extra hole in his head, from a gunshot. How did the horse do that?” He turned and opened the door. Outside the two PCs standing guard sneered at me.
“DON’T! If you go, I’m the next stiff on your hands, before you leave the Derby!” The beast neighed irritated. I heard a suspicious clicking and eyed the horse. “Uh-oh.” It didn’t match the clopping of the hooves. The hair on my neck stood on end. “Redfern?” The Detective Inspector narrowed his eyes. He heard it too.
“Promise?” He came back into the stable and planted himself behind me. The eyes of the horse turned into red pinpricks fixing me. Just like laser pointers? “Bloody-” Redfern swept me to the ground, as bullets streaked past me. I felt one nick my left ear. “I wish, I didn’t know you.” Redfern’s weight pinned me to the ground.
“See? Told you, the horse did it.” I grunted. “Bloody robotic horse.”
Keywords: Detective, Epsom Derby, Mystery; pic here;
Flash fiction for Microcosms 135
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contrary to popular belief, i don’t actually write. i grow stories in little pots on my windowsill and harvest them once i’ve watered them with enough tears
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writing prompts
Scenarios:
stuck on a rooftop at 2am
stormy day at the beach
ridiculously crowded mall
a holiday in the forest with intrusive animals
quiet grocery store with busted air conditioning on a hot day
the movie theater and there’s that one person who can’t stop talking during it
a music festival riddled with minor accidents to the performers
a really high class restaurant, where all the patrons seem like they’ve never smiled before
in a car that’s stuck in traffic, only moving a bit every few minutes
an apartment littered with unpacked boxes and nosy neighbors
Dialogue:
“If you told me this is what how our date would go, I would’ve said no.”
“You’re like the sun.” “Hot?” “No, annoying if stared at.”
“How did everything in my life lead up to this?”
“No offense but you’re really cute.” “… Why would I take offense?”
“The only reason I agreed to this is because I didn’t want to disappoint your mom.”
“I always knew you were hiding something.”
“Can we PLEASE get a dog?“
“I just want a my own pretty flower garden with soft jazz music playing, and… maybe you to keep me company.”
“See you’re adorable and all, but then you go and do things like this and… how are you so sweet yet so frightening?”
“I bought you flowers but they withered and died in the sun because I am a fool.”
“I love you…r dog. He’s really cute. Can I pet him?”
“Why won’t you hold my hand?“ “Because they’re cold. Try to touch me with then and I SWEAR I’ll run.”
“Come here, I need a hug.”
“I’m really thankful I have you… and my collectors edition ___… in my life.”
“Have I told you I love you?” “Ten times in the past minute, not that I’m complaining.”
“Careful — ouch, that’s gotta hurt.”
“This might be our last moments together.”
“Hi welcome to hell, how may I help you?”
“So that’s it? It’s over, just like this?”
“Till we meet again…” “We live together.”
“Thanks for sticking with me.”
“I’m cold…” “I’m not.”
“Oh my god, what is that?”
“Hey, hey. Are you okay?”
“Why did your dad just text me a knife emoji?”
“Every time we try to be productive human beings, something just has to happen.” “Maybe it’s a sign.”
“Do you think this is safe to eat?” “No.” “It doesn’t taste too bad.”
“Carry me.”
“Everything hurts.”
“You make my heart race.” “You should get that checked out.”
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Quotable – David Mamet
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100 followers celebration prompt lists
Hey all you lovely people! The time has come. I came up with three prompt lists. Smut, Angst, and Fluff. Send me an ask with what character you want and you can chose 2-3 of the prompts but tell me what number on what list. So, here are the lists:
Smut Prompt List:
1. “Do that one more time and I’ll bend you over this table and fuck you until you blackout.”
2. “Oh you like it rough? Well I’ll show you rough.”
3. “What here? What is someone sees us?”
4. “Are you daddy’s good girl? Prove it.”
5. “Come with me and I’ll fuck you like no man ever has before.”
6. “When I’m through with you, you’ll be crawling back for more.”
7. “Put that mouth of yours to good use.”
8. “Do you think of me when you touch yourself?”
9. “I’ll do things to your body that you never thought possible.”
10. “I want to pleasure you like you deserve to be.”
Angst Prompt List:
1. “So, that’s it we’re over just because you say so?”
2. “You think that just because you are a shieldmaiden you’re good enough to go raiding with me? Think again!”
3. “I wish I had never met you!”
4. “I don’t regret many things in my life but I do regret marrying you.”
5. “Don’t talk, you say all of the wrong things.”
6. “I’m a fool for thinking that you could change.”
7. “How could you do this to me?”
8. “I forgive you but I will never forget.”
9. “You have no one to blame but yourself.”
10. “I hate myself for ever loving you and thinking that you ever loved me.”
Fluff Prompt List:
1. “You’re the reason I wake up with a smile on my face every morning.”
2. “I love you and I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with you.”
3. “You’re beautiful and perfect to me.”
4. “You’re smile lights up the whole room.”
5. “ I love that you’re so small because you were made just for me.”
6. “I’m glad I walked into your shop because I met you.”
7. “You’re the light of my life and my day is always better when you are near.”
8. “How can I say no when you make that cute little face.”
9. “I promise you that no matter what I’ll always come back to you.”
10. “Our lives are intertwined and I’ll follow you until my heart stops beating.”
Thank you all so much. This means so much to me truly. I love all of your love and support. It makes me smile when you like, comment, and reblog my stuff. I love you all so much 😘
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On writing characters with disabilities
I’ve had a rough morning and I’m riled up so here’s my two cents. Repeat: my two cents. I do not claim to speak for or represent the beliefs of everyone with a disability.
INCLUDE CHARACTERS WITH DISABILITIES
[Can’t believe I’m still saying this but here we are]
No, not “disabled characters”, put your character before their disability but include it nonetheless. People with disabilities exist in real life, out in the world, living and breathing and going about their days in the same spaces as able-bodied people. No their disability does not have to further the plot because that’s not how life works. If you want realism, include characters with disabilities. We’re all around you. I guarantee you know several people with disabilities even if you don’t think of them that way.
“But a disabled person can’t be a soldier/mercenary/other badass fighty character which is apparently all I include in my story!”
A) Yes they can. If you’re only aware of physical disabilities that completely limit a person’s mobility, you’re not aware of the diversity of disabilities or the mobility aid options and it’s time to do some research. Peg leg, bionic eyes, arm made of gears and pneumatics-based imitation tendons for each individual finger, magic potions or holistic treatments for chronic pain management, mental disabilities, someone who has a disability but is in remission. Get. Creative. These people exist and function in the same spaces as your perfectly able-bodied soldiers/mercenaries/various badasses.
B) Let’s say they can’t. Let’s say, for whatever reason, your badasses must only be completely physically and mentally abled. Do you not have medics? Blacksmiths? Ammunition and weapons experts/providers? Pilots? Family members back home that your badasses fight for and return to once a month? What about the bar/tavern/club/restaurant/dining tent your badasses regularly visit - are there no servers or cooks or bartenders that they talk to? Hell, a prostitute with a missing arm or severe ADHD. Are you really telling me you don’t think it’d be fun, and beyond handy, to have a magic healer who happens to be paralyzed from the waist down in your crew who’s constantly cracking jokes and shutting down shitty behaviour? Sure they may not fight because your fighters are only perfectly abled, but damn are they good at the fix-up after.
“But I don’t want to write a sob story”
Yikes. Well, good news, you don’t have to. People with disabilities can be ridiculous and funny and fun in general and it doesn’t always revolve around their condition. However, they will make jokes about their condition and, given the right people, can be joked with about it. “The right people” varies person to person, but I find for the most part it’s close friends and family members who act as strong supports and will also joke about things outside of the person’s disability. For this, you may want to talk to real life people with disabilities. Seriously, we’re everywhere. If you built rapport, many of us would be happy to tell you if a joke/situation is offensive even within the context of goofing around with a friend. Hell, some of us (ex. me) would be willing to answer questions from a total stranger if it’s in the name of providing education and support on writing a character with a disability.
[in which my best friend is a gift and figured out reassuring me I wasn’t a burden wasn’t working so she settled on calling me her favourite burden]
“But I don’t always want to be talking about their disability”
You. Don’t Have. To. It’s almost like, with all character traits/quirks/identifiers, it happens occasionally and within context.
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She bowed her head low and bent her elbows at funny angles, tying her hair up quickly so she didn’t have to hold her arms up for long.
“Bad shoulder day?”
“Yeah, kept me up all night.” She dropped her hands, straightened up, and stretched her neck, rolling her head side to side. “Alright. Let’s do this.”
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Washing bitter pills down with even more bitter coffee, he went over his tasks for the day. Dry cleaning, groceries, bank, assassination. Easy enough.
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“They can’t take the stairs. We’re leaving them behind.”
“Or, you inconsiderate rat bastard, we could find an alternate route. You’re not getting through security without them. They’re coming.”
TL;DR, it’s not hard to throw in the realities of living with a disability every few chapters, or whenever relevant.
Lastly, the topic of using the word(s) “disabled/disability” and naming a diagnosis.
This, for me, isn’t really a big thing. I can understand how it is for some people, and I’m a fan of it but I don’t consider it a necessity. Some people want to see the word ‘disability’ used in order to take away its stigma. Some people want to see diagnoses named for the sake of completely being able to purely relate to a character. I understand that. I’m not bashing that. This is just my opinion. Personally, I don’t see the need, especially in fantasy settings or scifi or general other-world where conditions may not have the same names or treatments as they do in real life. If you make it clear that your character has a disability, show the symptoms and the ways in which they cope/manage/adjust to carry on with their lives, show their ups and downs and condition management, that’s enough for me.
This might be the area that you upset and offend some people. Someone might get mad that you used the word ‘disabled’, some might get mad that you didn’t. Some might get upset that you ‘made up’ your own condition, some might get upset that you named a diagnosis and didn’t portray it in a way they felt was accurate. Unfortunately, that’s the reality and your choice to make which group you want to potentially upset. Do your research, do your best to be sensitive, make an informed decision. Ultimately, I don’t think I’m alone in saying I’d rather see characters with unnamed disabilities portrayed in a positive way than not portrayed at all.
Please, include characters with disabilities. It can actually contribute to the realism of your stories and you might be surprised how fun it can be to write.
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I’d have thought that would be obvious
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I probably need to print out all these charts so I can reference them while editing my rewrite 😂
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How to play a victim of rape.
How to play a mentally ill/insane character.
Writing a character who self-harms.
Writing a character who is high on amphetamines.
How to play the stalker.
How to portray a character high on cocaine.
Playing a character with ADHD.
How to play a sexual assault victim.
Writing a compulsive gambler.
Playing a character who is faking a disorder.
Playing a prisoner.
Portraying an emotionally detached character.
How to play a character with social anxiety.
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Portraying characters who have secrets.
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When writing a blind character, what are some things to avoid?
Ah! So this is definitely a bit of a broad question, but I can give a few basics:
Blind people don’t actually give a shit about touching faces, so please, please stear clear of that. The only exceptions may be the same way sighted lovers may caress each other’s faces and parents may hold a child’s face in an emotional moment, but it’s just like a sighted lover or parent would, nothing more.
Please avoid giving your character a cure. One of the most crushing things as a disabled reader is to finally have a disabled character, but for them to end up with a fantastic magic cure half-way through. It rarely makes for a good story, and often a much better story is that person’s journey in understanding themselves as equal and learning that they aren’t broken and useless and can do whatever they want, overcoming internalized ableism rather than “overcoming the disability.”
Few blind people actually wear sunglasses or eye coverings, so your character probably won’t either if the likelyhood says anything. Chances are they will not be part of that minority, so probably better not to do that.
Something similar can be said for characters with white or cloudy eyes. The vast majority of blind people will not have very abnormal-looking eyes, so chances are your character will not be part of that minority.
Another very similar thing should be noted about the level of vision they will have. Somewhere between 80 and 90% of blind people have some level of remaining vision, weather it be little more than light perception or enough that they were forced to use their eyes a lot growing up and weren’t taught braille or to use a cane because they could get by well enough not to die most of the time.
So these are just the first several things I can think of at the moment, but definitely feel free to ask about more things!
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Writing Prompt
“Get back here!” Two soldiers raced after the thief, who now stood beside a large, plum-colored dragon that stared at them with pale green eyes. The soldiers skidded to a halt, backing up as the dragon let out a growl.
“Sorry,” the thief said, waving the emerald they has stolen. “Time to head out! We’ve got things to do!” They climbed onto the dragon’s back and patted its scaled head. “What do you say, old friend? Lovely day to go set the world on fire!”
Mod Carolyn @theories-fans-andwombats
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Prompt #925
“He’s just a kid.”
“A very dangerous kid who could probably kill us all.”
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