Prompts Stories

 She woke up ecstatic at the thought of the joyful preparations ahead. She really loved the holidays.Then she caught sight of a printout her husband had left on the table. The Christmas present ticked her off mightily."You got what for my mother?” "It's not what it looks like," he said.“Good, ’cause it looks like a ticket to Timbuktu!”“That’s where I’d like to send her,” he muttered. It was the wrong thing to say.*“The de...

The Christmas present ticked. "You got what for my mother?" my truelove said. "A Ticky Prompt Machine." "What on earth is that?" "It's not what it looks like," I said. "Okay, sweetie. Explain." "Well, you know your mother said she really hated the holidays?" "Yeah," he said. "She gets writer's block." "Not anymore," I said. "A Ticky Prompt Machine inspires at the touch of a button." "Excellent. I thought you had a bomb!"...