Short Stories From A Tall Guy
Six Sentence Story: Train A Writing prompt by: GirlieOnTheEdge Last time on The Wasteland: Explore “Rio, it is a pleasure to finally meet you,” a middle-aged man in ill-fitting fatigues steps away from the dozen or so folks standing around an old beat-up RV to extend his hand toward Shay; “I thought you would be…
Six Sentence Story: Explore A Writing prompt by: GirlieOnTheEdge Last time on The Wasteland: Grip “Wow, Shay, that was an incredibly creative and genius way to get us out of that very complicated and dangerous situation,” Samantha says as she leads the way through the winding streets, back toward the guarded RV and the rest…
Six Sentence Story: Distraction A Writing prompt by: GirlieOnTheEdge Last time on The Wasteland: Alternative “I have a group waiting for us,” Samantha explained to Shay as they exited the makeshift apartment situated in the lower levels of the Fox Plaza building in Los Angeles. Shay, having literally lived under a rock for the first…
Six Sentence Story: Shift A Writing prompt by: GirlieOnTheEdge Last time on Wasteland! This happened. Meanwhile; It was a slow shift from a conscious being to a passenger in his own body; his senses slowly being robbed from him as his hearing faded and his vision was reduced to a narrow pin point. His sense…
Six Sentence Story: Alternative A Writing prompt by: GirlieOnTheEdge Continuing immediately after Reena’s Xploration Challenge 185 “Dormant?” Samantha laughs at Shay’s assertion, prompting the teen to pull out of her hug, snarl, and walk off toward the back room. “Let me guess, you’re taking me to the Colony?” Shay fishes a duffel bag from under…
Six Sentence Story: Season A Writing prompt by: GirlieOnTheEdge Four years before Last Week’s Six Sentence Story “I think we should decorate,” Samantha said, looking from Rio and motioning toward the sleeping kid; ten, maybe eleven, it was hard to tell. “Shay’s first Christmas season since leaving the Habitat, possibly first Christmas ever; no telling what they…
Reena’s Xploration Challenge #185 A Writing prompt by: Reena Shay doesn’t stir from their hibernation upon the couch when the knocks come; thee fast knocks, three slow knocks, three fast knocks. It was Rio’s secret knock to say ‘the coast was clear, let me in.’ It has been over a week since the last time…
Six Sentence Story: Remnant A Writing prompt by: GirlieOnTheEdge In continuation of Last Week’s Six Sentence Story Shay was ecstatic when the knock came; three short knocks, three long knocks, three short knocks, Rio’s ‘secret’ knock to say ‘the coast is clear, let me in.’ He had rushed from the other room, leapt over the…
Six Sentence Story: Quarter A Writing prompt by: GirlieOnTheEdge “Heading to the store, be right back,” were the last words Shay heard from Rio. It was three months ago to the day, a full quarter of the year, when Rio left on a supply run. He had joked about it like they always did; supply…
Six Sentence Story: Presence A Writing prompt by: GirlieOnTheEdge I AM HERE The letters were thirty feet tall, red, and repeated on each side of the building, visible from anywhere in the city. If anyone were still alive in the city, they would know there was someone there, someone still alive and safe in the…
