Fandango’s Story Starter #149

It’s time for my weekly Story Starter prompt. Here’s how it works. Every Tuesday morning (my time), I’m going to give you a “teaser” sentence or sentence fragment and your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to build a story (prose or poetry) around that sentence/fragment. It doesn’t have to be the first sentence in your story, and you don’t even have to use it in your post at all if you don’t want to. The purpose of the teaser is simply to spark your imagination and to get your storytelling juices flowing.

This week’s Story Starter teaser is:

“You don’t know me, but I’m the ex-wife of your new boyfriend,” the woman said to Pamela when she answered her door, “and he’s not who you think he is.”

If you care to write and post a story built from this teaser, be sure to link back to this post and tag your post with #FSS. I would also encourage you to read and enjoy what your fellow bloggers do with their stories.

And most of all, have fun.

Fandango’s Story Starter #148

It’s time for my weekly Story Starter prompt. Here’s how it works. Every Tuesday morning (my time), I’m going to give you a “teaser” sentence or sentence fragment and your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to build a story (prose or poetry) around that sentence/fragment. It doesn’t have to be the first sentence in your story, and you don’t even have to use it in your post at all if you don’t want to. The purpose of the teaser is simply to spark your imagination and to get your storytelling juices flowing.

This week’s Story Starter teaser is:

She held out her arms to hug me, but I knew this wasn’t my house — and she definitely wasn’t my wife.

If you care to write and post a story built from this teaser, be sure to link back to this post and tag your post with #FSS. I would also encourage you to read and enjoy what your fellow bloggers do with their stories.

And most of all, have fun.

Simply 6 Minutes/Fandango’s Story Starter — Ahead and Behind

With a sudden rush of panic, I realized I had no idea where I was. At the risk of sounding trite, it was literally a dark and stormy night punctuated by an icy drizzle. And if that wasn’t enough, nothing looked at all familiar to me. I was in a waking dream in a strange place, and that threw me for a loop.

I saw a light shining in the distance ahead of me, and my first inclination was to walk toward the light, where I might find some answers, not only about where I was but, more importantly, why.

Or should I turn around and head back into the darkness, back from whence I came? Maybe I’ll retrace my steps and recross that threshold that took me from the known to the unknown.

Toward the light or toward the darkness? Which way to go? I looked in front of me and then I looked behind me. I closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and took my first step.

Was it the right one?


Written for Christine Bialczak’s Simply 6 Minutes prompt. Image credit: unattributed. Also for Fandango’s Story Starter prompt, where the story starter is “With a sudden rush of panic, I realized I had no idea where I was.”

Fandango’s Story Starter #147

It’s time for my weekly Story Starter prompt. Here’s how it works. Every Tuesday morning (my time), I’m going to give you a “teaser” sentence or sentence fragment and your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to build a story (prose or poetry) around that sentence/fragment. It doesn’t have to be the first sentence in your story, and you don’t even have to use it in your post at all if you don’t want to. The purpose of the teaser is simply to spark your imagination and to get your storytelling juices flowing.

This week’s Story Starter teaser is:

With a sudden rush of panic, I realized I had no idea where I was.

If you care to write and post a story built from this teaser, be sure to link back to this post and tag your post with #FSS. I would also encourage you to read and enjoy what your fellow bloggers do with their stories.

And most of all, have fun.

Fandango’s Story Starter #146

It’s time for my weekly Story Starter prompt. Here’s how it works. Every Tuesday morning (my time), I’m going to give you a “teaser” sentence or sentence fragment and your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to build a story (prose or poetry) around that sentence/fragment. It doesn’t have to be the first sentence in your story, and you don’t even have to use it in your post at all if you don’t want to. The purpose of the teaser is simply to spark your imagination and to get your storytelling juices flowing.

This week’s Story Starter teaser is:

As much as Tim had tried to ignore it, he couldn’t deny it any longer.

If you care to write and post a story built from this teaser, be sure to link back to this post and tag your post with #FSS. I would also encourage you to read and enjoy what your fellow bloggers do with their stories.

And most of all, have fun.