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Every week we will challenge each other to write a poem or short prose piece with a set of constraints — some will be established poetic forms, and others will be silly things we make up. If you’re interested in joining the challenge by contributing your own work or would like to suggest a new […]
Challenge #12: Dime-Store Romance
For this challenge you are going to write a dime-store romance. The scenario can be anything you like: a man’s twin brother falls in love with his wife who isn’t aware that her husband has a twin brother; a burly sailor rescues a beautiful mermaid and the two find themselves entangled in a forbidden love […]
Challenge #11: Just One Second
Sorry for the brief hiatus! We’re back and kicking with our eleventh VVV challenge. For this challenge you’re going to write an 800 word story. This story is going to take place in exactly one (1) second in time. Got it? 800 words, 1 second. Get to it! JUST ONE SECOND: MOIRA In one […]
Just One Second: Remy
Here, trace the process: I am weak. It has been mere hours. I stretch my hand toward the phone to get you on the line. Dial the number, the phone rings. There is a moment, a split second of delay between your answering an ocean and two continents away, and the moment your voice comes […]
Just One Second: Jon
During the fiftieth second of 5:52 on Tuesday, May 25 this year, there were at least ten thousand people sitting in cars that weren’t moving.
Just One Second: Moira
In one second, nothing happens.
Challenge 10: Bl*nk Sp*ces
Yes, that’s right, this week’s challenges involves blink spices. Joke! So, sorry this is a tad late, but here’s the deal with this one. It’s kind of like a madlib. Just fill in the blank bits with anything. Could be one word, could be 10 sentences, but the words & punctuation listed have to be […]
Bl*nk Sp*ces: Andie
Up again, we were up again like fruitful mountains reigning over the poor, poor dusty valleys. When Sunday came we turned around and vowed, well, you vowed and I could not un-vow, to never ever again taste each other that same way because it was too difficult when we had to come back down again, […]
Challenge #9: Animals
For this challenge, Micah and I will continue to play out stereotypes of ourselves where Micah is the austere dad who enforces all the rules and regulations and says things like “no you can’t leave the table until you eat all your vegetables,” and I’m the spacey (but caring) mom who says “sweetie, we will […]
Animals: Moira
The speedometer was broken. It read 35 MPH but even as a little girl, I could tell my father was driving much faster than that.
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