FOR SALE: Baby Shoes. Good Shit!
Jay Wilcox, Wendy Russell, Andrew Thomas, Martin MaenzaHello, all! I retrieve writing prompts from far-off lands where men fear to tread. My work has been featured in diverse locales, such as right here, in the substack you are currently looking at.
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PROMPT: Imagine that a character did the old spin the globe and see where to take your next vacation trick. Write a story or scene describing where they went and how their trip panned out.
Brian stared across the room at the dented remains of his prized globe and wondered if perhaps he had spun too hard. Indeed, the thing had flown from its moorings and thumped hideously to rest next to the credenza.
“Well, what do we do now...
PROMPT: You always wondered how Grandma can be so old and fit, despite her unhealthy habits. Turns out, the gods are so afraid of her that they did everything they could to keep her alive on Earth.
You watch in awe and terror as your grandmother—reigning scrapbook champion and the fastest thumb-lick this side of the Mississip’—licks her thumb to turn another page. “And here’s a photo of me defeating the demon Ngar’flangul in glorious...
PROMPT: A party of adventurers enter in search of a boss fight. This is an office building, and they seem to have seriously misunderstood the word "boss.”
You take a sip from your World’s Best Boss mug and think of Mom. She always believed in you—and now, in your first day as Regional Director of Operations, you hope to make her proud.
Before you can even open Outlook, a knock comes on your...
PROMPT: When the aliens contacted Earth, they decided to communicate to their collective computer. Unfortunately, it turns out they were talking to the Google search engine.
“Huh.”
Xnelgroth looked up from his probe. “What’s up?”
“About an hour ago, I sent a message to the collective computer asking for additional trans-quantum warp modulators,” Xnelgroth, Jr., replied, “and now I’m getting a ton of ads for t...
PROMPT: You’ve lived in this gated community all your life. You and your neighbors know everyone here. One day, someone you don’t recognize tells you the world “ended” some decades ago.
You scoff. “Well, it’s going to end all over again if you don’t change your gate color.”
The newest homeowner looks back at you in disbelief.
If there’s one thing you’ve learned as president of the HOA, it’s to just keep plowing ahead. Yo...
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I received my MFA from Bennington College and teach at the University of Maryland. I've twice won the Malcolm C. Braly Fiction Award. In THE COTTAGER, an elderly woman travels back in time to save her son's life: https://tinyurl.com/35zhsd54
Kia ora, I’m Wendy. I write fiction about midlife mayhem, strange intuition, messy families, and the quiet weirdness tucked into everyday life. Sass & Sage is part story lab, part rage journal, and part soft place to land when the world gets loud.
I like to tell stories. Whether the story is a technical update at work, an anecdote from my life, or a work of fiction from my imagination, spinning a yarn is my favorite thing to do.
An adult services librarian (public library). \ud83d\udcda\ud83d\udcdd\ud83c\udfbcSubscribe for free fiction and my livestream Stack Chat (promoting "community through conversation"). Follow my GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/12423329-martin-maenza
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