Writing Prompts
Claire Spencer Claire Spencer

Writing Prompts

““GEE WIZZ!” I exclaimed.

I had been conducting this self-flagellation for around ten minutes. A few more minutes would be enough.”

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The Laptop Bag
Claire Spencer Claire Spencer

The Laptop Bag

Three triangle torsoed men, all in grey suits and suffering from an excess of neck, tumbled out of the side street where Jay had been moments earlier, looking around frantically

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My Country's Country Song
Claire Spencer Claire Spencer

My Country's Country Song

“I got a country heart but I live in the UK

Croydon’s far from Tennessee,

No dusty road when I go for a drive

Prius windows down on the M25”

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Cas
Claire Spencer Claire Spencer

Cas

The Corner Cafe normally smelt of coffee beans and burnt butter but today it had the scent of collective damp clothing and mouldy umbrellas. Yet through the condensation covered windows with their chipped white painted frames Harvey continued to stare, ignoring his fellow patrons. Then, at last, his patience paid off. Through the gloom appeared a petite woman in her early twenties. She stood out from the crowd with her large, purple headphones, yellow umbrella, battered dark green parka jacket and bright red converse which had seen better days. Her hair was light brown in tight shoulder length curls. Harvey watched her as she walked by the cafe window, bouncing around the puddles which had formed on the uneven path. He would have known Cas anywhere.

Time to go.

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The Dirt Queen and the Bubble King
Claire Spencer Claire Spencer

The Dirt Queen and the Bubble King

The Bubble King is the lord of the suds,

He’ll protect you from dirt from the Queen of the mud.

He’s slippy, he’s slidy.

He keeps neat and tidy.

You’ll sparkle all thanks to the bubb-el-ly King.

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The Five Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Claire Spencer Claire Spencer

The Five Horsemen of the Apocalypse

Anyone who knows anything about the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse will tell you that it was War, Famine, Pestilence, and Death until 1936 when Pestilence retired and was replaced by Pollution. And it is true, that is what was written down. It is often said that history is written by the victors. This is a rather silly quote as anyone with a pen can write down history; winners, losers, middle management, and dyslexics which is exactly what happened with the Four Horseman story. The truth is that Pestilence stayed with the four until 1963 and retirement is something of a kinder term for what actually happened...

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