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Friday Fictioneers: Imprisoned

Published on March 18, 2021March 17, 2021 by Yinglan18 Comments

Approaching the Mystical Tree, she whispered, “Grandfather?” Slowly, a white, bony hand emerges.

“You’ve come, child.”

“Yes and I brought nourishment.” She handed him the bags of blood. Thirstily, he devoured bag upon bag. “I wish I brought more.”

“You did good, child. I will be satiated for days. Besides, it isn’t as though I have anywhere to be other than this prison.”

“I’m working on getting you out of this horrid place, grandfather. I promise I will get you out.”

He chuckled, “Five centuries of imprisonment and it still feels like yesterday when the old bat cast the spell.”

(100 Words)

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Friday Fictioneers: Soulmates

Published on March 11, 2021March 10, 2021 by Yinglan16 Comments

I am the epitome of true love. For almost 25 years, he had dominated my dreams. Whenever I closed my eyes, I could see him in my dreams. Whenever I looked up at the stars, his face would be the only one I saw.

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Photo Challenge #357: The Dream

Published on March 10, 2021March 9, 2021 by Yinglan2 Comments

I opened my eyes and felt my heart leap from my chest as I stared into the foggy abyss. I am acrophobic. Who’s idea is this?

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Friday Fictioneers: Lost and Found

Published on March 4, 2021March 3, 2021 by Yinglan17 Comments

With her picture in hand, he gave the red building before him a disapproving gaze. After a year of waiting, he finally received the great news his PI has located his MIA daughter.

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Photo Challenge #356: Go Big or Go Home

Published on March 3, 2021March 2, 2021 by Yinglan1 Comment

All his life, he had known only one thing – go big or go home. In elementary school, he created the biggest piece of artwork, folded the largest paper crane, and even attempted to bring his teacher the largest gift he could find. Fast forward, he graduated college with a degree in fine arts and an aspiration to become the next Michelanglo – to create the most magnificent sculpture that would be viewed by passerby.

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Friday Fictioneers: Not this Year

Published on February 26, 2021February 25, 2021 by Yinglan9 Comments

March 2020

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Tale Weaver #315: The Bald Man

Published on February 19, 2021February 18, 2021 by YinglanLeave a comment

Sitting at the edge at the bathtub, naked, bald, one hand clutching a bottle of bourbon, the other a bottle of pills, Alex felt sad, alone, and lost.

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Friday Fictioneers: My Sister’s Final Wish

Published on February 18, 2021February 17, 2021 by Yinglan22 Comments

Re-reading my sister, Bethany’s Will, I sighed, “My dear sister, you shall be the death of me.”

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Photo Challenge #354: Together at Last

Published on February 16, 2021February 16, 2021 by YinglanLeave a comment

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She opened her eyes and sat up. Where am I? What is this place? She wondered as she looked out the window of the house. The house was surrounded by wheat fields.

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Friday Fictioneers: Stuck in the Future

Published on February 11, 2021February 10, 2021 by Yinglan20 Comments

“Crap, we’re stuck.” Em said as she dusted off her dress. A few minutes before, she and her husband, George, leapt from her granddad’s beloved train aka time machine as it hurdled 88-miles-per-hour toward what used to be a ravine.

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Friday Fictioneers: Who’s to Blame?

Published on February 4, 2021February 3, 2021 by Yinglan15 Comments

“Honey!” I shout and immediately, I can hear a pair of big feet padding down the corridor to outside the bathroom door.

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Friday Fictioneers: Thoughts of an Egotist

Published on January 28, 2021January 28, 2021 by Yinglan12 Comments

Come on, announce the winner already!

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Friday Fictioneers: Behind the Scenes

Published on January 21, 2021January 20, 2021 by Yinglan10 Comments

Sometimes, I think there’re more interesting things happening behind the camera than in front.

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Photo Challenge #350: Caught in Action

Published on January 19, 2021January 19, 2021 by Yinglan1 Comment

The drawing was blinding. I couldn’t even touch it, let alone look at it. This is what I spent $500 for? I was expecting scandalizing photographs, detailing all those mysterious hours my husband has spent away on his so-called “work trips”. I was definitely not expecting this.

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Friday Fictioneers: Showtime

Published on January 14, 2021January 13, 2021 by Yinglan17 Comments

“Re…lax,” I inhale and exhale, dragging the word, doing everything to calm the tension in my body. I shouldn’t be this nervous. Come on, I’m performing to a crowd on Zoom, not some important figure.

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Photo Challenge #349: Love, Trust, and Promises

Published on January 13, 2021January 12, 2021 by YinglanLeave a comment

I have never trusted anyone. My whole life, I’ve known only one thing – people lie. People cheat, break promises, betray one’s trust, and never do the things they say they would do.

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Friday Fictioneers: Untitled

Published on January 7, 2021January 6, 2021 by Yinglan10 Comments

I stood there, staring at my husband’s desk. I should’ve known it’d be too good to be true. Neat-freaks and scatterbrains aren’t opposites. They don’t attract. They repel.

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Friday Fictioneers: Just Another Day

Published on December 31, 2020December 31, 2020 by Yinglan21 Comments

“What cha doin’?” George asks.

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Friday Fictioneers: The Stranded Mr. C

Published on December 23, 2020December 23, 2020 by Yinglan10 Comments

Mr. C stares at the sign and sighs. Still gone as it has been for 50 years. He’s stranded in this desolate place as his brain kept wandering back to that fateful night. What went wrong? “I triple-checked that spirit-meter, didn’t I?” He muttered.

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Friday Fictioneers: Christmas Bedtime Story

Published on December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 by Yinglan13 Comments

“They call this the “Scrooge Farm”. Instead of Christmas decoration each year, around Christmas, there would be scarecrows dressed in rags and sandbags for heads popping up in random places ’round the farm. Now, no one has ever seen the owner as there’s no house on the hundred-acre property. “

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Friday Fictioneers: Another Pandemic

Published on December 10, 2020December 9, 2020 by Yinglan13 Comments

Tossing his jacket onto the table, he sat down and sighed. He couldn’t believe it. Another pandemic. I’m 109, how many more events do I need to go through?

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Friday Fictioneers: Crapulously Fabulous

Published on November 27, 2020November 25, 2020 by Yinglan20 Comments

Great, fantastique, awesome, super.

Just how many more different ways can I exaggerate this situation?

I don’t know what gave anyone the idea or the impression I can single-handedly put together a Thanksgiving dinner in 4 hours.

4 HOURS!!!

There I was, slaving away in the kitchen – turkey, vegetables, and stuffing in the oven, potatoes ready to mash, and all there was left to do was dessert.

“Marge!” Came a holler.

I must had turned too quickly because next thing I knew, I was on the floor. “Ow,” I moaned. My leg was turned at an awkward angle. Crapulous.

“Marge, you okay?”

(100 Words)

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Please note: the word “Crapulous” in this story does not mean what it actually means if you define this word in the dictionary. In this story, this word is the antonym of Fabulous. Crapulous, Fabulous, get it?

Friday Fictioneers: Chaotic World

Published on January 29, 2020January 29, 2020 by Yinglan21 Comments

Sitting on this park bench, I am supposed to feel cold but somehow, I feel nothing except exhaustion and resignation. Continue reading “Friday Fictioneers: Chaotic World” →