The Story Factory

Susan Haven

  • Sucky Story Sunday Episode 7

    Prompts this week: A DogwalkerDiscovers a relative everyone thought was deadFootprintsin a City Photographs and Memories Pt. 1- A Time Academy Story I had been out on the street for only fifteen minutes and my arms were already starting to ache. People passing me on the sidewalk would nod and smile; one or two made…

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  • Ten Things on a Saturday

    (Just as an aside, when I was in 7th grade, I bowled in a junior bowling league every Saturday morning. Absolutely nothing to do with the post below, but the ten pins made me a bit nostalgic.) As a new member of the Ninja Writers, I have been getting emails from Shaunta Grimes about writing,…

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  • Sucky Story Sunday Episode 6

    This week’s prompts:A pryromaniacGoes to a reunionA Special Song Strike Anywhere She’s late. I glanced at my watch and then looked out the window. No firetrucks were hurrying by, so it’s good, right? First meetings with new parolees were usually a bit tense anyway, and to have someone that I’ve known since elementary school on…

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  • Sucky Story Sunday Episode 3

    The third story of the month, but this one took the longest, because I could not for the life of me figure out the ending. Still not a fan, but done is better than perfect. This did not have a prompt, I just wondered what it would be like to go to a disorganized planner…

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  • Sucky Story Sunday…Episode 5

    Genre: FantasyCharacter: A needleworkerSubject: A Discovery It Saves Nine {Synopsis: Leda inherited her grandmother’s thimble, a small token with big possibilities.} Leda Morris wondered what it would be like to be rich. Not a millionaire, but rich enough to wear one of the dresses in her “to be altered” pile. Rich enough for Christmas Cocktail…

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  • Sucky Story Sunday, Episode 4

    I am trying to catch up with my story a week. Five weeks in January, so I should have five stories posted after tomorrows. Sadly this is not the case. So you get two really bad stories today. This one I am five kinds of uncomfortable with, but oh well. Prompt: A Shopping Mall SantaDiscovers…

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  • Monday Musings…

    I learned the secret of writing this weekend. Chuck Palahnuik blew my mind away this weekend. He managed to diagnose a huge writing issue that I have with one blog entry. Magic, huh? And I didn’t even get to it on my own. I was attending a zoom lecture by Shaunta Grimes and it was…

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  • It’s Sucky Story Sunday!

    Sins of the Fathers All Jacob wanted was to replace his totaled car. And his father’s laptop was going to make that happen. Growing up, Jacob had never considered ketchup an art supply. His mother would not sit in a fast-food restaurant, open packets of ketchup and Chick Fil A sauce and allow him to…

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  • Tuesday Tool Time

    There was a time of great mourning in our home this past month. A member of our family for nearly 20 years had passed away. No, not a beloved pet. It was our Hamilton Beach coffee maker. It was the first coffee maker we had ever purchased with a stainless steel carafe, rather than a…

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  • Sucky Story Sunday

    As part of my study of Ray Bradbury’s writing advice, I am writing 52 bad short stories. He proposed that you can’t write 52 bad stories. Challenge Accepted! It’s Always Playtime Now Julie parked her car near the back of the lot with a few other vehicles. Staff parking to make sure customers could have…

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