A Family Affair

This week’s 5 to 50/55 challenge. Prompt words below.

They were an unremarkable collection, the five cousins. Rob stood away from the rest, eating a banana, not offering any to the others. He slammed the peel in the trash, moved closer to the park’s weedy edge, looked at Jessi, wished he had his nickel-plated Glock. How could she be so stupid to get pregnant?


Prompt words: collection, banana, trash, edge, nickel

Looking for Work

This week’s 5 to 50/55 challenge. Prompt words below.

Perched on a stool at an Internet café, the gunman nursed a fruit smoothie laced with Pepto-Bismol, a concession to his delicate stomach. Considered too old and unsteady by most, he waited for a last big job. One that would pay enough for him to retire. One that would save him from eating his gun. (55 words)

Prompt words: nurse, delicate, internet, gunman, fruit

Trying Too Hard?

This week’s 5 to 50/55 challenge. Prompt words below.

The girl with the spongy walk spoke English with a French rhythm. I thought she might be high, faking it, trying to make an impression on me, or. . . I don’t know. Whatever, it wasn’t working. I paid the check, left a generous tip for her and walked off into the dark, lonely, night. (55 words)

Prompt words: rhythm, French, spongy, girl, dark.