Stories on This Week's Writing Prompt

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by Barbara Buckles

This time I was prepared. I knew what they wanted: not only smarts, but big energy, personality plus.

by Suzy

Long-time Retrospect readers may recall my story Bridge Over Troubled Waters about how I played bridge for many years, mostly [...]

by Dana Susan Lehrman

My grandmother owned a small hotel in the Catskills where I spent idyllic childhood summers until I was 11 when it was sold. [...]

by John Shutkin

We concluded that it was a really dangerous game to play - a "Road to Hell is Paved With Good Intentions" game...

by Marian

The engineers ultimately understood that the game kept Joe going, giving him energy and focus.

by Laurie Levy

I hope my children picture me as a doting grandmother, happily playing with their children, unburdened by the daily demands [...]

by Tom Steenburg

Then the man said, "This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman . . ." And the 'woman' [...]

by Betsy Pfau

When we were little, my brother and I loved to play Sorry! by the hour. We’d set up the board on the carpeted floor in [...]

by Barbara Buckles

But road rage has a way of sneaking up on you, and you’re embroiled in it before you have time to actually think.

by Betsy Pfau

I have never personally experienced road rage. I tend to steer clear of drivers who seem to be in too much of a hurry, or are [...]