Stories on This Week’s Prompt

Today's Stories from the Retrospect Archive

by Gary Faules

Closets…. Funny topic in that something so mundane as a place where one hangs clothes, stores shoes and [...]

by Joe Worth

We never had a gun in our home while I was growing up. My first experience with guns came when a classmate (middle school [...]

by Betsy Pfau

I first wrote this story for the prompt “Finding Your Tribe” on March 14, 2020, just before the start of the [...]

My well-meaning father, a shoe department manager at J. C. Penney, with no experience in camping, borrowed camping equipment [...]

by John Zussman

My father employed the same grilling method as every other suburban Michigan father in the ‘50s: incineration.

by Betsy Pfau

Growing up in Detroit, I attended an integrated, large elementary school which encompassed grades K-8. At that time, the [...]

by Suzy

When I think of social media, the first thing I think of is Facebook. For me, Facebook was always about sharing pictures and [...]

by Suzy

The house I grew up in had many wonderful features, including an attic and a basement, and both were put to good use.

by Marian

Once the shutdown happened, a friend phoned me asking when I thought we'd be released from it. "June," I replied without [...]

by Betsy Pfau

The memories are still painful. A close friend once wished I could have a selective lobotomy to block them out. My family [...]

Writer’s Choice

Inspiration for this prompt was to see the list of past prompts, then think back and share forward your Writer’s Choice story!

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