Stories on This Week’s Prompt

Stories from the Retrospect Archive

Let us set aside the mechanical act of moving the clock hands forward, and think instead on the clock's underlying [...]

by Dorothy Rice

"When Anastacia was six, a first grader at Ulloa Elementary, she watched a movie that forever shifted her worldview."

by Suzy

Daylight Savings Time starts tomorrow. Harumph! I expect that I will feel grumpy and out of sorts for the next week.

by Marian

Henrietta was an awkward name for a tiny child ... so the family called her Yettie.

I am so grateful to Retrospect for giving me the avenue and the structure to bring these stories to life.

by Ben McKelway

Lesson for readers: Try not to get married in January.

by Marian

Her implication was clear. She was upset with me. While I was abashed and said I was sorry, our relationship was considerably [...]

by Patricia

My grandfather died when I was a kid, but he gave me a love for the game.

by Susan

They were set aside as my Cemetery Shoes.

Skinny Dipping For several summers in our early, married-without-children years we rented a beach house in the Hamptons with [...]

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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