Stories on This Week’s Prompt

Today's Stories from the Retrospect Archive

Right, friendships. Those things we forge in the furnace of youth, fueled by shared baseball card collections and a [...]

Hermine’s Morning Joe I happen to be a tea drinker, but I do like the smell of coffee brewing, and when the coffee smells [...]

by Khati Hendry

I'm not really someone who makes new year's resolutions, but this year Sally announced she plans to learn to play the old [...]

by Betsy Pfau

I was always a good student, a striver, a high achiever, I got straight A’s. Until it came to penmanship. There I fell [...]

My Father's Religion was the Democratic Party

Mr October Super Bowl, World Series, or Final Four stories – they’re all the same to us sports widows. A few years [...]

by Marian

"She called my cell phone and thought I'd gone to Canada and ended up in jail."

by Patricia

One year the Native Americans even showed up.

by Jim Willis

The jury system is a good one, but not infallible. Variables other than facts in the case can sway jurors.

Dreams are ephemeral tapestries woven in the deepest recesses of our minds, where reality bends and dissolves, logic [...]

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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