For Random Learning Comes: Essays Fiction and Poetry by Andrea LeDew
For Random Learning Comes
For Random Learning Comes: Essays Fiction and Poetry by Andrea LeDew
{This is a response to a prompt by Michael Jackson at Tuesday Scribes. The task is to write 200 words, inspired by the picture. Thanks for the prompt and thanks for reading!} The home-owners association documents called it common space, but the plat showed, each lakeside home owned a tiny sliver. …
This 100-word story from 2018 depicts the interchange between a nanny and her rather troublesome charge.
{This is a response to Mike Jackson’s Tuesday Scribes photo prompt. We are to write 200 words and no more, inspired by the photo. Thanks for the prompt and thanks, as always, for stopping by to read!} For once! Emily rejoiced. An empty subway carriage! Backpack beside her, book open on her lap, …
{This is in response to a prompt from Tuesday Scribes, run by Michael Jackson. The task is to write a 100-word “fractured fairy tale”, that is, a familiar fairy tale, turned upside down and inside out. Mine plays upon “The Little Match Girl,” by Hans Christian Andersen, in which a poverty-stricken girl, trying to sell matches …
{This is a response to a prompt on Tuesday Scribes from Mike Jackson for “hint fiction (n): A story of 25 words or fewer that suggest a larger, more complex story.” Our task is to “convey a story…be entertaining…be thought-provoking, and… invoke an emotional response.” Quite a tall order, for twenty-five words! Read more about …
{This is in response to Michael Jackson’s Tuesday Scribes prompt. The challenge is to “write a piece of internal monologue.” Since I didn’t know exactly what this meant, I’ll assume some of you don’t either. Luckily, Michael Jackson has kindly dug up a definition, which I hope I have adhered to, with this little poem: …
{This is a challenge from Tuesday Scribes, run by Mike Jackson, to write a story with nothing but dialogue. Thank you Mike for the prompt and hope you all enjoy eavesdropping!} “Look at that! All children love bubbles, don’t they!” “Of course, they do.” “Even Jason, my oldest. He’s the intellectual one. Even though …
This flash fiction piece describes the new fashion which is all the rage in Paris. By Andrea LeDew. Originally part of Tuesday Scribes prompt by Mike Jackson with picture from Pixabay
{This is in a response to a challenge from Mike Jackson on Tuesday Scribes, to write a six-sentence story, in which one of the sentences includes a question. This reminds me of my mother, who liked to use the word “curious,” had a great spirit of adventure, and was extremely imaginative. I hope she …
{This is in response to a photo prompt from Tuesday Scribes, led by Mike Jackson. The assignment was to create a Haibun, a short narrative, with a haiku at the end, summing up the narrative. Tried my best, but minimalism is really not my thing. If you want to read more of the story, continue …
{This challenge is from Tuesday Scribes, led by Mike Jackson. The piece must be fifty words this time, inspired by the photo. Thank you for the prompt, Mike!} Excavating the abandoned earthquake site: any other archaeologist would have considered it a peach of a job. The tragedy had spurred Camilla’s university studies. Her internships …
