Prompt: Rewrite a fable from an unusual perspective. Piece: We were a quarrelsome bunch, my siblings and I. We sat under the sun’s fierce rays and fought, prodding and nudging each other for a little more room. My siblings teased me mercilessly. I was the runt of the litter, slower to grow. My brothers and…

Prompt: One day you open the mailbox and find a heavy, gilded envelope. You break the thick golden wax seal bearing a fancy insignia and pull out an invitation…. Piece: I had never planned on this profession. Pilferer of packages.  Looter of letters.  Marauder of mail.   Felon.   I had loftier goals. I was a smart…

Prompt: Books have been banned… Piece: The shadowy fingers of dark had just crept over the horizon. In the distance, the stooped and furtive forms of three portly men could be seen, silhouetted against the lingering blush of daylight.  They seemed to melt out of the trunks of the sheltering trees as they dashed across…

Prompt: Take an ordinary activity in your life (brushing your teeth, making your bed, cleaning the bathroom, etc) and describe it as a broadcaster would a BIG NEWS FLASH. Write a newspaper article describing the event as BIG NEWS! Piece: Shocking Revelation – Wasteful Garden City Tooth-brusher Residents of the usually scenic and peaceful Rose…