(End of collaborative story from previous posts.) Marian felt like an outsider while her father and Gen reunited with her mother. She gazed at the sparkling lights on the dazzling landmark. From the dock to the tower was what she had wanted, but she never expected the dangerous way to arrive there. “Marian, join us,” […]
Collaborative Story Dock One
(Dock One Collaborative Story Continued from previous posts.) “I know you have the key, where is it?” her father motioned toward the contents of her purse spread on the bed. Marian observed the photo among her personal items. “Give me the key now.” He smashed a chair against the wall. “Why should I?” She controlled […]
Collaborative Story Dock One
(Collaborative Story continued from previous posts.) Marian approached the Eiffel tower as her stomach roiled with fear. She moved forward, alert like a nuclear weapon specialist ready to push the button for the next war. She was thankful the lights on the tower illuminated the ground under it. A large crowd of tourists with their […]
Collaborative Story Dock One
(Collaborative Story Dock One continued from previous posts.) The throb in Marian’s right temple pulled her from her sleep, the outline of a man in a chair brought her back to the reality of the dead man on the pier and the ride through Paris with Gen. The instinct to bolt took hold of her, […]
Collaborative Story, Dock One
(Collaborative story, Dock One continued from previous post) Her intuition pushed her to get out of there. Let the local law enforcement handle this. She had two days left to savor Paris. Two days to compensate for a lifetime of missed opportunities. A shame to waste it netted in a police investigation. Ignoring her instincts, […]
Collaborative Stories
In my anthology, Written Across the Genres, there are two collaborative stories. Two groups of writers wrote separate stories that began with the same paragraph. One class had 22 participants. Story Two had 10. Via emails, each person, within the maximum of a 150 words, continued the plot line from the last written entry. The […]
Writer Interview with Camille DeFer Thompson
Camille DeFer Thompson has an essay and a novel excerpt in my anthology, Written Across the Genres. She has stories in other collections such as Clash of the Couples, Not Your Mother’s Book On Working for a Living, Not Your Mother’s Book On Home Improvement, Encore Voices of the Valley, and several years in the […]