Monthly Archives: June 2022

Ragtag Daily Prompt: Hunger

Never in all of her brief little life had Pirouette felt such grief. If her beloved GarGar were a hostage or prisoner of war, then she would know how to bring him home, safe and sound. On the other hand, if he was just a corpse, rotting in a field, providing food for crows andContinue reading “Ragtag Daily Prompt: Hunger”

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Ragtag Daily Prompt: Colossal

Zippy, the Queen’s fool, had known her since she was a newly born infant. So weak at birth, the little infant couldn’t even utter a cry, and her poor mother succumbed to the rigors of childbirth less than an hour after the ordeal, leaving the child an orphan. Her father preceded her mother to theContinue reading “Ragtag Daily Prompt: Colossal”

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Ragtag Daily Prompt: Zippy

Queen Pirouette had been in her office for several hours reading reports, dispatches, letters and proposed legislation. When she got the next document in the pile, she read it over twice and without a word, let it drop to the ground. Lady Abbigail Hoffenhoff, her chief lady in waiting and best friend, scooped it upContinue reading “Ragtag Daily Prompt: Zippy”

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Ragtag Daily Prompt: Conflate

When battle was joined, it went exactly as GarGar had planned. The diversionary assault on the enemies left flank drew all the fire power the enemy had at its disposal. The center of GarGar’s line retreated slowly, and in orderly fashion. When the enemy paused to reload their canons, he let let loose a barrageContinue reading “Ragtag Daily Prompt: Conflate”

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Ragtag Daily Prompt: Create

GarGar looked at the enemy’s position with his field glasses. Stifling a sigh, he could see their cannons arranged on a distant ridge with the infantry and calvary lined up in orderly fashion. To charge into their ranks would cost many lives, especially on his side. The only recourse was to wait. Wait and see.Continue reading “Ragtag Daily Prompt: Create”

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