Stories and thoughts about being a queer girl geek in the 21st Century.
Ephemeral Nothing lasts forever not even love, if we lived in a world where love didn't die so easily, maybe I would still love you or you still love me but we don't instead, we live in a world where love often seems ephemeral. Joanne Fisher
Word count: 43
This was written with the prompt ephemeral provided by Sammi Cox’s Weekend Writing Prompt #312.
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The King’s Demand
“Your majesty, we can’t travel through the forest.” The knight stated.
“Am I not King? My power here is absolute.” The King insisted.
“But the elves have control over the woodlands.”
“We’ll see about that!” The King strode to the forest edge. “Listen forest denizens, I am your King! You will let us through!” He fell over covered in arrows.
“That really showed them your majesty.” Said the knight dragging his body away. Thankfully his daughter was more sensible…
Joanne Fisher
Word count: 80
This was written with the prompt absolute provided by Sammi Cox’s Weekend Writing Prompt #311.
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Decisions Decisions…
I was sitting at the bar when a man approached me, looking pale and frightened.
“I’ve just found out vampires really exist.” He revealed.
“Vampires?”
“They’re evil.” He whispered. “We need to eradicate them.”
“Eradicate?” I regarded him while considering whether I should simply rip his throat out, or maybe even turn him, which would be amusing.
Joanne Fisher
Word count: 58
This was written with the prompt eradicate provided by Sammi Cox’s Weekend Writing Prompt #310.
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Interrogation
“You need to make a confession.” Andrea demanded. She pinned Terri down so she couldn’t move.
“I’m innocent.” Terri declared.
“Don’t give me that!” Andrea insisted. “I know you ate all the chocolate-chip cookies.”
Joanne Fisher
Word count: 33 + prompt
This was written with the prompt confession provided by Sammi Cox’s Weekend Writing Prompt #308.
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Surviving
Once I awoke from out of my coma, they informed me I had been in a car accident. They did cognitive tests to understand the extent of my brain damage.
It wasn’t until I saw my family that I learned Maria, my girlfriend, had died in the crash. Was it really surviving to go on living without her, I wondered.
Joanne Fisher
Word count: 59 + prompt
This was written with the prompt cognitive provided by Sammi Cox’s Weekend Writing Prompt #306.
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Unrepentant
“After we broke up, you began telling all sorts of vicious lies about me. I lost many friends because of you. Why did you do that?” Annalise asked. Samantha shrugged her shoulders dismissively.
“I needed to hate you, and I wanted our friends to hate you too.” Samantha responded.
“I knew you’d be unrepentant, but can’t you at least say sorry?”
“Is there any point if I don’t mean it?”
Joanne Fisher
Word count: 69 + prompt
This was written with the prompt unrepentant provided by Sammi Cox’s Weekend Writing Prompt #305.
Unfortunately my computer wouldn’t open WordPress, so I’m doing this on my phone.
©2023 Joanne Fisher
You’ve Got Mail
“Yay I got some mail from my friend Michelle!”
“You mean she sent you an actual letter?”
“Yup. We send each other letters. We’re penpals.”
“Why don’t you just send each other emails?”
“Where’s the fun in that?”
Joanne Fisher
Word count: 37 + prompt
This was written with the prompt mail provided by Sammi Cox’s Weekend Writing Prompt #304.
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The Final Frontier
“So why is this spaceship called The Enterprise?”
“Because it’s named after one on a TV show.”
“So it’s not named after an early space shuttle?”
“No I believe that was also named after the TV show one.”
“Oh.”
“You know: To Go Where No Man Has Gone Before!”
“Except we are going to where no man has gone before, and will never go, as this ship is crewed entirely by women.”
“True.”
Joanne Fisher
Word count: 73
I wrote this rather grudgingly. I’ve always been a fan of Star Wars, rather than Star Trek, though as friends and former flatmates were fans of Star Trek I have ended up seeing quite a lot of it: the original series, the Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, most of the movies etc… Star Trek just never caught my imagination the way Star Wars did. I watch Star Trek and think “Meh…” I’ve never had any desire to rewatch any of it. Give me Star Wars any day, though I also really like Battlestar Galactica (preferably the reboot, though the original series is still fun to watch).
This was written with the prompt enterprise provided by Sammi Cox’s Weekend Writing Prompt #303.
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A Better View
Cindy climbed up into the treetops. Looking south, she saw the forest going on forever. Looking north, more forest, but also a golden city, maybe the Queen’s city.
“Having a good eyeful are ya?” Said a voice. Looking down she saw an angry pixie. “This is my vantage point!”
“Sorry.” Cindy said and she went back down.
“What did you see?” Jess asked.
“Forest.”
Joanne Fisher
Word count: 63 + prompt
This was written with the prompt treetop provided by Sammi Cox’s Weekend Writing Prompt #301.
I’m having problems with my computer. It’s taken me hours to do this post. It should have taken half an hour at most. I’ve been asking people to support this blog for years, but few have. If you could donate some money then I could upgrade my computer and begin posting regularly again. Otherwise it will just be sporadic posts from now on.
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Waiting in the Dark
It was past midnight now and Alison lay in bed listening. Tiffany wasn’t back yet, and so she waited.
Eventually she heard a car stop and then drive off. The front door opening and closing, and Tiffany’s soft footsteps coming up the stairs. Not long after that, Tiffany gently slipped into the bed, presumably so not to wake Alison, and then she turned over and went to sleep.
Tomorrow Alison could ask Tiffany where she was spending her time every late evening this week, but then she was terrified of what Tiffany might actually say…
Joanne Fisher
Word count: 94 + prompt
This was written with the prompt midnight provided by Sammi Cox’s Weekend Writing Prompt #300.
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