06-05-04 @ 11:13 am EDT

Okies, I managed to come up with another fifty of those creative writing prompts I started in the last entry...so now you have a hundred of them. Enjoy, or not, whichever.

51. a flock of ruffled ducks
52. a handprint in the dust
53. a crooked sundial
54. the smell of wet earth
55. an unfinished spiderweb
56. a covered mirror
57. wet shoes
58. the first star visible at night
59. a tattered quill pen
60. a collection of snowglobes
61. toenails painted gold
62. photographs tacked to the wall
63. a bowl of ribbon candy
64. illegible writing
65. fur-lined pillows
66. frosty breath
67. a goldfish with a torn fin
68. a smudged kitchen window
69. a small table in the corner
70. a yellow hat
71. tiny glass deer
72. chips of bark
73. a crushed box with something inside
74. a dented whistle
75. a jar full of marbles
76. dry grass
77. a door hanging off its hinges
78. graffiti under a bridge
79. an arrangement of white feathers
80. flakes of colored foil
81. wind stirring some bamboo chimes
82. red and gold carpeting
83. two tea-stained cups
84. a low tide
85. a door that won't stay shut
86. rustling noises in the eaves
87. a half-toppled cairn
88. a vanilla-scented candle, half melted
89. a lifelike stuffed pheasant
90. several jigsaw puzzles mixed together
91. water streaming down a culvert
92. a gilded violin bow
93. the back corner of a banquet hall
94. a salamander and a frog in an aquarium
95. a pale pink stain on a white rug
96. a smile half hidden behind a hand
97. shiny new tires on a bicycle
98. shadows cast by flowers
99. a dead moth
100. an old kaleidoscope in the attic

In addition I'd like to present ten fantasy animal prompts I came up with this morning. I was aiming for twenty-five, but these turned out to be PRETTY HARD. There are only so many interesting things an animal can do, I guess. I would use these ideas myself if I could find a way to fit them into Manitou Island. o_o

1. turtles whose shells act as scrying devices
2. chinchillas with fur of real silver
3. spiders who spin threads of metal
4. caterpillars who emerge from their cocoons as gemstones
5. porcupines whose quills can be removed and used as pens
6. snails whose shells carry hidden messages
7. peacocks whose tail feathers ring like chimes
8. giraffes whose spots form maps
9. deer whose shed antlers turn into trees
10. dragonflies which, when strung together, form invisible cloaks

Maybe sometime when I'm more inspired I can continue that list. It seems to have lots of bugs on it, doesn't it? Oh well. Somebody enjoy.

Tomorrow is D-Day, in more ways than one. Stay tuned for a three-year Skew tradition. :)

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