Category FF Prompt 30 | Day 28

Noise pulses from the steaming pavement.  A midsummer Sunday street party in New York City. Feels like a fetid swamp of sound and heat.

Many people thought I was a coral. A beautiful orange coral breathing. Big mistake…..I had no  tissues, did not mind sea water. I was a simple guy.  My bad character is that I can filter everything –I do not say…...

I don’t like to talk about my birth defect. You see, I’m hyper absorbent.

Rafe received substantial land and coin when he and Helen wed. They had had recent conversations about acquiring a home of their own, beyond Austin Friars. The idea of leaving the familiar took time to absorb. Their future bright, plans…...

Maggie looked around her son’s bedroom, trying to absorb the mess. “Uncle Dylan made a peenarta, Mommy!” Adam’s eyes were huge, his face a rainbow of colours. “He put millions of M&Ms inside, then we whacked it until it burst!”…...

     A transom and sidelights surrounded the Tyler’s front door, causing bright cascading light to limn their foyer. Two, tall majesty palms stood behind each sidelight, thriving and crowding the narrow foyer with their leaves. Whenever Claudia stepped through…...

I should tighten my abdomen. I don’t. I absorb every punch, my organs mangled. I’ve known my opponent since we were eight, when we resolved to fight back against bullies. Today, my longtime friend pounds into me, eyes dark with…...

Selene had told her to let the candles burn down on their own. Something about the aura of power. She looked around the candlelit room, trying to determine if she felt different. Whatever. Didn’t matter. She was out of options.…...

     This was the last lecture before her final exam. Her average depended on this grade.      She and Tom lived together. Tom was faithful. Sarah had considered herself to be faithful until last week. She slept with her ex-boyfriend.…...

In some countries they sit upright in rows and learn the violin.In some countries they have open-plan underfunded state classrooms where they are indoctrinated into the class system while making red white and blue flags for the coronation.You, my innocent…...