This week’s prompt is inspired by The Dew Breaker, a short story collection by Edwidge Danticat.

“The wound on the fat man’s face wasn’t what he had hoped; he hadn’t blinded him or removed some of his teeth, but at least he’d left a mark on him, a brand that he would carry for the rest of his life.   Every time he looked in the mirror, he would have to confront this mark and remember him.  Whenever people asked what had happened to his face, he would have to tell a lie, a lie that would remind him of the truth.”

Write about a scar, real or fictional, your own or someone else’s.

Today’s writing prompt comes from Warren Wilson College:

Describe a “first” (first apartment, first kiss, first time driving a car, first lie, first big success, first roller coaster ride, first time in this setting). Include as many details as possible, being sure to include an aspect relating to each of the five senses.

Follow this link to nineteen other prompts from WWC.

Today, write in response to the word: TYRANT.

Here’s this week’s writing prompt, with apologies for tardiness (as I write this, it’s actually Thursday morning).

Write in response to the word: TAXI.

Write a story about a family picnic gone awry.

Write a story in which you send your main character to the “big city” for the first time.

Here’s today’s prompt:

For nearly an hour, I’d been watching my neighbors through the window.

Finish the story.

This week’s prompt comes from the first line of Ha Jin’s novel Waiting.  Finish the story.

“Every summer  [he] returned to Goose Village to divorce his wife…”

Write to the following prompt: That noise!

Write a story or poem inspired by the word “babysitter.”