Title: The Giant of Kent County
Author: keppiehed
Word Count: 830
Prompt: Open a book to any page; choose a word, and write it down. Repeat this nine times. Write a story or a poem with all the words collected.
A/N: Written for musemuggers. Challenge # 514, Option #4. The words are from an anthology entitled "Machine of Death".

( The Giant of Kent County )

Title: Gone From Sight
Author: Keppiehed
Word Count: 1180
Prompt: (scars) and (prove this guy wrong: Alcohol! Because no great story started with someone eating a salad)
A/N: Written for musemuggers, Challenge #513, Options # 1 and #4

( Gone From Sight )

Title: Coins in the Fountain
Author: keppiehed
Word Count: 2565
A/N: Written for musemuggers, Challenge # 512, Option #1, “San Lorenzo”.

( Coins in the Fountain )

Title: What Remains
Author: keppiehed
Word Count: 487
Prompt: They threw me off the hay truck about noon...

( What Remains )

Title: Face the Rain
Author: keppiehed
Word Count: 529
Prompt: this picture
A/N: Written for musemuggers, Challenge #508, Option #2. Thanks to B for the first line. :)

( Face the Rain )

Title: For Love of Schnitzel
Author: Keppiehed
Word Count: 1739
Prompt: “apple cake” (#2412) and Krampus
A/N: Written for musemuggers, Option #4. Also, this was submitted for a collection of stories about Krampus, an ancient figure in Eastern Europe. He is the dark counterpart to St. Nick. They travel together on the eve of St. Nicolas’ Feast Day, and St. Nick leaves ( Read more... )

Title: The Sixth Kind
Author: keppiehed
Word Count: 905
Prompt: (carefully places microphone on ground) (hobbles stage-left on cane) (cackles, turns into a million crows), sentient, static
A/N: Written for musemuggers, Challenge #505, options, #1 and #4.

( The Sixth Kind )

... a theme song to an 80's sitcom?

( clickies for the facts of life as it is and has been this year )

Title: Teatro No. 5
Author: keppiehed
Word Count: 904
Prompt: this picture: Teatro No. 5
A/N: Written for musemuggers, Challenge #502, Option #4. The previous challenge was #498, Option #2, the picture.

( Teatro No. 5 )

Title: With Deepest Sympathy
Author: keppiehed
Warnings: language
Word Count: 621
Prompt: “letter”
A/N: Written for musemuggers Challenge #500, Option #1.

( Letter )