For today’s post, I am participating in Trifecta’s Trifextra Weekend Challenge. This kind of assignment is actually a lot of fun for writing nerds like me. Visit this link and scroll down to the bottom of the post to see all the entries and vote for your favorite (wink) … or maybe even enter one of your own.
Here are the only rules: Everyone starts with the same 5 words and must turn it into his or her own story in only 33 words. The 5 introductory words are NOT to be counted in the 33 words. This week’s five words: “The phone rang at 4am.”
Here’s “our” (it takes a Village, yes?) entry … entitled Troubleshooting
The phone rang at 4am.
She glanced over but, seeing it still soaked with his blood, she ignored it. “It’s probably just her again anyway,” she thought, as she finally released the weapon and slipped out the window.
Now … go vote! We’re entering at the last minute so we’re already behind the eight ball on this one! Next time, we’ll get an earlier start. Yes, there WILL be a next time …