Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Unused, Unwanted - A to Z Challenge

List your unused, unwanted items in our classified section!

Free. Very fine mulch horse manure. U pick up. White Horse.


Hospital bed w/remote. In pretty good shape.

Available now! 2-4 bedroom homes. Take over payments. No money down/no credit check. 1-888-xxx-xxxx

Low Cost Mortgage Protection LIFE INSURANCE. PREMIUM RETURNED IN 20 YEARS IF YOU DON'T DIE.  1-800-xxx-xxxx

Prom Dress. Never worn. Size 12. Also one size 3, worn once.

For Sale. Stun guns, pepper sprays, alarms, security cameras. T's Shoppe at the XXX Farmer's Market.

Wanted wild caught rat snake. Will pay $5 - $20 depending on size. 

No story today, my friends. Instead, I offer you the delicious prompts above. They were all found in the classifieds of a weekly paper. Honest!  Feel free to try and generate a micro story or drabble (100 words) and leave it in the comments section. No judging, no prizes - just for fun.

20 comments:

  1. shared this out for you. I'll take a stab at this later: have to finish MY U post. LOTS of fun things here. Can be its own collection!!

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  2. The prom dress seller was obviously determined!

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  3. How long had it been? Only months, maybe less but it felt like years. The diagnosis, the surgery, the treatments, passing in a blur and all for nothing. Taking a deep breath that threatened to become a sob, she filled out the For Sale classified ad as her tears followed the wrinkles down her face.

    FOR SALE: Hospital bed w/remote. In pretty good shape.

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  4. He checked out his cleanup work. Pretty good if he did say so himself. No one would ever know someone was murdered in this bed. Good thing the blood had missed the mattress completely or he'd never get his money back.

    He filled out the forms for his new classified ads:

    FOR SALE: Hospital bed w/remote. In pretty good shape.
    WANTED: Disabled, elderly roommate. Cheap rent.

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    1. Well done! 2 takes on the same prompt, very different stories. Thanks!

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    2. Had to do both sides...they wouldn't let me do just one. [the voices] ;-)

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  5. very cool prompts, shame I have no brain left today.
    Lx

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    1. Oh dear. Wanted: brain. Preferably used. :-)

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  6. Wow great prompts. Lots of creative energy for some short stories here. Thanks for visiting.

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  7. These are really creative prompt ideas. You could go anywhere with these. Reminds of the Hemingway six word story.

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    1. That's the fun of it - dreaming up the back story :-) Thanks for stopping by!

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  8. Wednesday

    "I ain't shovelin' this crap, Joe! No matter how much you pay me."
    "Who else's gonna do it if you don't?"
    "Dunno. But I still ain't."
    "Dan. I'll double your cash for the day--"
    "No."
    "Then what am I s'posed to do?"
    "Hell, put an ad in the paper for all I care."
    "That'd never work. Look, I'll give you half the money now--"
    "Oh, really? Ne'er work? Let's just see."
    "Dan? Hold up, where do you think you're goin--"

    Friday

    "I admit, that was a durned good idea."
    "Toldya, Joe. Put an ad in the paper and the people come."

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  9. It was fun reading it :-) I was taken aback by the "White Horse" at first - it's the name of the town, not the color of the equine who supplied the material.

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  10. Wow. Some cool prompts there. Must come back when I'm less dazed and more awake.

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  11. The hospital bed with remote sounds enticing but um think I would pass

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