"See this dent?" He held it out for her to inspect. "An assassin tried to gun him down, and this lighter stopped the bullet."
She stared at him for long moments.
"What?" he asked.
"Is that really true?" she said, tilting her head. (3/4) #wss366

"Well, partly it's because matches are too small for my claws," he said. "But also this lighter has great sentimental value."
"Really?"
"When I was in the circus, old Silas said this lighter saved his life."
"How did a lighter do that?" Brunhilde said, wonderingly. (2/4) #wss366

The bear pulled out his silver lighter from wherever he kept it hidden, and lit his cigarette
"Hey! Hey!" Brunhilde said. "Why do you use that thing rather than a #match? In the picnic park you have people use matches to start a #fire."
The bear held the lighter up and studied it. (1/4) #wss366

Fifth Avenue —
a dumpster fire
in broad daylight

#wss366

fire pit —
is there life
on Mars?

#wss366

ceasefire burning out of control

#wss366 #monoku

Today's Wandering Shop Stories prompt at Mastodon is #fire. Join in and tag it with #wss366. Visit https://wandering.shop/@wss366 for more info.

Side by side, two souls.
Equal fit in every way -
Made to burn, as one.

🕯️ 🔥

#WSS366 #DailyPrompt #Match #PoetrySky #ThreeLines #MicroPoem #LovePoetry #SoulMates #PoetryCommunity #MicroWriting

#AcrosticChallenge #AmpersandAfterDark #SCIFIFRI #soulseedslove #wss366
S Small in all this space
P perhaps it's the Motion,
A Action of the stars as we're
C Chasing moonlight in our
E Exodus from the homeworld
Janson_G pixabay.com + Aperture Vintage unsplash.com

approaching Autumn
an inventory
of unmatched socks

#wss366

Tinder box —
playing
with matches

#wss366

Today's Wandering Shop Stories prompt at Mastodon is #match. Join in and tag it with #wss366. Visit https://wandering.shop/@wss366 for more info.

𝘈𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘍𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘌𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, a #barrash of feathers and wings marks the mass #exodus as the birds as they return to the #upper regions to search for next meal. In winter, they try to #reduce the time between feeding to the minimum possible.

#BlueSkyRemnant #SillySeptember #wss366 #2WordPrompt

final settlement:
a fraction of our losses
and no admission of guilt

#wss366

rolling down the driveway
an acorn settles
in the middle of the road

#wss366

Ten minutes later, the Angels descended the ramp carrying rail guns backed up by Zaza and Bebe holding Corona-18s.
"Give Bebe something to shoot!" Bebe growled.
The protesters took one look, dropped their signs, and scattered. (3/3) #wss366

"This is as bad as when we played at New Seattle," Zaza said.
"Bebe doesn't want to get #seattled again!" Bebe said.
"This time, let's turn on your soldier modules," David said. (2/3) #wss366

The Better Angels arrived for their concert at New Portland. They readied themselves to head out, but then saw that there was a crowd of protesters lining the velvet ropes, chanting and carrying signs that said, "Androids Away!" and "Worser Devils!" (1/3) #wss366

Today's Wandering Shop Stories prompt at Mastodon is #seattled. Join in and tag it with #wss366. Visit https://wandering.shop/@wss366 for more info.