Grim Flandango

Rhode Island

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He/Him trying to be an erotica writer succeeding at being a disappointment to my mother. 100% cis 47

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A Storyteller’s Lament

1 week ago | medium.com | Grim Flandango

WRITING | MENTAL HEALTH | WRITER’S BLOCK | MEMOIRWhen the tales won’t be told…I have no idea what to say. I’m sitting at my laptop, with nothing but empty time for a few hours. The perfect time to write. I got nothing. Oh, I have ideas, sure. And scenes running through my head. I’ve got a whole story up there that keeps filling itself in, and I think it could be a good one. And dozens more. Bits and pieces, odds and ends. Scraps of errant thoughts buffeted by heavy winds and trying to be heard.
In Retrospect

1 month ago | medium.com | Grim Flandango

Run by several creative writers, this publication is Medium’s home to short stories, web-novels, drabbles, and other creative work. We also share writing prompts, and stories about the craft of writing, as well other author advice!DRABBLEA Drabble a DayThis prompt A Drabble a Day is by Me in The Fiction Writer’s Den. The word today is BEHAVIOR. If you like what you see, please stick around for at least 30 seconds. There were signs. Well, no, not exactly that, but there were hints.
The Guardian

1 month ago | medium.com | Grim Flandango

Member-only storyDRABBLEA Drabble a DayGrim Flandango·FollowPublished inThe Fiction Writer’s Den·1 min read·--Photo by Jan Huber on UnsplashThis prompt A Drabble a Day is by Me in The Fiction Writer’s Den. The word today is BISHOP. If you like what you see, please stick around for at least 30 seconds. The great oak stood sentinel over the village for as long as there had been a village to stand over. Its permanence became a sort of disguise for it.
Showbiz

1 month ago | medium.com | Grim Flandango

Member-only storyDRABBLEA Drabble a DayGrim Flandango·FollowPublished inThe Fiction Writer’s Den·2 min read·--Photo by Zeg Young on UnsplashThis prompt A Drabble a Day is by Me in The Fiction Writer’s Den. The word today is SAFARI. If you like what you see, please stick around for at least 30 seconds. Raglan’s whole thing was he’d dress up in a full safari outfit before heading to the course. He always made a big production of things. It was mostly for the cameras.
Toy Soldiers

1 month ago | medium.com | Grim Flandango

Member-only storyDRABBLEA Drabble a DayGrim Flandango·FollowPublished inThe Fiction Writer’s Den·2 min read·--Photo by Sahand Babali on UnsplashThis prompt A Drabble a Day is by Me in The Fiction Writer’s Den. The word today is IMPERIAL. If you like what you see, please stick around for at least 30 seconds. When it was sunny, Dodge would sit in the front yard and play soldiers with the little plastic figurines his father had bought him.
It’s Raining on Broad Street

1 month ago | medium.com | Grim Flandango

Member-only storyDRABBLEA Drabble a DayGrim Flandango·FollowPublished inThe Fiction Writer’s Den·2 min read·--Photo by Marc Kleen on UnsplashThis prompt A Drabble a Day is by Me in The Fiction Writer’s Den. The word today is PALM. If you like what you see, please stick around for at least 30 seconds. I remember the cold and the wet. I pulled my jacket tight around me, but it wasn’t nearly enough. It was late and the wind was digging into me and the rain had reached into every crease and crevice.
Tiny Wooden Elephants

2 months ago | medium.com | Grim Flandango

DRABBLEDrabble a DayGrim Flandango·FollowPublished inThe Fiction Writer’s Den·2 min read·--Photo by Wen Zhu on UnsplashThis prompt A Drabble a Day is by Me in The Fiction Writer’s Den. The word today is LOSE. If you like what you see, please stick around for at least 30 seconds. On that last night, when he was ten, Tim’s mom gave him a tiny wooden elephant and told him to never lose it. And he promised the way kids do. But then she didn’t come back that night, or the next.
This is Bob

2 months ago | medium.com | Grim Flandango

Member-only storyCraft of Writing | Short Writing Task #3An odd story from my mind…Grim Flandango·FollowPublished inThe Fiction Writer’s Den·2 min read·--Photo by Dmitry Vechorko on UnsplashThanks to JF Danskin for this amazing prompt!A Writing Task: Vow’l Constraint!Part of a group of short writing tasks at TFWDmedium.comWriting exercise: Write a scene, drabble, pen portrait or flash fiction story that does not use the letter ‘E’ at all.
The Public Good

Feb 13, 2025 | medium.com | Grim Flandango

DRABBLEA Drabble a DayGrim Flandango·FollowPublished inThe Fiction Writer’s Den·2 min read·--Photo by Birmingham Museums Trust on UnsplashThis prompt A Drabble a Day is by Me in The Fiction Writer’s Den. The word today is DECLARATION. If you like what you see, please stick around for at least 30 seconds. They posted the declaration in every public square, anywhere the people gathered. By order of the king, all vagrants would be subject to arrest and forced labor.
Making the Hard Decisions

Feb 12, 2025 | medium.com | Grim Flandango

DRABBLEA Drabble a DayGrim Flandango·FollowPublished inThe Fiction Writer’s Den·2 min read·--Photo by Victor Furtuna on UnsplashThis prompt A Drabble a Day is by Me in The Fiction Writer’s Den. The word today is POSITION. If you like what you see, please stick around for at least 30 seconds. Turnkey tapped away at his tablet as the robocar did the driving. With a few clicks, he’d eliminated a foods program to offset a new tax cut.