Abracabadra

"Sure, I can babysit my seven-year-old niece."  "Thanks, Sis." Pedro grinned, "I'll pick her up by 9 p.m."...

 "Where's your other slipper?" Mom inquired as Naina came out from her bedroom, wearing just one.  "Maggie is nibbling on...

"The house looks so clean. Where's my cyclone?" Dad inquired as soon as he entered his home. "She's mostly been in he...

"Hello Aunty, How have you been?" inquired a young girl with neat braids, and wearing an elegant dress.  Her smile wa...

While sipping my tea at the crack of dawn, an idea sparked in my mind as I stared at my son's longboard, "I should try this. A...

“Whatever happens, don’t open this?” Mom commanded as if the colonel of the army and marched out of the room.  I obeyed with a soft nod...

"Hey, don't hit those fallen apples with your bat?" Grandma rebuked her grandson, Pedro. "What should we do with it, ...

One unforgettable torrid evening, I get unexpected news from my brother, "She is no more!" I grew numb at first then shoute...

"April, you're not wearing this to school. Please, change." The daughter stood still. Mom was stern, "Right now, y...

“Sammy, blow the candles!” Christine said with delight.  Sammy claps her hands with joy and walks with ginger steps towards the ta...

Sarah aimed her long stem glass at him, but instead, it hit the floor crashing into multiple pieces.  She could see her slivered hea...

"I hate my life!" Jaya kept growling with anger teary-eyed as she walked with stern steps towards a mid-sized wall that faced...

"Always look into ways to enrich your life." used to be the mantra of the moral science teachers of my school.  Initial year...

As I ring in the New Year lots of memories flood before me: the good, the bad, the ugly while 'am so involved with that flashback ...

Raj lights lamps in all corners of his house with hymns playing in the background.  He is celebrating Diwali the festival of light tha...

"Hi, Pink Carnations!"  "Hi, Chrysanthemums!" "Oh wait there come the Lilies," said the chrysanth...

"Attagirl!" he shouted as he threw a stick. She narrowed her eyes and walked gracefully while eyeing it at times. Just then ...

 In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about carrot cake. It can be classic or unusual. Why is there cake? How does it feature in th...

In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about a unicorn. It can be realistic or fantastical. Go where the prompt leads. Join in the fu...

"Splash!" "Toby quit splashing into the puddles" Mom urged as she walked with his tiny hand enclosed in her big pal...