#OctPoWriMo
Today’s theme is Womb. I once went to a festival that had a “womb room.” You had to walk through stuffed fabric labia to enter.
My Womb
The lake is a womb I return to each summer
I am reborn
#Writober4
The image for Day 3 on the Pinterest board shows a yard flamingo that has not only lost its feathers, it lost its skin. It makes me think it might have irritated the witch it stands next to.
My take: Maybe our witch tried to raise the dead, but made a mistake and all the dead animals came to life. That would be terrifying: flocks of skeletal flamingos. My theme “Inside Out” made me think of the movie The Fog
Micro-fiction: Anjali watched as the live deer frolicked among the recently risen. Her longing for her lost love, the inspiration for this mistake, still consumed her, but she was also filled with wonder by this lone creature unaware or unafraid of those defying death while the other living cowered and hid.
Writing Process and Tools
Creepy verbs: alarm, worry, unhinge, forewarn, appall, carillon, toll
Story Cubes Symbols: crescent moon, erupting volcano, sleeping person snoring, rainbow, cell phone, parachute jumper, worried face, monster shadow, tall building
Woodland creature: deer
Horror trope: past lives
Other People’s Writober Prompts
I found these lists of daily prompts on twitter, in case you are looking for even more inspiration:
