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Lost in Translation

So this one was a little office humor, based on a twitter exchange where someone was trying to say “the projects are a shitshow”, but politely in office speak. This is my little version of that for this weeks six-sentence story prompt word of FLUID for girlontheedge’s challenge. Enjoy. “The situation is rather fluid at the moment.” Karen didn’t want to have to tell him what the fluid was…

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Promotion Perks

Hello hello and welcome to this week’s Microfiction Monday, where I will be answering the prompt to write a contemporary piece under 300 words about a character that tells us something about who they are, through what they say, or the actions they take. Follow the narrator, as they encounter one of the usual suspects, and not everything turns out the way they expect… I sat down at my desk, and…

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The Game is Afoot

Hello hello and welcome to this week’s six sentence story based on the word GAME. Join our narrator as they tell the tale of woe, working with that “super special” coworker that just had to tell them what they were doing wrong, and what happens when they stop just letting it go. I may have taken this too far, I thought, as I watched her burst into tears, but the lack of recriminations from…

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The Third Rock

Hello hello and welcome to this week’s six sentence story which was inspired by the word grain. I took it to mean something along the line of “taking it with a grain of salt.” Follow along as out narrator Kiki decides to completely ignore the practical joker of the office and discovers that not all is as it seems… Hope you enjoy! It wasn’t that Kieran was a liar, but the man did have a tendency…

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Appreciation Day

Hello hello and welcome to this week’s six sentence story. This one is based on the word DOUBLE, and I used it exactly as you might think, to mean twice as much. This is another little corporate office drama, and Lisa is having an… interesting morning, that might turn into a less than pleasant day for all involved. I hope you enjoy reading this more than Lisa is enjoying herself in this! The…

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