The Prompt
Think of a time you saw something that was so out-of-place that it made you wonder, “How did that happen?” Answer yourself with a story.
Examples: A rolling suitcase abandoned at a busy intersection, a street bicycle propped against a tree in the middle of a national forest, a woman in a ballgown riding the bus, a green velvet chair sitting on an elevator in an office building, a standing mirror in a pasture, a tree with hundreds of small bits of glass and poppets hanging from its branches, a dragon statue in a hospita, two teenage girls dining at a cafe where all the other tables are filled with Shriners.
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Gabrielle Johansen
Gabrielle writes all stripes of fantasy and still believes in magic.
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