Campaign Challenge #1 Into the Light

Yay! The first Campaign Challenge is here! The rules: "Write a short story/flash fiction story in 200 words or less, excluding the title. It can be in any format, including a poem. Begin the story with the words, “The door swung open” These four words will be included in the word count.

If you want to give yourself an added challenge (optional), use the same beginning words and end with the words: "the door swung shut." (also included in the word count)

For those who want an even greater challenge, make your story 200 words EXACTLY!"


Click here to enjoy fellow campaigner's awesome stories!

Into the Light

The door swung open. Stark white burned into the darkness; so stunning I couldn't raise my eyes to meet it. 

What trickery was this? 

At first unsure, I waited. 

Yet the door remained open.

I crawled blindly toward it, the cruel ground biting at my knees. Cloying mist, the sweetness of which stuck to the very surface of my teeth, filled my oppressive tomb. Black laced my legs and my arms, slithering over my skin, drawing me back, summoning me into the shadows. The embrace so seductive that for a brief moment I forgot myself…forgot the battle…forgot my way…

Stay

My name played across the air, whispered against my ears, and I hesitated. The moment fleeting as that pause between life and death. So insignificant, yet lavish. Unaffordable.

I sank lower, and with that shift the illusion shattered. It was my panicked soul that lurched me forward, nails finding purchase against crevice. How long before the light abandoned me? If only I could walk! I clawed harder, desperation stabbing deep.

Finally at the brink, I stretched into the light, and my fingers glowed clean. Screaming erupted, furious and hot at my back, I crossed the threshold and the door swung shut.  

Fall Into Fun

Can you feel it? There's a change in the air, so faint it's easy to dismiss. But we all know that fall is coming and soon enough those hot days will turn into crisp autumn. With this transition to a new season comes many new and exciting opportunities. Today I want to share my recent finds with you. These are the two that have caught my attention:

1. The Muse Online Writers Conference
2. Rach Writes: Third Writers' Platform Campaign 

The Muse Online Writers Conference is great for pitching your work and getting yourself out there in front of agents and publishers.

Rachael Harrie (who is completely fabulous, by the way) is the brain child behind Third Writer's Platform Campaign--a great way to meet and support other writers. --Seriously can't wait to get going on this! 

I hope you can find the time to join in, I'd love to see you there!