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Tales Told With A Feather – a 99-Word-Story

July 4, 2023, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story as a message from a feather. Think about how the message is shared and from whom to whom. What kind of feather? How can you expand where feathers come from like boas and down ski jackets? Whatever tickles your muse this week. Go where the prompt leads!

Roxanne Jones, entrepreneur by day, was vivacious, blond, athletic. People loved her, she told stories that made them happy. No one knew what she did, whatever, it was lucrative. She wore designer clothes, handbags and shoes the ultimate in fashion, poise, and grace.

Roxie Rochel, entertainer by night, shedding her daytime attire for a downy white feather, she danced. Suggestively she dipped, twirled, twisted, and turned weaving tales of seduction, desire and longing with the flutter of a feather. Perhaps some did know Roxanne’s work, who will say? Whether Roxanne or Roxie, you might agree, she was an entertainer.


In the last edition of 99-Word-Stories, we were challenged to write about a grains of sand. Read the Grains of Sand Collection « Carrot Ranch Literary Community now.