The Elk Herd at Dawn
Fifties by the Fire
Fifties by the Fire — a fifty-word, prompt-based writing exercise. Feel free to share your response below, or read and comment to join the fun.
Prompt: Write a fifty-word story (fiction, CNF, or poetry) that incorporates a wild animal.
Here are the other guidelines:
Make sure your piece is exactly fifty words. Feel free to use Word Counter or the word processor you use.
Write a title with the genre in the first line. (Example: Missed the Boat, Fiction)
The title does not factor into the word count.
Good luck and have fun. Happy writing!
Special thanks to John Lightle for providing “The Elk Herd at Dawn” for our writing prompt.
Come Dawn, fiction
Lucas watched through the tree line as his neighbor, old Mr. Huxtable, filled the foxhole.
The boy waited for the cover of darkness before he crept to it, shovel in hand. He dug and clawed under the full moon.
Come dawn, a pair of pups yipped at the waking sun.
NATURE OF THE BEAST, fiction
Muddy tracks on the floor… He must've crept in through the garage. Filthy creature, smelling of god knows what. I found him rooting through the kitchen cabinets, grubby paws foraging for food.
Just Harold. The absent-minded, earth-worshiping animal that I married — Lord of the Garden, King of Homegrown Tomatoes.