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3 April 2026, Freewriters Community Daily Writing Prompt Day 3062: the other daughter

Capt. R.E. Ludlow tended to sleep deeply in a hard rain, and dream because the rain muted the noise of everything but what his subconscious mind was most concer...

2 April 2026, Freewriters Community Daily Writing Prompt Day 3061: not very colorful

“The thing about rain you can't even see through is that it's not very colorful, but at the same time, with all that rain, when it's done, there's gotta be a ra...

1 April 2026, Freewriters Community Daily Writing Prompt Day 3060: positive (or not)

Mrs. Thalia Ludlow was often closely observing the eight little Ludlows in her family, but it was easier than one would think if they were all in the house: the...

31 March 2026, Freewriters Community Daily Writing Prompt Day 3059: harass

“So, there's different types of rain. There's rain that is just enough to mess up your car and your pool party. There's regular rain. There's heavy rain with lo...

30 March 2026, Freewriters Community Daily Writing Prompt Day 3058: simplicity is the new complexity

“OK, I'm going to have to do two of these – 'Mneme's Skirts' – because the silver-gray version is nice too, although you're right, Rob: the red version is prett...

How Decentralized is "Hive-Engine"?

I have heard many arguments over the years, Hive-Engine is a layer 2 protocol built many, many years ago and still used and integrated into most things on HIVE,...

29 March 2026, Freewriters Community Daily Writing Prompt Day 3057: strap yourself in

“I don't think I've ever seen a more beautiful sunrise,” eleven-year-old Velma Trent said to her best friend eleven-year-old Eleanor Ludlow, “but the day that H...

28 March 2026, Freewriters Community Daily Writing Prompt Day 3056: beginning to deteriorate

Mr. Thomas Stepforth was 66 years old. He had heard this pattern so many times before. “Hurricane Mneme is beginning to deteriorate in strength as it drifts tow...

27 March 2026, Freewriters Community Daily Writing Prompt Day 3055: light the way

“But see, that had to happen because being out here in 2020 wearing underwear that still shrinks is a crime against fashion that had to be punished. A man can't...

26 March 2026, Freewriters Community Daily Writing Prompt Day 3054: this is your constitutional crisis

Ten-year-old Andrew Ludlow, being of quiet, thoughtful habits, spent quite a bit of time doing quieter things, and was very much attached to his quiet cousin, C...

25 March 2026, Freewriters Community Daily Writing Prompt Day 3053: middle of somewhere

Ten-year-old Glendella Ludlow got up and walked out of her new home in Tinyville, VA … her old home was bigger, and the people there would have said this was al...

24 March 2026, Freewriters Community Daily Writing Prompt Day 3052: is this a partnership?

“So, I was wondering – is this a partnership we are doing or something else?” Nine-year-old Milton Trent and nine-year-old George Ludlow were listening to a con...

Zapfic50 Friday Prompt: Dull

“See, a dull mind will get you done in. Could have told him that.” Mr. Grosmaul's phone conversation about the death of his business partner was his last words....

23 March 2026, Freewriters Community Daily Writing Prompt Day 3051: shout quietly!

“OK, so next time we need to fashion coordinate all this because I get tablecloths and stuff that you can get at Big Discounts for Your Loft that are easy and c...

22 March 2026, Freewriters Community Daily Writing Prompt Day 3050: not your onions!

With all the deep conversation happening in the big Trent-Stepforth-Ludlow-Lee barbecue, one had to remember that there was another end to those conversations. ...

Don't Pet This Cat, and Don't Let Its Star Pet You

Sometimes you just have to know as a human that every alien that reminds you of home doesn't feel like a pet. "The hand that you save might be your own, somewha...

21 March 2026, Freewriters Community Daily Writing Prompt Day 3049: ferry across the River Of Death

“OK, so Gracie and Milton and Velma's grandmothers are having like the deepest grandma-level conversation ever.” This was Eleanor Ludlow (11) giving the cue to ...

20 March 2026, Freewriters Community Daily Writing Prompt Day 3048: elegant fall

“So, Grandma Jubilee was telling me you stay a billionaire because you keep learning, Pop-Pop.” Eleven-year-old Velma Trent had gone from her father's mother to...

19 March 2026, Freewriters Community Daily Writing Prompt Day 3047: No more knowledge

“OK, Grandma Jubilee, so, when as an adult do people just decide, 'I'm good – no more knowledge needed?'” “Well, Velma, this is a hard question. I think most pe...

18 March 2026, Freewriters Community Daily Writing Prompt Day 3046: not my temple

“OK, so I just don't know how you have been able to get to the point you have with so much dead weight attached to your company.” Capt. R.E. Ludlow pulled the c...