Grandpop died without telling anyone where he hid the money. None of us would have known about it at all if Nana hadn’t torn the house apart over the past forty years trying to find it. Some of my cousins

Who Feeds the Children? “Another seventy five cents… that’s five dollars and thirty seven cents I’ve found so far this morning.” Sandy eyed the three coins in his hand, which he’d just recovered from the

What do you see when you look at the cover image of this post? What comes to mind? Pirates? Metal detectors? Archaeologists? Whatever it is, we’re betting it would make a good story. Last week we posted

This is an old memory. It resurfaced slowly, over the last few weeks, but when I saw the latest writing prompt by @steemhousepub, it made me think of digging up memories from the ashes. And, as many of

Our last writing prompt was a smashing success. We had several outstanding Steem participants whose posts are compiled here. Now it’s time for a new prompt, and we’ll put to use the things we learned from

If you're ready for some first-rate fiction, buckle up and hold on to your hats, because we have some for you. In response to our writing prompt offered earlier this month, we had five truly outstanding

A thousand miles of scorched earth lay behind me. Years and years of it, its dust still clinging to my clothes and skin and soul. Struggle, pain, sickness, apathy. The worst decade of my life. Rebirth

BYE

REWRITE The birds always knew. They could sense the way the earth changed even before it blackened and curled, and they stayed away. Today they flew west along the tracks of the old farm road, then sharply

Marianna has already traveled Paris several times. The gatherings in the cafés, with the companions of the trip, were endless and pleasant but the discussions about the Monalisa became tedious. Everyone

This post serves two purposes. It’s my response to a writing prompt offered up by @steemhousepub, and also the first post I’ve done since being notified that I’ve been blogging on the Steem blockchain

What could be better for the new year on Steem than a resurgence of interest in creative writing? Steemhouse places great emphasis on writing for publication. That is our focus. We exist to find, nurture,