Fandango Is Recovering

Mrs. Fandango is taking really good care of everyone’s favorite blogger, and he is getting better every day.  I volunteered to step in and be the guest host of his Story Starter prompt which he usually posts at 3:00 am PT/ 6:00 am ET on Tuesdays.  I am sorry that I slept late this morning, but I will get with it for next week.  This is for Fandango’s Story Starter #81 and here’s how it works.  Every Tuesday you will get a “teaser” sentence and your mission, should you choose to accept it, (kind of like mission impossible) is to build a story (prose or poetry) around that sentence.  It doesn’t have to be the first sentence in your story, and you don’t even have to use it in your post at all if you don’t want to.  The purpose of the teaser is simply to spark your imagination and to get your storytelling juices flowing.

This week’s Story Starter teaser is:

There, amidst a clearing in the dark woods, stood …

If you care to write and post a story built from this teaser, be sure to link back to this post and to tag your post with #FSS. I would also encourage you to read and enjoy what your fellow bloggers do with their stories.

And most of all, have fun.