Inspiration point (IP)
Our new Inspiration Point, with grateful thanks to SoulFire77 for the suggestion:
"The Thing You Kept... But Shouldn't Have." This could be a physical object, memory, or an inherited trait.
Poetry or prose, fact or fiction. Good luck!
Inspiration point
The Lady on Sycamore Lane (3)

VIII. The library was three stops past the end of Sycamore Lane, in the town center. Ruth had not been in years — she couldn't have said how many —...
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The Lady on Sycamore Lane (2)

V. The third time the sound came, Ruth was ready for it. Not ready in the way of preparation. Ready in the way of a person who has been listening so...
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The Lady on Sycamore Lane (1)

Sycamore Lane is nine houses long, set back from the road at polite distances, with porches wide enough for two chairs apiece. The mailboxes are...
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One Date
Their Story. My room’s a mess; messy clothes strewn across my floor, open bins and empty cans dotted around. My phone rested on my slipper, slid...
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One Of Us
It was chilly. It wasn’t quite cold enough to warrant doing anything but it was just about cold enough to complain; they both sat on the slanted...
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