Challenge
Prose Challenge of the Week #20: Write a three sentence story about desire. The winner will be chosen based on a number of criteria, this includes: fire, form, and creative edge. Number of reads, bookmarks, and shares will also be taken into consideration. The winner will receive $100. When sharing to Twitter, please use the hashtag #ProseChallenge
The Way Things Go
He wants it now, this moment, with all the certainty of limited experience. He reaches a chubby hand, wobbly but filled with conviction, but just as he is about to grab his goal, he is snatched up in a cooing maternal embrace. He wails displeasure, squirming and kicking, red-faced with impotent rage, but his prize is gone.