One Writing Prompt A Day

The copy machine broke down in the middle of printing, which made this the third worst thing that happened this morning.   From:  http://thecharactercomma.com/writing-prompt-generator/ The copy machine broke down in the middle of printing, which made this the third worst thing that happened this morning. I was printing off customer newsletters which needed to be put in the mail that afternoon in order to be received by my boss' target deadline. There was a mountain of paperwork I needed to sort through and file after folding and putting these newsletters into envelopes and putting them out for the carrier who came at 2pm. It was also Jackie's birthday and I owed it to her to attempt to be out of work early, or at the very least on time. I had been already late to work this morning because of two other mishaps. I slipped on my kitty Indigo's half-digested cat food vomit which then, in turn, caused me to dump most of my hot cup of coffee on my favorite work k...

Writing Prompt:  Write a 400 word story in the crime genre. It's about a lion trainer and should include not enough money. Also use the sentence 'I don't want to ask for too much.' Bonus prompt: Civilization has come to an end. Lennie stood outside the fence of the private zoo, "Bayles Animal Kingdom", where she had been on contract with for the last three years. On the front gate she saw a large sign made out of particle board with a hastily spray-painted "Closed 4 Business". This was the second time she had stopped in the last twelve hours. She came back because she wanted to see her pride and joy, the lioness named Anissa who she had faithfully trained since she was a cub and when Lennie first started this job. Lennie understood that her chances of breaking in and making it past the initial gate were very small. The zoo's owner, Kevin Bayles, was probably watching her from his household tower, erected in the center of the zoo. He most like...