Easy Street Prompts

Welcome to the second edition of Block Party, a monthly blogzine celebrating writers and artists. It's been a slow month for submissions and I understand why. The furnace-blast heat of August coupled with the beginning of school is enough to keep anyone off the page. I'm guilty as well. The heat has dipped down in the frosty low 90s today and here, it looks a little like rain. That's almost enough to reconstitute my dried-out creative impulse. I hope it's the same where you are.

Want to join in next month? Read the submission guidelines here, then enter your work through Easy Street's blog carnival. You owe it to yourself.
 

Flash Fiction

Audrey presents Prompted, a piece based on the prompt "five things to throw in the fire." Posted at her blog, Untitled.


Nonfiction

Kevin Erickson presents Choose Yer Weepons:  Zombie Horde Defensive Three Gun, which should prepare you for the inevitable zombie outbreak. Bless his heart for providing this service, because there are scads of unprepared folks out there. Posted at Preachers and Horse Thieves.

Ryan Murphy presents The Monarch of Mabini Street, "a short piece about a street kid I befriended in Manila, the capital city of the Philippines." It's more than that, though - it's heart-stopping. Posted at Eleven Degrees North.

Safa Samiezade'-Yazd presents Wedding Fashion: Carnival Mirror?, making us take a hard look at the politics of the white dress tradition. Posted at Naked Lady in a White (Silk) Dress.


Photography

David Wetzel presents Juxtapose, a bloom of color, line, and position. Posted at Images of Life.

Juan Santiago presents 3Duped, the watchers and the watched. Posted at LensVerse.


Poetry

Madeleine Begun Kane presents Dotty Men, a limerick with a kick that I've already sent to several friends. Posted at Mad Kane's Humor Blog.