Microdosing - 60mg of a Veil
Prompt: Veil
Today on Microdosing our prompt is Veil!
Write a story in 60 words!
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My knee dug deep into the mud, tangles of mist clawing at my ankles. Moonlight glittered in the ring.
"Will you marry me?" I asked, madness glimmering in my dark-rimmed eyes.
The veil between life and death ripped.
Her hand passed through, accepting the ring and my soul with it; leaving my earthly body to rot at her gravestone.
A cup of coffee also keeps the creative juices running here in the lab!
Harem
Perfumes from far flung bazaars throughout the empire offered exotic enticements. Diaphanous robes swirled like steam from the hot pools that caressed the concubines’ bodies. She moved sinuously, elegantly drawing herself out of the water into the Sultan’s eyeline. Ignoring the hissing jealousy, she paraded her veiled nakedness, swaying seductively to the haunting sound of the tanbur. The Sultan beckoned.
Very Macabre Monday