The rogue approached his companions. "What a #quandary. Who do I rescue first?"

"Mmph." The mage blinked rapidly.

The barbarian strained at his bonds. "Obviously me, since I can help—"

In the flash of a knife, the mage was free.

"Why him?" the barbarian growled.

"He saw where they hid the loot."

"How d'you know that?"

Still gagged, the mage blinked again.

The rogue grinned. "Remember I told you about a code? You said it was boring."

#MastoPrompt #MicroFiction

i have to come clean
stuck in an endless cycle
quandary of laundry

#haiku #poetry #writing #WritingCommunity #PoetryCommunity

#MastoPrompt #quandary
@stevencudahy

The #MastoPrompt for Friday 17 October 2025 is:

#quandary

The poem or story can include the prompt word or be about the prompt word.

@ me, if you like, or just include the #MastoPrompt tag (to allow people to follow or filter their feeds), or keep your work to yourself - all the options are good as long as you're writing.

If you're including an image please do include alt-text if you’re able to.

#Writing #SmallPoem #Poetry #Fiction #MicroFiction #SmallStories

Artist/Maker Quandary:

I left Instagram
Left Twitter for Mastodon
Never used Facebook
Signal, not WhatsApp

Now I need to share information about workshops, but my local audience is not on Mastodon.

Please, tell me how you reach people without going back to the dark side!

#artistLife #quandary #dilemma

I have a puppy asleep on my lap yet I feel absolutely distanced from everything that feels meaningful in my life, and I don't know how I'm experiencing both situations simultaneously.

#existential #quandary

A quandary.

After a long wait, I am finally having knee replacement surgery. My right knee has deteriorated rapidly in the last couple of months, and I am mentally prepared for the surgery, _and_ the physical therapy that follows. This all happens in two days time, on Monday.

Starting today, and lasting until 12:01 am Monday we are having a major winter storm. Some models predict close to 2 feet of snow, and winds of 40-50 miles per hour. A true blizzard.

I love a good snow storm. The kid in me delights in the idea of 2 (TWO!) feet of snow.

But I also want to be able to get to the surgery center Monday morning, and for the roads to be clear enough for my wife to get home safely at the end of the day. And to be able to return to pick me up on Tuesday.

Hopefully the storm does abate by late Sunday evening, allowing the city road crews to clear the streets.

#Quandary #Storm #Snow #Surgery #KneeSurgery

I've run into a problem this morning, plotting and planning my WiP. I had a great idea for one of the characters - she flies helicopters, is in Northumberland [UK] and currently out of a job. I thought "air sea rescue, Boulmer" and then discovered that the air sea rescue service at Boulmer stopped in 2015 .... (Damn!)

So
Do I (re-)invent a fictional air sea rescue base in N'umberland for 2024?

Or ... ?

#amWritingFiction #workInProgress #airSeaRescue #helicopters #quandary #puzzle

My view, not that anybody asked.

The Border Security/Immigration issue is either an urgent one, or it isn't.

If #Republicans are willing to step away from the BIPARTISAN bill simply because #DonaldTrump wants to blame #JoeBiden and use it as a campaign issue, then it's not an "urgent" issue, is it? It's a "political" one.

Republicans need to stop lying to #Americans

#BorderSecurity #immigration #USpoli
#Quandary #GetItDoneMitch #politics
#RepublicansAreTheProblem