{"id":22931,"date":"2020-06-20T08:38:49","date_gmt":"2020-06-20T12:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/?p=22931"},"modified":"2020-06-20T08:39:03","modified_gmt":"2020-06-20T12:39:03","slug":"microfiction-practice-11-surprise-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnesimpson.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/microfiction-practice-11-surprise-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Microfiction Practice #11: Surprise Party"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Assignment:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Genre: ghost story<\/li><li>Word: <em>appointment<\/em><\/li><li>Action\/Subject: baking a cake<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Story<\/strong> <em>(99 words, per Microsoft Word)<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Marcella lays out the ingredients she thinks Bobby\u2019s cake requires. 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