The Guilty Party

Thrifty Word Challenge Weekly Roundup #22

Wow, this week’s topic seemed to bring out a fair bit of angst in many writers. I was impressed by how much y’all had to say about guilt in so few words. Actually, I was expecting more guilty sexual stories, but parental guilt won hands down. I wonder what that says about us, as a society…

Here are the latest thrifty stories, in order of receipt.

GrayMatter shares on guilt by self-infliction

Julie Ranson goes in search of a guilty pleasure

Wistful writer tries to practice guilt-free sex

Fred Ermlich on forgiving guilty mistakes

GB Rogut’s suspect has a good excuse for the presence of fingerprints

Jonica Bradley can’t get rid of gifts she doesn’t want

Terry Barr refuses to let a daily fix bring on feelings of guilt

James Knight is feeling guilty about a whole host of things…

Edward Riley discovers that parenting can be guilt-inducing

Kim McKinney finds the guilt excruciating, but necessary

Is Marilyn Flower guilty of accumulating too many books?

Margaret's Reflections captures those things that take away from the good

Rob Janicke remembers how adults stifled a youngster’s obvious promise

Caroline de Braganza resists intimidation until she’s ready

Kim Smyth is engulfed by worse than guilt

Marla Bishop feels guilty about sharing her mother’s eating habits

Melissa R. Mendelson is guilty of writing a preamble instead of a thrifty story

E.D. Martin knows a cat with a very guilty secret

Giulietta Passarelli gets guilty over whether she doing enough

Thanks for reading! Look out for two new challenges out on Monday 1st February — 50 words and 100 words; take your pick or choose both.