The Writer's Block Chronicle is a collective writing effort using a single photo for inspiration. Each writer received the same image as a creative reference for a short story or poem. The goal of this challenge is to help develop the writers' skills by having them step outside of their comfort zones.

Listed below are the four participants who accepted this challenge. Feel free to comment below and let us know what you think!

-O, Silhouetto Man A Poem by Lauren Edith
-Stolen A Poem by Angela Barbaro
-House Full Of Them A Short Story by Claudia Motley
-The Perfect Pebble A Short Story by Christopher Corapi

For thirty-three years

he had shovelled

the walkway for

his neighbors.

He had hoped

he would be

some kindness

in their day;

but he froze

that morning

as the first snow

was marked with

a troubled man’s

footsteps

and the tire tracks

of his own

weary

‘93

Pontiac.