Shepard: One Word/60 Seconds

Part of the Blogging from A to Z challenge 2012 for the letter S


OneWord.com is a website for getting the muse warmed up. Each day you get one word and sixty seconds in which to write what it inspires. 






He gazed across the room and thought. Look at them all, sipping lattes, chatting about nothing important. Carefree, like sheep grazing in the field. One stray off to the side, head in her laptop working with diligence on a horror novel. Appropriate for this day, it was almost time The earthquake would come and he would be the shepherd of their souls.