Micro Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Saturday: book club

Written for RDP where Punam asks us to
get creative with the words β€œbook club”.
Thanks, Punam! Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Mini Story, Mystery, Photo Prompt, Writing Prompts

Vanished

Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s Creative
Challenge
#078. I chose Pic #1.
Here’s where the image took me.

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Free Verse, Poetry, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Keeper Of Delusions

Written for David’s Wea’ve Written Weekly
where our PoW Dennis asks us to write a
poem in which we are a lighthouse.
Thanks for the prompt, Dennis & David!

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Informative, Song, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Friday: voyage

Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
Β to get creative with the word β€œvoyage”.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Short Story, Song, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Tide Doesn’t Wait

Written for Thursday Inspiration #324 –
β€œGentle On My Mind”. Here’s my response.

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Fantasy, Flash, Micro Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Prophecy

Written for Esther’s β€œCan You Tell A Story In”
exactly 41 words using the four prompt words
shown below. In exactly 41 words, here’s my flash.

warlock – lanyard – rocket – crochet

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Flash, Mini Story, Photo Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Last Junction

Our gracious host, Rochelle, is asking us to get
creative in 100 words or less using the photo
seen below. Welcome to Friday Fictioneers.
This is where the prompt took me.

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Informative, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Thursday: diabolical

Written for RDP where bushboy asks us to
get creative with the word β€œengine”.
Thanks, Brian! Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Poetry, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Arriving Storm

Written for Living Poetry where our host,
Bartholomew asks us to write a poem
using the words β€˜condition, β€˜five’,
and β€˜rapid’. Here’s my take.

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Cinquain, Poetry, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Still Waters

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt
where our inspiration is β€œthink”.
This is my cinquain.

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Prose, Prosery, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Quietly

Written for dVerse Prosery – β€œWinter Lull” – hosted by
Merril who has asked us to write a 144-word

piece of prose, including the poetic verse
shown below. This is my response.

 β€œIt all belies our existence; we wait, and are still denied.”
from Winter-Lull” by D.H. Lawrence

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Micro Story, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Wednesday: stroll

Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
Β to get creative with the word β€œstroll”.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Mystery, Photo Prompt, Short Story, Writing Prompts

Shadows At The Crown

When I saw this photo on Brian’s site,
Bushboys World, I knew I wanted to
write something. Here it is. Thanks to
Brian for the use of his wonderful photo.

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Limerick, Poetry, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Ooh, That Smell!

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick
. The prompt word
is β€˜bath’ and this is my limerick.

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Limerick, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Tuesday: limerick

Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
 to get creative with the word β€œlimerick”.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Mystery, Noir, Recurring Cgaracter, Short Story, Word Challenge, Wordle, Writing Prompts

The Big Charade: A Dirk Malone Mystery

Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle. Our host is
Brenda Warren; her prompt words for this week are
shown below. Here’s where the prompts took me.

faΓ§ade, doubts, curiosity, bitter, torn, hit,
restless, hope, massive, frail, strip, and sting

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Short Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Wordle, Writing Prompts

The Will

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle.
The prompt words are shown below.

Here’s where they took me.


default,
family, generations, glue, memories,
miss, welcomed, loved, accepted, included, and divorce

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Informative, Mini Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Monday: copper

Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
 to get creative with the word β€œcopper”.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Informative, Micro Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Exercise

Oh, Behave!

Written for Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge
using the word β€˜bulbous’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Micro Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Yip! Yip! Yip! Yip! Wag!

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
where she asks us to get creative in exactly 25
words using the prompt word β€˜young’. Also for
FOWC With Fandango and his word, β€œpotential”.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Informative, Music Blog, Word Prompt

RDP Sunday: silhouette

Written for RDP, where drkottaway asks us
 to get creative with the word β€œsilhouette”.
Thanks, Doc! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Informative, Music Blog, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Rainy Day Blues or Here Comes The Sun

Written for Song Lyric Sunday
β€œHow’s The Weather”
This is my response to the challenge.

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Mystery, Photo Prompt, Scary Story, Short Story, Writing Prompts

Ancient One

Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s Creative
Challenge
#077. I chose Pic #3.
Here’s where the image took me.

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Movie, Song, Word Prompt

RDP Saturday: engine

Written for RDP where Punam asks us to
get creative with the word β€œengine”.
Thanks, Punam! Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Mystery, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Married To The Mob

Written for β€œIt’s Story Time” where
Jolene has given us four prompts to
work with. They are shown below.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Flash, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

For Nina

Written for Muse On Monday where David
has asked us to write a story about being
stuck in traffic. Here’s my response.

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Micro Story, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Friday: limitation

Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
Β to get creative with the word β€œlimitation”.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Cinquain, Poetry, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Making A Change

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #43 where our
inspiration is β€œrebel”. Here’s my mirror cinquain.

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Flash, Micro Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Cafeteria Capers

Written for Esther’s β€œCan You Tell A Story In”
exactly 64 words using the six prompt words
shown below. In exactly 64 words, here’s my flash.

nurse, tabasco, invisible, spider, windmill, and moustache

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Flash, Mini Story, Photo Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Merchant’s Secret

Our gracious host, Rochelle, is asking us to get
creative in 100 words or less using the photo
seen below. Welcome to Friday Fictioneers.
This is where the prompt took me.

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