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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Literary Quote, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Possession

Written for Violet’s Literary Quote Challenge
where she asks us to include the following line
into our writing: β€œA fire can’t burn forever.
Eventually, it consumes itself” from β€œMy
Sister’s Keeper” by Jodi Picoult. Here’s my take.

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Photo Prompt, Phrase Prompt, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Grafton

Written for Fandango’s Story Starter #237.
The image I used is courtesy of  Brian Dodd at
Bushboys World. Please check out his amazing
site. Here’s my story with Fan’s prompt line.

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Flash, Mini Story, Photo Prompt, Writing Prompts

You Looking At Me?

Written for Melissa’s Fandango Flash Fiction
using the photo below as our inspiration
Here’s where the photo took me.

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Poetry, Shadorma, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

On Mute: A Shadorma

Written for David’s W3 Prompt #202: Wea’ve Written Weekly

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Micro Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Wednesday: silken

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

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Poetry, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Tiny Dancer

Written for Living Poetry where our host,
Bartholomew, asks us to write a poem
about shadows. Here’s my response.

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Photo Prompt, Short Story

The Butterblume Affair

Inspiration for this story came from a
photo I saw on Brenda’s Random Thoughts.
Please che
ck out her great writing and lovely photos.

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Limerick, Poetry, Sci-Fi, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Inside-Out

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

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Informative, Musing, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Tuesday: luxurious

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

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Flash, Wordle, Mini Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Antique Shop

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

cushion, old, turtle, claw, shape, unusual,
chime, music, private, single, shine, and price

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Poetry, Quadrille, Theme Prompt, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Small Watchfulness

Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille Monday
β€œBird is the Word”. Our host, De Jackson,
has offered up the word β€œbird”.
Here is my quadrille.

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

The Weight

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.

colony, rattling, still, lose, crunch, life,
fits, hunch, scan, packages, grasping, and chains

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Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Monday: ship-shape

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

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

Carpe Diem: A Cinquain

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #42 where our
inspiration is β€œbalance”. Here’s my mirror cinquain.

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

Remembrance

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
where she asks us to get creative in exactly 76
words using the prompt word β€˜sensibility’. Also for
Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge
Yellow. Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Song, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Sunday: sole

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

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Music Blog, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Not The Stones But Like A Rolling Stone

Written for Song Lyric Sunday
β€œAttention Grabbers”
This is my response to the challenge.

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Flash, Mini Story, Mystery, Photo Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Secret Of No. 21

Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s Creative
Challenge #076
. I chose Pic #1.
Here’s where the image took me.

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Continuing Story, Short Story

Housecalls – Part 4: What Was Inside

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Flash, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Jury

Written for Muse on Monday where David
has asked us to write a story about giving
someone bad news. Here’s my take.

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

Weird Science

Written for Esther’s β€œCan You Tell A Story In”
exactly 56 words using the five prompt words
shown below. In exactly 56 words, here’s my flash.

hyena ~ chemist ~ mobile ~ jive ~ cheesecake

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Adventure, Mystery, Scary Story, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Curse Of The Wrappings

Written in response to Friday Faithfuls:
β€œKing Tut”. Here’s my take.

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Micro Story, Musing, Stream of Consciousness, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Friday: harbor

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

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