Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
to get creative with the word “duplicitous”.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s where the prompt took me.
The Last Ride
Written for “It’s Story Time” where Jolene
has given us four prompts to work with. Also
written for FSS including an opening line from
Fandango’s Story Starter. All the prompts are
shown below; here’s where they took me.
Librarian’s Lament
Written for Di’s Three Things Challenge #MM381
including the words ‘quit’, ‘quite’ and ‘quiet’.
In keeping with the three theme, my flash
is 33 words exactly. Here’s my take.
Sweet Defeat
Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick. The prompt word
is ‘treat’ and this is my limerick.
December 10, 1977
Written for Missy’s Mad Challenge #086.
The prompt appears below. Here’s my take.
Savanna
Written for SenHai Saturday where our
host Susi asks us to write a senryu and a
haiku using the image shown below as
inspiration. Here’s my response.
The Promise They Carry
Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge
where the theme this week is “peace”.
This is where the prompts took me.
RDP Tuesday: hissy fit
Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
to get creative with the phrase “hissy fit”.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s where the prompt took me.
Up All Night: A Dirk Malone Story
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.
mind, visit, thinking, creature, exists, criminal,
know, dirt, walk, head, writer, and rumbles
March Madness: Day Of The Lepus
Written for dVerse Poets Haibun Monday:
Mad March Hare. Our host is Frank Tassone
and this is my haibun response.
In Time
Written for MLMM Monday Wordle.
Here’s where the prompts took me.
cold, day, father, held, just, known,
rain, resolve, six, small, time, and renew
You Can’t Always Get What You Want
RDP Monday: tonic
Written for RDP, where segoil asks us
to get creative with the word “tonic”.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s where the prompt took me.
Reaching Out
Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt
where our inspiration is “need”.
Here’s my cinquain.
The Scene We Never Shot
Written for Fandango’s Story Starter #239 –
“It started with a chance meeting on a film-set” –
and for Missy’s MAD Challenge #085 where the theme is
“A memory you’ve never had suddenly becomes
vivid and real”. Here’s where the prompts took me.
Toad Overload
Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
where she asks us to get creative in exactly
13 words using the prompt word ‘spell’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.
Satisfaction
Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“The Psychic Apparatus”
This is my response to the challenge.
The Fool’s Almanac: A Thursday Inspiration
Written for Thursday Inspiration #325 –
“Evil Ways”. Here’s my response.
Uninvited Guest
Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s Creative
Challenge #079. I chose Pic #4.
RDP Saturday: bashful
Written for RDP where Punam asks us to
get creative with the words “bashful”.
Thanks, Punam! Here’s where the prompts took me.
Housecalls – Part 5: What He Was Like
You can read Part 4 HERE.
Continue reading “Housecalls – Part 5: What He Was Like”The Last Night
Written for Muse On Monday where David
has asked us to write a story about someone
who is afraid to go to sleep. Here’s my take.
Montauk: A Cameo Poem
Written for David’s Wea’ve Written Weekly
where our PoW, the lovely Lesley, asks us to
write a Cameo poem – a tiny distilled moment.
Thanks for the prompt, Lesley & David!
Things Unlearned
Written for Sadje’s “What Do You See”.
Here’s where the prompt took me.
Death Dive
Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In” –
exactly 85 words using the eight prompt words
shown below. In exactly 85 words, here’s my flash.
shark – conga – luxury – bus
four – towel – umpire – soundtrack
Deep Freeze
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.
RDP Thursday: egregious
Written for RDP, where bushboy asks us
to get creative with the word “egregious”.
Thanks, Brian! Here’s where the prompt took me.
The Fob and the Falcon: A Jackson DeWitt Story
Written for MLMM Monday Wordle.
Our 12 prompt words appear below
Here’s where the prompt took me.
modern, change, steep, twice, list, ring,
leaf, beast, yet, mace, fob, and hole
Sunday Gravy
Written for Poetics Tuesday: Comfort Food,
hosted by our friend, Punam, who asks us
to write a poem focusing on food. This is
my response, dedicated to my mother.
RDP Wednesday: blousy
Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
to get creative with the word “blousy”.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s where the prompt took me.
The Elephant's Trunk 