Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
โGreat American Songbookโ
Hollywood Boulevard
Written for Weekend Writing Prompt
where Sammi asks us to get creative
in exactly 12 words using the prompt
word โlyricalโ, and for Sue & Gerryโs
Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge –
and the words โblack and whiteโ.
The Soundtrack Of My Life
At Great Minds Think โ Highlight Reel,
Sarah & Rohini ask โHow do you
want to be immortalized?โ
After Pennsylvania: A Letter To Henry
Inspired by Maxโs blog, โOld Steam Shipsโ –
this is my story based on facts about the tragic
boiler accident on the steamboat Pennsylvania
which killed Henry Clemens, younger brother
of Samuel Clemens, AKA Mark Twain.
Atlas, Condemned
Written for Reenaโs Xploration Challenge
where our inspiration is the triptych shown below.
Snow Dog
Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub,
and RDP daily prompt โ โwillowโ
Yorkshire Fog
Destination Unknown
Our gracious host, Rochelle, is asking us to get
creative in 100 words or less using the photo
seen below. Welcome to Friday Fictioneers.
Invisible Until Useful: A Thursday Inspiration
Written for Thursday Inspiration –
โDown In the Tube Station at Midnightโ
RDP Thursday: socks
Written for RDP, where Martha asks
us to get creative with the word โsocksโ.
Here’s a story from 2024; hope it tickles your toes!
Continue reading “RDP Thursday: socks”Blue Goddess
The Thursday Doors Writing Challenge 2026
is over, but Iโm still writing the occasional story for
any image that catches my fancy … and hopefully yours!
Todayโs story is inspired by an image by Resa @ Art Gowns.
Thanks to Dan Antion for making these images available.
Opening sentence is from Missyโs Mad Challenge.
Deliberate
Written for Sadjeโs What Do You See
Continue reading “Deliberate”The Busker
Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle.
Here are Brenda’s words for this week:
judge ~ tinker ~ bounce ~ loop ~ heaven ~ brutal
end ~ stream ~ string ~ track ~ welcome ~ drive
Starlight
Written for Weekend Writing Prompt
where Sammi asks us to get creative
in exactly 28 words using the prompt
word โscintillaโ, and for Sue & Gerryโs
Weekly Prompts โ The One Day Prompt.
The Day the City Slowed
Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
the prompt words are shown below.
heat, concern, rush, dug, imagine, elderly,
provide, work, box, digital, drop, halt
RDP Tuesday: Summer Memories
Today at RDP, Martha asks us
to share summer memories.
The Turn
Written for Reenaโs Xploration Challenge
where our inspiration is โchanging seasonsโ.
High Altitude
Laughing Along With A Limerick.
The prompt word is โweedโ.
Calenture*
Written for โCan You Tell A Story Inโ –
exactly 71 words using the prompt words below.
captain ~ leapfrog ~ bakery
prescription ~ widow ~ shampoo ~ anagram
Unpredictable Despair
Written for Living Poetry where
the theme is June Musical Poetry.
The Good Stuff
Written for โItโs Story Timeโ with Jolene.
Our four prompt lines are shown below.
Worried Worm
Written for Weaโve Written Weekly.
Our PoW Sally invites us to write a
poem about gardens and the many
things that lie beneath the surface.
The Great Outdoors
Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
โSpend More Time Outdoorsโ
Big Blue
At Great Minds Think, Sarah & Rohini
offer up โThe Object Speaks Challengeโ
where we are invited to give a voice to
the objects we usually overlook. This
is a rewrite of a story I wrote in 2023.
Snowfield
Written for SenHai Saturday where our host,
Susi, asks us to write a senryu and a haiku using
the image shown below as inspiration.
Hampton Bays, 1973 – or – That Time I Met Cat Stevens
This is my story as I remember it.
“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing,
there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” – Rumi
Passage
Written for Muse On Monday where David
asks us to write a story about trying a new food.
Patience
Despite It All
Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub,
based on one of Jillโs images.
Midnight Delivery
Written in response to a cool image
I saw on Bushboyโs World.
Thanks for letting me use it, Brian!
The Elephant's Trunk 