Flash, Very Short Story

Who’s Sorry Now?

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Story
Prompt #138
– ‘memories’. This is my flash.

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Flash, Very Short Story

Strange New World

Written for Only Murders In My Mind
Weekly Writing Prompt #61
. This week’s
inspiration is the photo seen below.
This is my take.

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Etheree, Poem

Wildflowers: An Etheree

Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s
Creative Challenge #036
.
I have chosen photo #3.
This is my etheree.

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Music Blog

I’m Losing You

Written for the June 1, 2025 edition
of Jim Adams’ Song Lyric Sunday.
Here’s what I have to say.

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Flash

There Be Beasties

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?
#289”
– exactly 15 words using the three required
prompts: ‘exercise’, ‘neighbor’, and ‘troll’,
and Fandango’s FOWC prompt word ‘still’.
 In exactly 15 words, this is my flash.

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Short Story

Danger Zone

Written for The Unicorn Challenge
where we are encouraged to write a
story in 250 words or less using this
photo as inspiration. Here is my story.

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Cinquain, Poem

Pastel Sky

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #2.
Our inspiration is “the light”.
This in my Cinquain.

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Short Story

Slow Dancing

Written for OLWG #419.
The prompts appear below.
This is my story.

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Flash, Short Story

The Fundamental Things

Our gracious host, Rochelle, at Friday Fictioneers
asks us to use the photo below as inspiration

to write creatively in 100 words or less while
making every word count. This is my story.

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Passage Of Time

This week in Glyn Wilton’s Mixed Music Bag,
“The Last Days”,
he’s asking us to write about

a song which mentions the current month. 
Here’s my featured May artist and his song.

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Short Story

Vanishing Act

Written for WTFAIOA Pick 3 #6,
using at least 3 of 21 randomly
selected words. I have used all
21 prompt words for my story.

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Music Blog

Weird Al Wednesday – 5.28.25

Hey! Welcome back to Weird Al Wednesday
featuring the comedic genius of Al Yankovic.
“Say, Al! I hope my readers can take one more

serving of crap rap. Time to face the hard truth:
you’re just a little too white & nerdy for this!”
Is there anything you’d like to add, Al?”

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Limerick, Poem

Potty Mouth

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #233
with the prompt
word  ‘talk’. This is my limerick.

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Short Story

Vespers

Written for Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge
, incorporating the word
‘silhouette’. Today’s amazing graphic
is by Kevin @ The Beginning At Last/
No Theme Thursday
. This is my story.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

Love For Sale

Congratulations to Sammi Cox as she begins
her 9th year at Weekend Writing Prompt!
❀ ❀ ❀ ❀ ❀ ❀ ❀ ❀ ❀
Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #417
using the word ‘boudoir’
in exactly 56 words. This is my story.

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Musing

What Is It Good For?

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Fantasy, Flash, Sci-Fi, Very Short Story

X-70

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Story
Prompt #137
– ‘fate’ – and for Only Murders In
My Mind Weekly Writing Prompt #60
using the
 photo below for inspiration. This is my story.

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Music Blog

Please Please Me

Written for the this week’s edition of
Jim Adams’ Song Lyric Sunday.
Here’s what I have to say.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

The Note

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?
#288
” – exactly 50 words using the six required
prompts: ‘vendetta’, ‘cool’, ‘dough’, ‘wheeze’, ‘spider’

and ‘reflexology’. In exactly 50 words, this is my story.

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Short Story

In Vino Veritas

Written for The Unicorn Challenge
where we are encouraged to write a
story in 250 words or less using this
photo as inspiration. Here is my story.

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Short Story, Very Short Story

Negative Reaction

Our gracious host, Rochelle, at Friday Fictioneers
asks us to use the photo below as inspiration

to write creatively in 100 words or less while
making every word count. This is my flash.

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Short Story

Quiet Desperation

Written for OLWG #418.
The prompts appear below.
This is my story.

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Cinquain, Poem

New Day

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #1.
Our inspiration word is “new”.
This in my Cinquain.

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Music Blog

Autumn To May

This week at Glyn Wilton’s Mixed Music Bag,
he’s asking us to write about a song in which
the title or a line mentions the current month. 
Here’s my featured May artist and their song.

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Hey Gang! My Mac has died and will be offline until the n…

Hey Gang! My Mac has died and will be offline until the new one is in my hands. See you all soon! – Nancy

Music Blog

Weird Al Wednesday – 5.21.25

Hey! Welcome back to Weird Al Wednesday
featuring the comedic genius of Al Yankovic.
“Say, Al! Last week we featured Hot Rocks Polka
and everyone had a rootin’ tootin’ good time!
I don’t wanna find myself in a rut or become
predictable BUT how about we do one more
polka party this week. Whaddya say, Al?”

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Limerick, Poem

Pay Up! – A Limerick

Written for Laughing Along With
A Limerick #232
where our prompt
word is “rent”. This is my limerick.

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Short Story

The Gardener

Written for WTFAIOA Pick 3 #5,
using at least 3 of the 21 randomly
selected words on the bottom of the page.

The image below from Only Murders In My Mind
Weekly Writing Prompt #59 was my inspiration.
I was able to use all 21 words in my story.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

The Mission

Written for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge
using the prompt word
“hang”. The amazing graphic shown below
 is by Kevin @ The Beginning At Last/
No Theme Thursday.
This is my flash.

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Flash, Very Short Story

The Intruder

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #416
using the word ‘breath’
in exactly 14 words. This is my flash.

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