Flash, Mini Story, Word Prompt

RDP Friday: fierce

Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
 to get creative with the word “fierce”.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s my take.

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Flash, Mini Story, Word Prompt

RDP Wednesday: captivating

Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
 to get creative with the word “captivating”.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s my musical take.

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Flash, Prose, Prosery, Short Prose, Theme Prompt

The Trench

Written dVerse Prosery Monday – Bury Me.
Our host Lisa asks us to write a 144 word piece
of flash prose incorporating the line “Bury me
with the lies I told” from the song “Bury Me” by

Alejandro Escovedo. Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Micro Story, Word Prompt

Inspired

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#45
where we’re asked to be creative in exactly
54 words using the word ‘drum’. Also for
Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge
using the word “journal”. Here’s my take.

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Flash, Short Story, Word Prompt

Entirely Inappropriate

Written for FOWC with Fandango.
The prompt word is “scandalous”;
this is my take.

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Flash, Mystery, Short Story, Word Challenge, Wordle

The Well

Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle – #740. Our host is
Brenda Warren; her prompt words for this week are
shown below.  Here’s where the prompts took me.

robes – exposed – bind – beads – fabric – form
harmony – chaos – cave – enigma – dwells – well

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Flash, Micro Story, Word Prompt

High In Dubai

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In” –
#321
, exactly 38 words using the four prompt words
shown below. In exactly 38 words, here’s my flash.

champagne – tower – overdrawn – diploma

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Flash, Mini Story, Photo Prompt

Old Park Road

Written for Sadje’s “What Do You See” #323.
Here’s where the photo prompt took me.

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Flash, Micro Story, Word Prompt

RDP Thursday: alluring

Written for RDP, where bushboy asks us
 to get creative with the word “alluring”.
Thanks, Brian! Here’s my take.

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Flash, Photo Prompt, Short Story

Croc King

Written for Melissa’s Fandango Flash Fiction
Challenge #355
using the photo below as our
inspiration. Here’s where the photo took me.

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Flash, Informative, Mini Story, Word Prompt

RDP Wednesday: generous

Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
 to get creative with the word “generous”.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s my take.

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Flash, Micro Story, Word Prompt

The Genius

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#450
where we’re asked to get creative in
exactly 12 words using the word ‘sweet’. Also
for Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts Weekend
Challenge
, using the word ‘reversible’.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Flash, Short Story, Theme Prompt

Salt

Written for Violet’s Literary Quote Challenge
where she asks us to include the following line
into our writing: “
Life without sinning was like
food without salt; pure but tasteless.”
Here’s my
response to Violet’s Literary Quote Challenge.

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Flash, Mini Story, Photo Prompt

The Greenhouse Effect

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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Flash, Micro Story, Musing, Word Prompt

RDP Wednesday: tally

Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us to
 get creative with the words ‘tally’.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s my take.

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Flash, Informative, Mini Story, Musing, Word Prompt

RDP Tuesday: adventure

Written for RDP, where Martha asks us to
 get creative with the words ‘adventure’.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s my take.

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Flash, Micro Story, Word Prompt

RDP Monday: tumultous

Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
 to get creative with the words ‘tumultuous’.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s my take.

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Flash, Micro Story, Very Short Story, Word Prompt

On Being Responsible

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In” –
#319
, exactly 40 words using the four prompt words
shown below. In exactly 40 words, here’s my flash.

resolution – human – raisins – mood

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Flash, Micro Story, Word Prompt

RDP Sunday: accident

Written for RDP, where drkottaway asks us
 to get creative with the words ‘accident’.
Thanks, Doc! Here’s my take.

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Flash, Mini Story, Photo Prompt, Short Story

In A Fog

Written for Sadje’s “What Do You See” #321.
Here’s where the photo prompt took me.

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Flash, Mini Story, Mystery, Photo Prompt, Short Story

The Wrong Turn

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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Flash, Mini Story, Musing, Word Prompt

RDP Thursday: reset

Written for RDP, where leapingtoes asks us
 to get creative with the word ‘reset’.
Thanks, Toes! Here’s my take.

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Flash, Micro Story, Word Prompt

Try Love

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#448
where we’re asked to be creative in
exactly 42 words using the word ‘notion’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Poem, Word Prompt

RDP Wednesday: apricate

Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
 to get creative with the word ‘apricate’.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s my take.

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Flash, Mini Story, Short Story, Word Challenge, Wordle

A Decade Of Us

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle #457.
Our twelve prompt words are shown below.
Here’s where they took me. Thanks, Di!

closed, kind, lights, love, memory, over,
pleasure, presence, smile, time, touch, and whim

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Flash, Mini Story, Word Prompt

RDP Sunday: incipient

Written for RDP, where drkottaway asks us
 to get creative with the word ‘incipient’.
Thanks, Doc! Here’s my take.

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Flash, Mini Story, Mystery, Word Prompt

Deadly Serving

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#447
where we’re asked to be creative in
exactly 68  words using the word ‘teaspoon’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Mini Story, Photo Prompt

Tripping

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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Flash, Micro Story, Word Prompt

RDP Thursday: gift

Written for RDP, where bushboy asks us
 to get creative with the word ‘gift’.
Thanks Brian! Here’s my take.

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Flash, Mini Story, Word Challenge

The Great Unwrapping

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In” –
#318
, exactly 100 words using the ten prompt words
shown below. In exactly 100 words, here’s my flash.

armor, fidget, nativity, tambourine, gloss,
windsurf, spelling, bun, pajamas, and lightning

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