Flash, Short Story, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Beekeeper

Written for Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge
using the word ‘alternative’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Micro Story, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Wednesday: crazy

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

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Flash, Mini Story, Phrase Prompt, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Look Of Love

Written for Fandango’s Story Starter.
Here’s my story, using Fan’s prompt line:

It had never entered Richard’s mind that his son
was not his own blood.

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Flash, Micro Story, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Monday: saunter

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

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Flash, Mini Story, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Diagnosis

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In”
exactly 59 words using the six prompt words
shown below. In exactly 59 words, here’s my flash.

psychosomatic – cancel – accountant
fluff – reggae – needlepoint

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Flash, Mini Story, Word Prompt

Crimson Sails

Written for Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge
using the word ‘enamored’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Micro Story, Mystery, Word Challenge

Transformation

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In”
exactly 34 words using the three prompt words
shown below. In exactly 34 words, here’s my flash.

storm, bookworm, and limbo

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Flash, Mini Story, Word Prompt

RDP Sunday: brusque

Written for RDP, where drkottaway asks us
 to get creative with the word “brusque”.
Thanks, Doc! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Mini Story, Music Blog, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Like A Rock

Written for Thursday Inspiration #319
“Second Hand News”. Here’s my response.

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Flash, Mini Story, Photo Prompt

Feeding The Garden

Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s Creative
Challenge #072
. I chose Pic #1.
Here’s where the image took me.

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Flash, Mini Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt

Best In Show

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In”
exactly 66 words using the six prompt words
shown below. In exactly 66 words, here’s my flash.

underdog, decorate, lollipop, hexagon, money, and photograph

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Flash, Mini Story, Photo Prompt

Slip Slidin’ Away

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, Phrase Prompt, Word Prompt

Free Bird

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#453
where we’re asked to get creative in
exactly 43 words using the word ‘mourn’.
Also for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts –
The One Day Prompt
. Here’s my take.

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Flash, Mini Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt

The Password

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In”
exactly 73 words using the seven prompt words
shown below. In exactly 73 words, here’s my flash.

exclusive, switch, rave, lip, apology, verse, and sweater

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Flash, Mini Story, Photo Prompt

Photobomb

Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s
Creative Challenge #071
. I chose Pic #1.
Here’s where the image took me.

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Flash, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Word Prompt

Bacon Bean Burrito

Written for Muse on Monday where David  
asks us to write a story where the main
character finds something in his food.
Also for FOWC With Fandango where
the prompt word is “clerk”. Here’s
where the prompts took me.

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Flash, Mini Story, Photo Prompt

The Critique

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, 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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