Flash – Page 11 – The Elephant's Trunk

Another World

December 13, 2024December 13, 2024 Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬

Written for Friday Fictioneers. Our host Rochelle
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.

© Dale Rogerson

Things were easier then, life was different. Kids felt safe in their little bubbles. I’d cycle to my piano lessons, cutting through the empty lot without a shred of fear.

I’d ring the bell for my lesson; if my teacher didn’t answer immediately, I’d wait on the bench. One time I waited so long, I was about to leave when the door flew open and a girl came running out, sobbing, her clothes a disheveled mess. My teacher called out after her.
My only reason for ever feeling fear was the way my piano teacher looked at me that day.

NAR©2024
100 Words

This is “Wash Away Those Years” by Creed

13 December 2024

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Yo Ho

December 10, 2024December 9, 2024 Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt #393
incorporating the word “occident” in exactly 23 words.
Also for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge
(red) and FOWC (vague). In exactly 23 words, this is my flash.

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Just Our Luck!

December 9, 2024December 8, 2024 Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬

Shweta is our host for the Saturday Six Word Challenge – #115.
This week’s prompt word is “fortune”. Here is my 6 word story.

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Obsolete

December 6, 2024December 6, 2024 Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬

Written for Friday Fictioneers where our host
Rochelle 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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Finally Sixteen

December 4, 2024December 3, 2024 Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬

Shweta is our host for the Saturday Six Word Challenge – #114.
This week’s prompt word is “freedom”. Here is my 6 word story.

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Devastation

December 2, 2024December 2, 2024 Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt #392
incorporating the word “swarm” in a composition of 10 words.
Also for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts – The One Day
Prompt (8). In exactly 10 words, this is my flash.

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Late Night News

December 2, 2024December 1, 2024 Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬

Esther asks: “Can you tell a story in 28 words?”,
using these four words: dynamic, mold, spoon and video.
Yes, I think I can! Here’s my 28 word story.

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Tis The Season

November 29, 2024November 30, 2024 Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬

Written for Friday Fictioneers where our host Rochelle
asks us to use the photo below as inspiration
to write creatively in 100 words or less while
making every word count. Also in response to Gerry & Sue’s
Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge where the prompt word
this week is ‘frenzied’. This is my 100 word flash.

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Paternal Pardon

November 26, 2024November 26, 2024 Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt #391
incorporating the word “vicinity” in exactly 50 words.
Also for FOWC – ‘traditional’, FOWC – ‘doubt’ and
Gerry C & Sue W’s Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge
– ‘nurturing’. In exactly 50 words, this is my flash.

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Holding Out Til Spring

November 23, 2024November 23, 2024 Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬

Shweta is our host for the Saturday Six Word Challenge – #113.
This week’s prompt word is “resilience”. Here is my 6 word story.

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Sticky Fingers

November 22, 2024November 21, 2024 Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬

Written for Friday Fictioneers where our host Rochelle
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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Fly, My Pretties!

November 20, 2024November 19, 2024 Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬

Shweta is our host for the Saturday Six Word Challenge – #112.
This week’s prompt word is “childhood”. Here is my 6 word story.

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Power Trip

November 17, 2024November 16, 2024 Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬

Written for “Can You Tell A Story In…” –
Esther asks: “Can you tell a story in 23 words?”
We must use these three words in what we write:
‘quinoa’, ‘ferret’, and ‘thwart’. Here’s my 23 word story.

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Seeing Red

November 16, 2024November 16, 2024 Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt #390
incorporating the word “diamond” in exactly 19 words
and based on a true event I’ll never forget. Here’s my flash.

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The Continuing Adventures of George and Martha, Vol. 5: Child’s Play

November 15, 2024November 6, 2025 Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬

Written for Friday Fictioneers where our host Rochelle
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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Enough’s Enough

November 14, 2024November 12, 2024 Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬

Shweta is our host for the Saturday Six Word Challenge – #111.
This week’s prompt word is “believe”. Here is my 6 word story.

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Dinner Date

November 14, 2024November 11, 2024 Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬

Esther asks: “Can You Tell A Story In….?” This week’s challenge
is to include the words “dentist”, “elegant”, “trout” and “pocket”
in a story of exactly 30 words. Here’s my 30 word story.

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Paying the Price

November 12, 2024November 11, 2024 Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬

It’s time for a “Full Frontal Fandango Flash”!
Written for the following Fandango challenges:
FOWC 11/6 (cottage), FOWC 11/7 (participate),
FOWC 11/8 (initiative) and FOWC 11/9 (implicit).
Here is my Fandango One-Word Challenge⁴ flash.

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Slim Pickings

November 10, 2024November 10, 2024 Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt #389
incorporating the word “hunter” in exactly 99 words.
Also responding to Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts
Wednesday Challenge (“duplicity”) and Sue & Gerry’s
Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge (“method”).
For further inspiration, I am using one of the amazing
graphic prompts created by Kevin at No Theme Thursday.
Here is my 99 word flash.

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Selling Point

November 8, 2024November 6, 2024 Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬

Written for Friday Fictioneers where our host Rochelle
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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Feeling Lucky

November 6, 2024November 5, 2024 Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬

Written for Sammi’s Weekly Writing Prompt #388
in exactly 21 words and incorporating the word “dark”
and for Sue W & Gerry C’s Weekly Prompts Colour
Challenge using the word “grey”. Here is my flash.

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Beautiful Boy

November 5, 2024November 5, 2024 Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬

Written for d’Verse Prosery where the challenge is to write
a piece of flash fiction of no more than 144 words that includes
the following quotation from “Out Of The Cradle” by Walt Whitman:
“Out of the Ninth-month midnight”. This is my flash.

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Before Day Is O’er

November 4, 2024November 4, 2024 Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬

Written for Saturday Six Word Story #120
where Shweta offers up the word “hope”
as our inspiration …. one of the most
beautiful words in any language.
Here are my six words.

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The Day the Music Died

November 1, 2024October 31, 2024 Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬

Written for Friday Fictioneers where our host Rochelle
has asked us to use the image below as inspiration
to get creative in 100 words or less, making
every word count. Here’s my flash.

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Tout Doucement

October 26, 2024October 26, 2024 Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt #387 and
Sue W & Gerry C’s Weekly Prompts – The One Day Prompt #7,
incorporating the words ‘unexpected’ and ‘one day’
written in exactly 15 words. This is my 15-word flash.

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The Continuing Adventures of George and Martha, Vol. 4: Sea of Love

October 25, 2024November 6, 2025 Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬

Written for Friday Fictioneers where our host Rochelle
has asked us to use the photo below as inspiration
to get creative in 100 words or less,
making every word count. Here’s my flash.

Photo Prompt © Roger Bultot

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Dear Ryan

October 21, 2024October 21, 2024 Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬

Written for Kevin’s No Theme Thursday 10.17.14 photo prompt,
Sammi’s 94 word Weekend Writing Prompt #386,
Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge
and Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge.
Responses must be exactly 94 words (for Sammi), including
‘teach’, ‘ahead’ and ‘simplicity’. Here’s my little story.

© Kevin @ No Theme Thursday

Doris sat in the kitchen proofreading her letter.

Dear Ryan Seacrest –

Imagine my surprise when I tuned into “Wheel of Fortune” and discovered you’re the new host!

Where the fuck is Pat Sajak? He could teach you a few things about show business! You have a nice smile and might have a future ahead in commercials.

You’re a cutie-pie; I wouldn’t mind a roll in the hay with you, that’s for damn sure. Next time you’re in Wichita, stop by Doris’ Donuts – simplicity at its tastiest!

I’ll keep the light on.

Fondly, Doris Lipsmacker

NAR©2024
94 Words

No Theme Thursday: 10.17.24

Weekend Writing Prompt #386 – Teach

Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge – Ahead

Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – Simplicity

From 1952, this is “Wheel of Fortune” by Kay Starr

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Steve McQueen

October 18, 2024October 17, 2024 Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬

Written for Friday Fictioneers where our host Rochelle
has asked us to use the photo below as inspiration
to get creative in 100 words or less,
making every word count. Here’s my flash.

Photo Prompt © Lori Wilson

“Well, here we are, Chip. Back in Beech Grove, Indiana!”

“You know, Babs. The old homestead really hasn’t changed much.”

“The Colonial Movie House is still open! Man, I’m so happy they didn’t get rid of that beautiful façade. Mom hated it, always saying it looked like a widow’s walk.”

“I bet you can’t remember the first movie we saw there, sis. Loser buys lunch.”

“Are you kidding me? It was “The Blob” with Steve McQueen. God, I loved that man!”

“That’s right! I forgot about your crush!”

“Look! Fire Station #1910 is now a burger joint. You’re buying, bro!”

NAR©2024
100 Words

Author’s Note: Beech Grove Indiana is the birthplace of Steve McQueen.

18 October 2024

This is “Steve McQueen” by Sheryl Crow

From 1958, here is the trailer from “The Blob” starring Steve McQueen and “a cast of exciting young people”!

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On The Road Again

October 11, 2024October 11, 2024 Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬

Six weeks after my spinal fusion surgery I have been given the all clear to start driving again! Woot woot! 🥳

This is very exciting news for me; however, some people may feel differently knowing I’m back on the road. Well, you’ve been warned! Just saying. 😆

NAR©2024

Author’s Note: Kidding aside, I am so grateful to be doing this well after major surgery. Both Bill and I are delighted with our new-found freedom; he’s been my chauffeur for the past six weeks. I’m really an excellent driver and in the 53 years I’ve been driving, I have never gotten a moving violation (and it’s not because the police have been unable to catch me!). 😎

This is “I Can’t Drive 55″ by Sammy Hagar

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Lofty Ambitions

October 11, 2024October 10, 2024 Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬

Written for Friday Fictioneers where our host Rochelle
has asked us to use the photo below as inspiration
and get creative in 100 words or less, while making
every word count. Here’s my flash.

© Mr. Binks

Imagine if you will a girl, her dog and three hapless friends searching for a wizard to grant their deepest wishes.

People love scrappy little pups. But what if the dog was a mangy seagull with a caw like a rusty fan belt? What if his wish was to crow like a mighty rooster, to wake the townspeople with his majestic “cock-a-doodle-doo“?

The wise and benevolent wizard could not fulfill such hopes but his reassuring message was that everyone’s wishes would come true if only they dared to dream.

I do believe that gull with lofty ambitions dared to dream..

NAR©2024
100 Words

11 October2024

This is “I Gotta Crow” by Mary Martin & Kathy Nolan

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