Flash, Mini Story, Short Story

This Driver Sucks!

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?
#300”
– exactly 46 words using the five required
words: ‘dumbfounded’, ‘vitamins’, ’waterfall’, ‘thumb’,
and ‘garlic’. Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Flash, Mini Story

Rudiarii

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?
#299”
– exactly 70 words using the seven required
words: ‘scab’, ‘pilates’, ’teapot’, ‘gladiator’, ‘plank’,
‘dove’ and ‘velvet’. Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Flash, Micro Story

No Way!

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word
Story Prompt #147
– using the word ‘shock’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Micro Story

Suddenly

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word
Story Prompt #146
– ‘serendipity’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

It’s Just Not Fair!

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt #427
using the word ‘conference’, and for Sue & Gerry’s

Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge – ‘brown’.
In exactly 59 words, this is my take.

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Flash, Micro Story

Cosmic Kitchen

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?
#298”
– exactly 28 words using the three required
prompts: ‘eavesdrop’, ‘space’, and ‘burger’.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Flash, Micro Story

Hopeless

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six
Word Story Prompt #145
– ‘heal’.
Here’s where my imagination went.

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Fantasy, Flash, Very Short Story

Like Magic!

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?
#297”
– exactly 41 words using the five required
prompts: ‘balloon’, ‘fancy’, ‘trance’, ‘satchel’,
and ‘monkey’. Also for Gerry & Sue’s Weekly
Prompts The One Day Prompt #15
.
Here’s where my thoughts went.

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Flash, Uncategorized, Very Short Story

Without A Care

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #425
using the word ‘lagoon’,
with inspiration from a great image
by Kevin @ No Theme Thursday.
In exactly 48 words, this is my take.

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Flash, Prosery, Short Prose

Into Oblivion

Written for dVerse Prosery: Walcott’s Dark August.
Our host Kim asks us to write a piece of flash fiction
of up to or exactly 144 words, including the line shown
below by Derek Walcott. Here’s where his line took me.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

Discombobulated

Written for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly
Prompts Weekend Challenge
, using
the phrase ‘back to front’.
Here’s were the prompt took me.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

Game Night

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?
#296”
– exactly 57 words using the six required
prompts: ‘gag’, ‘climb’, ‘thriller’, ‘fussy’, ‘scorpio’
and ‘tombola’. Here’s where my thoughts went.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

Blonde On Blonde

Our gracious host, Rochelle,
encourages us to be creative
by writing a story in 100 words
or less using the photo prompt
below. This is Friday Fictioneers
and this is where the photo took me.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

In Style

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?
#295”
– exactly 44 words using the five required
prompts: ‘triathlon’, ‘dolphin’, ‘stylish’, ‘aristocrat’,
and ‘toffee’. Here’s where my thoughts went.

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Flash, Very Short Story

Damn! It’s Hot

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six
Word Story Prompt #144
– ‘fun’.
Here’s where my thoughts took me.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

Going Ape

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word
Story Prompt #143
– ‘fate’. Here’s my take.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

Il Mare*

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #423
using the word ‘grotto’.
In exactly 17 words, this is my take.

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Flash, Short Story

Uncle Bobby’s Rocket Ship

Our gracious host, Rochelle,
encourages us to be creative
by writing a story in 100 words
or less using the photo prompt
below. This is Friday Fictioneers
and this is where the photo took me.

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Flash, Musing

You Have All There Is

Written for Only Murders In My Mind
Weekly Writing Prompt #66
. This week’s
inspiration is the photo seen below.
This is where the image took me.

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Flash

Frantic

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #422
using the word ‘brace’.
In exactly 25 words, this is my take.

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Fantasy, Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

Fortunate Son

Our gracious host, Rochelle,
encourages us to be creative
by writing a story in 100 words
or less using the photo prompt
below. This is Friday Fictioneers
and this is my 100 word story.

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Flash, Limerick, Poem

Susie Q.

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #238
with the prompt
word  ‘block’ and Gerry & Sue’s Weekly
Prompts The One Day Prompt #14
.
 This is my limerick.

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Flash, Very Short Story

The Gym

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word
Story Prompt #142
– ‘pain’. Here’s my take.

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Flash, Very Short Story

The Folly Of Men

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?
#293”
– exactly 60 words using the seven required
prompts: ‘cult’, ‘orange’, ‘hotel’, ‘frantic’, ‘chicken’,
‘bingo’ and ‘ears’. In 60 words, here’s my take.

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Flash, Very Short Story

Folk Tales From The Trunk

Written for Only Murders In My Mind
Weekly Writing Prompt #65
. This week’s
inspiration is the photo seen below.
This is
where the photo took me.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

It’s Just How Guys Talk

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #421
using the word ‘limerence’.
In exactly 91 words, this is my take.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

The Loser


Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?
#292”
– exactly 30 words using the four required
prompts: ‘note’, ‘dodo’, ‘ski’, and ‘lampshade’.
In 30 words, here’s my take.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

Grandma Rose: Brioschi

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #420
using the word ‘fizzle’.
In exactly 62 words, this is my take.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

Stuck

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?
#291
” – exactly 55 words using the six required

prompts: ‘wheel’, ‘cruel’, ‘soak’, ‘labyrinth’, ‘yellow’
and ‘crab’. In 55 words, here’s my take.

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Flash, Very Short Story

So Tired

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word
Story Prompt #140
– ‘change’. This is my flash.

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