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Never An Honest Word

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?”
#287
– exactly 40 words using the five required
prompts: ‘curl’, ‘potion’, ‘robin’, ‘unicycle’ and
‘bombast’. In 40 words, this is my story.

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Flyin’ High

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Story
Prompt #136
– ‘mirage’ and for Only Murders In
My Mind Weekly Writing Prompt #58
using the
 photo below for inspiration. This is my story.

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New Perspective

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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Living Large

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Story
Prompt #135
– ‘dream’ and for Only Murders In
My Mind Weekly Writing Prompt
using the photo
below for inspiration. This is my six word story.

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We’re Here For The Sex

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #414
using the word ‘periwinkle’
in exactly 30 words and for Sue & Gerry’s
Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge – ‘pink’.
In exactly 30 words, this is my story.

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Faking It

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?
#285”
– exactly 18 words including the following
prompts: ‘gobbledegook’, ‘chairman’, and ‘sale’.

In exactly 18 words, this is my story.

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Losing It

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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Inconspicuous

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Story
Prompt #134
– ‘wonder’. This is my tiny story.

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Flowers For Sale

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?
#283”
– exactly 38 words using the five required prompts:
‘operation’, ‘attract’, ‘vanilla’, ‘pram’ and ‘quack’.
In 38 words, this is my very short story.

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Perrier and Caviar

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #413
using the word ‘impudence’
in exactly 84 words and for Gerry & Sue’s
Weekly Prompts The One Day Prompt (12).
This is my 84-word story.

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There’s Always Something

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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Studmuffins

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #412
using the word ‘harebrained’
in exactly 51 words. This is my story.

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Idée Fixe

Written for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge
using the word
“obsession”. This is my take.

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Gone Troppo

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?
#283
” – exactly 20 words including the three
required prompts: ‘apocalypse’, ‘pineapple’, and
‘exuberant’. In 20 words, this is my story.

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Bob’s Big Break

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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Passion

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #411
using the word ‘fierce’ in
exactly 36 words. This is my story.

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The Cure-All

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?
#282”
– exactly 28 words using the three
required prompts: ‘bedraggled’, ‘mask’, and
‘vodka’. In 28 words, this is my story.

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The Chase

Written for Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge
using the word
“sinuous”. This is my take.

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From Tiny Seeds

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Story
Prompt #133
– ‘kindness’. This is my tiny story.

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Do No Harm

Well, look at that! It’s my turn in the hot seat
 place of honor at Friday Fictioneers as the
lovely Rochelle has chosen my photo as this
week’s head-scratcher inspiration. I’m tingling
with fear anticipation at the ridiculous masterful
100 word stories that await us!  Let’s get the show
on the road, shall we? This is not my photo and my flash.

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Nothing But Net!

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?
#280
” – exactly 41 words using the following
five required prompts: ‘mirage’, ‘dunk’, ‘quibble’,
 ‘vault’ and ‘worm’. In 41 words, this is my story.

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Fingers Crossed

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Story Prompt
#132
. Graphic by Kevin @ The Beginning At Last/
No Theme Thursday
. The prompt word is ‘pray’. This is my story.

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The Name Of The Game

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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Old Jedediah

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #409
using the word ‘revel’ in
exactly 69 words. Also for Sue & Gerry’s
Weekly Prompts The One Day Prompt
#11
. Gorgeous graphic is by Kevin @
The Beginning At Last/No Theme Thursday.
In 69 words exactly, this is my story.

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Matins

Written for Shweta’s Six Word Story Prompt #131.
Graphic by Kevin @ The Beginning At Last/No Theme
Thursday
. The prompt word is ‘solitude’. This is my story.

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Friends

Written for Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts
Wednesday Challenge
(‘screechy’).
This is my response.

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Takeout Stakeout

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?”
#280
– exactly 30 words including the four
required prompts: ‘devious’, ‘brick’, ‘chicken’ and
 ‘tunnel’. The amazing graphic was created by
Kevin @ No Theme Thursday. This is my story.

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Technicolor Yawn

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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Bellasaurus Roarus

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Challenge #130.
The prompt this week is “power”. Image by Kevin at

The Beginning At Last/No Theme Thursday.
Here is my 6 word story.

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Is There A Detective In The House?

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..? #279
This week we are faced with one or two challenges:
to write a story in exactly 7 words using the word ‘imposter’
and/or a story in exactly 50 words including the five required
prompts: ‘coat’, ‘pie’, ‘qualify’, ‘Latin’, ‘aunt’ and ‘maze. Never
one to shy away from a challenge, here’s my two-stories-in-one!

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