Informative, Micro Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Exercise

Oh, Behave!

Written for Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge
using the word β€˜bulbous’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Micro Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Yip! Yip! Yip! Yip! Wag!

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
where she asks us to get creative in exactly 25
words using the prompt word β€˜young’. Also for
FOWC With Fandango and his word, β€œpotential”.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Micro Story, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Friday: limitation

Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
Β to get creative with the word β€œlimitation”.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Micro Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Cafeteria Capers

Written for Esther’s β€œCan You Tell A Story In”
exactly 64 words using the six prompt words
shown below. In exactly 64 words, here’s my flash.

nurse, tabasco, invisible, spider, windmill, and moustache

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Micro Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Wednesday: silken

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

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Flash, Micro Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Remembrance

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
where she asks us to get creative in exactly 76
words using the prompt word β€˜sensibility’. Also for
Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge
Yellow. Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Micro Story, Musing, Stream of Consciousness, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Friday: harbor

Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
Β to get creative with the word β€œharbor”.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Micro Story, News, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Thursday: laughable

Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
Β to get creative with the word β€œlaughable”.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Informative, Micro Story, Trivia

March Forth!

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Micro Story, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Saturday: critters

Written for RDP, where Punam asks us
Β to get creative with the word β€œcritters”.
Thanks, Punam! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Micro Story, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Friday: symmetry

Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
Β to get creative with the word β€œsymmetry”.
Thanks, Martha! 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
Β to get creative with the word β€œcrazy”.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Micro Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Fabric Of Life

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
where she asks us to get creative in exactly
31 words using the prompt word β€˜patchwork’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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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 β€œsaunter”.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Micro Story, Mystery, Word Prompt

No Way Out

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
where she asks us to get creative in exactly
52 words using the prompt word β€˜padlock’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Micro Story, Mystery, Word Challenge

Transformation

Written for Esther’s β€œCan 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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Micro Story, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Friday: random

Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
Β to get creative with the word β€œrandom”.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Micro Story, Word Challenge

RDP Wednesday: ringleader

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

Β© Adobe

Yo!

In this dog-eat-dog world,
there can be only one ringleader:

THE MEOWFIA

When these cats are in town, all bets are off.

FUHGEDDABOUDIT!!

NARΒ©2026

This is β€œWoke Up This Morning” by Alabama 3

All text and graphics are copyright for Nancy Richy and are not to be used without permission. NARΒ©2017-present.

Micro Story, Word Prompt

The Mating Game

Written for Weekend Writing Prompt
where Sammi asks us to get creative
in exactly 26 words using the word β€˜mood’.
Here’s where the prompt word 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 β€˜mourn’.
Also for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts –
The One Day Prompt
. Here’s my take.

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Micro Story, Musing, Word Prompt

RDP Friday: junk

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

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Micro Story, Word Prompt

RDP Thursday: snarl

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

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Micro Story, Word Prompt

RDP Monday: cord

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

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Micro Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt

Laughed Off Stage

Written for Esther’s β€œCan You Tell A Story In” –
#322
, exactly 52 words using the five prompt words
shown below. In exactly 52 words, here’s my flash.

pirouette ~ comic ~ egg ~ wrestler ~ syllable

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Micro Story, Word Prompt

RDP Thursday: catenary

Written for RDP, where bushboy asks us
Β to get creative with the word β€œcatenary”.
Thanks, Brian! Here’s my musical take.

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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 β€˜drum’. Also for
Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge
using the word β€œjournal”. Here’s my take.

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Flash, Micro Story, Word Prompt

High In Dubai

Written for Esther’s β€œCan 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, Micro Story, Word Prompt

RDP Thursday: alluring

Written for RDP, where bushboy asks us
 to get creative with the word β€œalluring”.
Thanks, Brian! 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 β€˜sweet’. Also
for Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts Weekend
Challenge
, using the word β€˜reversible’.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Micro Story, Word Prompt

RDP Tuesday: situation

Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
Β to get creative with the word β€œsituation”.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s my take.

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