Flash, Micro Story, Musing

RDP Tuesday: ephemera

Today at RDP, we are asked to share a
story, poem, photo, painting, essay, etc.,
focusing on the word ‘ephemera’
. Here’s my take.

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Norma Jeane

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Story
Prompt #154
– including the word ‘moment’.
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Just Wasting My Time

Today at RDP, we are asked to share a
story, poem, photo, painting, essay, etc.,
centered on the words 
‘stand in’. Here’s my take.

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Mean Old Man

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#435
where we’re asked to be creative in exactly
22 words using the word ‘speak’. Here’s my take.

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Too Cute!

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Story
Prompt #153
– including the word ‘magic’.
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Slashdance

Written for Esther’s Can You Tell A Story In – #305
in exactly 38 words using these four prompt words:
‘algorithm’, ‘waxwork’, ‘razzle-dazzle’, and ‘elicit’.
Here’s my flash in exactly 38 words.

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Smile!

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Story
Prompt #152
– based on the word ‘smile’.
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Piece By Piece

Written for Esther’s Can You Tell A Story In – #304
in exactly 61 words using these six prompt words:
‘palatial’, ‘volleyball’, ‘gravy’, ‘orchid’, ‘jigsaw’, and
‘squeak’. Here’s my flash in exactly 61 words.

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Fait Accompli

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Story
Prompt #150
– incorporating the word ‘history’.
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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In Your Face

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Story
Prompt #149
– incorporating the word ‘life’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Bait And Switch

Written for Esther’s Can You Tell A Story In – #302
in exactly 35 words using these four prompt
words: ‘coupon’, ‘lake’, ‘puppet’, and ‘tuba’.
In 35 words, here’s where the prompts took me.

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Lover, Come Back!

Sammi asks us to be creative with the word
“umbrella” in exactly 24 words while Gerry &
Sue
want us to include the word “burgeoning”.
Maybe this timely image from Mike at OMIMM
will inspire me. Here’s where my thoughts went.

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The Reading

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Story
Prompt #148
– using the word ‘independent’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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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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Suddenly

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

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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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Hopeless

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

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