Flash, Mini Story

Those Were The Days

Our gracious host, Rochelle, is asking us to get
creative in 100 words or less using the photo
seen below. Welcome to Friday Fictioneers.
This is where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Mini Story, Word Challenge

RDP Friday: change

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

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Flash, Mini Story

Making Magic

Our gracious host, Rochelle, is asking us to get
creative in 100 words or less using the photo
seen below. Welcome to Friday Fictioneers.
This is where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Mini Story

RDP Wednesday: thunderstruck

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

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Flash, Mini Story

Deep Sea Mystery

Written for Esther’s β€œCan You Tell A Story In” –
#316
, exactly 80 words using these eight prompt
words: β€˜creep’, β€˜mermaid’, β€˜tea’, β€˜video’, β€˜red’,
β€˜gallop’, β€˜agent’ and β€˜pillar’. Here’s my flash.

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Flash, Mini Story

At What Price?

Our gracious host, Rochelle, is asking us to get
creative in 100 words or less using the photo
seen below. Welcome to Friday Fictioneers!
This is where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Mini Story

Nobody’s Perfect

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#444
where we’re asked to be creative in
exactly 47  words using the word β€˜fluent’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Mini Story

Invaders From Mars

Written for Esther’s β€œCan You Tell A Story In” –
#315
, exactly 54 words using these five prompt
words: β€˜husky’, β€˜acne’, β€˜spaceman’, β€˜lettuce’
and β€˜wheelbarrow’. Here’s my 54-word flash.

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Mini Story, Musing

RDP Monday: hullabaloo

Today at RDP, sgeoil asks us to get creative
with the word β€˜hullabaloo’. Thanks, Heather!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Flash, Mini Story

The Empty Chair

Our gracious host, Rochelle, at Friday Fictioneers
encourages us to be creative by writing a story inΒ 
100 words or less using the photo shown below.
Β Here’s where the photo prompt took me.

Happy 54th Anniversary, Rochelle & Jan!

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Flash, Mini Story, Musing, Stream of Consciousness

RDP Wednesday: house

Today at RDP, sgeoil asks us to get creative
with the word β€˜house’. Thanks, Heather!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Flash, Mini Story, Mystery

The Keeper

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#443
where we’re asked to be creative in
exactly  words using the word β€˜vision’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Mini Story

RDP sunday: quit

Today at RDP, drkottaway asks us to get
Β creative with the word β€˜quit’. Thanks, Doc!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Flash, Mini Story

RDP Saturday: variegated

Today at RDP, Punam asks us to get
 creative with the word β€˜variegated’. Thanks, Punam!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Flash, Mini Story

Discarded

Our gracious host, Rochelle, at Friday Fictioneers
encourages us to be creative by writing a story inΒ 
100 words or less using the photo shown below.
Β Here’s where the photo prompt took me.

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Flash, Mini Story, Musing

RDP Tuesday: grace

Today at RDP, Martha Kennedy asks us to get
Β creative with the word β€˜grace’. Thanks, Martha!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Flash, Mini Story

RDP Sunday: snowflake

Today at RDP, drkottaway asks us to get
Β creative with the word β€˜snowflake’. Thanks, Doc!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Flash, Mini Story

Dirk Malone, PI: The Ice Princess

Written for Esther’s β€œCan You Tell A Story In” –
#313
, exactly 61 words using these six prompt
words: β€˜baby’, β€˜ice-skating’, β€˜album’, β€˜salad’,
β€˜fright’, and β€˜camera’. Here’s my 61-word flash.

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Mini Story

When The Cat’s Away: Thursday Inspiration

Written for Thursday Inspiration #306 – β€œAlabama”.
 This is my response to the challenge.

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Mini Story

Los Angeles

Our gracious host, Rochelle, at Friday Fictioneers
encourages us to be creative by writing a story inΒ 
100 words or less using the photo shown below.
Β Here’s where the photo prompt took me.

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Mini Story

RDP Thursday: parallel

Today at RDP, leapingtoes asks us to get
 creative with the word β€˜parallel’. Thanks, Toes!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Flash, Mini Story, Mystery

Dirk Malone, PI: The Snitch

Written for Esther’s β€œCan You Tell A Story In” – #312,
exactly 77 words using these 7 prompt words:
wishy-washy’, β€˜marshmallow’, β€˜impound’,
β€˜eagle’, β€˜violin’, β€˜balcony’, and β€˜roster’.
Here’s my flash in 77 words.

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Fantasy, Mini Story

The Rent

Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s Creative
Challenge #059
. I chose Pic #3.
Here’s where the image took me.

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Mini Story, Mystery, Wordle

A Fading Echo

Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle – #731. Our
host is Brenda Warren and these are our words:
rooted, years, footsteps, creaks, look, stir,
hour, loop, clock, echo, before, and slips.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Flash, Mini Story

Rock Bottom

Written for AI Drabble, a new challenge from
Mike Jackson where there are two main rules:

1) all written work must be exactly 100 words;
2) all written work must be AI generated.
We are provided with a word prompt
and an image.
All ideas/suggestions are mine as interpreted by Claude AI.

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Mini Story

The Journey

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle #449.
Our prompt words this week are: follow, future,
happiness, inspire, lie, mistake, monument,
secure, short, stunned, thought, and walk.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Mini Story

The Continuing Adventures Of George & Martha, Vol. 9: The Yellow House

Written for Friday Fictioneers, where our host Rochelle
encourages us to be creative by writing a story in 
100 words or less using the photo shown below.
 Here’s where the photo prompt took me.

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Flash, Mini Story

RDP Thursday: waver

Today at RDP, leapingtoes asks us
to get creative with the word
β€˜waver’. Here’s my take.

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Flash, Mini Story

RDP Tuesday: explore

Today at RDP, Martha Kennedy asks us
to get creative with the word β€˜explore’.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s my take.

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Fantasy, Flash, Mini Story

Matchmaker

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In” – #311
exactly 46 words using these four prompt words:
β€˜portal’, β€˜drool’, β€˜slippers’, and β€˜marksman’.
Here’s my flash in exactly 46 words.

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