Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
the prompt words are shown below.
Here’s where the prompts took me.
dream ~ touch ~ kind ~ calm ~ forehead ~ hand
cool ~ shared ~ picture ~ cheer ~ want ~ before
Category: Mini Story
RDP Tuesday: portrait
Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
to get creative with the word “portrait”.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s where the prompt took me.
Behind The Blue Door
Written in response to this delightful photo
by Brian Dodd at bushboys world, who
graciously allows me to share with you.
Here’s where the image took me.
Duel At Dawn
Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In” –
exactly 40 words using the prompt words below.
Here’s where the prompts took me.
duel – iguana – croissant – trampoline
Continue reading “Duel At Dawn”Heated Hallucinations
Written for Melissa’s Fandango Flash Fiction
Challenge. Here’s where the prompts took me.
Backyard Chronicles
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.
On The Road Again
Look who’s driving!
That’s right, kids! I’m back in the driver seat!
I met with the surgeon yesterday; he was very pleased with my progress and gave me the OK to start driving again. I am thrilled to have my independence back, but most importantly, to be on the road to a full recovery. As a bonus,Bill now can enjoy a well-deserved break from being my chauffeur!
It’s a great relief to see how improved I am since just last week, but I need to remember, I am still rehabilitating. Another follow-up with the surgeon is scheduled for six weeks from now and I will continue with physical therapy until then.
This is a huge step for me! Thank you, my WordPress family, for your encouragement and very good wishes all these months.
Love from Nancy
This is “I Can’t Drive 55” by Sammy Hagar
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Everything on The Elephant’s Trunk was created by me, unless otherwise indicated. Thanks for your consideration. NAR©2017-present.
Shopping Day
Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In” –
exactly 100 words using the prompt words
shown below. Here’s where the prompts took me.
expire – squint – cult – lemon – grandpa
stampede – helicopter – market – pompom – woof
RDP Saturday: votive
Written for RDP where Punam asks us to
get creative with the words “votive”.
Thanks, Punam! Here’s where the prompt took me.
The Messenger’s Bicycle
When I saw this photo on Brian’s site,
Bushboy’s World, I knew I wanted to
write something. Here it is. Thanks to
Brian for the use of his wonderful photo.
The old bicycle leaned against the shed wall in Gallipoli, 1915. Private Thomas Webb had ridden it through dust and danger, leather saddlebags stuffed with dispatches too sensitive for the telegraph.
The green canvas bag held rations …. hard biscuits, a tin of jam. The pale linen pouch concealed folded maps, pencil-marked with troop positions. The rolled leather bundle on the front fork? Letters, dozens of them, from mothers and sweethearts, promises of home.
Thomas never read them. That wasn’t his job.
On a Tuesday morning in April, he made his last run between command posts. The bicycle came back without him, bags still full, chain still ticking softly as it rolled to a stop against a stone wall.
Someone propped it there. Nobody moved it.
If only bags could speak.
NAR© 2026
This is “Diggers of the Anzac (This is Gallipoli)” by John Williamson
All text and graphics are copyright for Nancy Richy and are not to be used without permission. NAR©2017-present.
Going Home
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.
Asphalt Jungle
Written for Fandango’s Story Starter
which is shown below.
Here’s where the prompt line took me.
The Line Between
Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle. Brenda is our host
and her prompt words are shown below.
Here’s where the prompts took me.
wide, line, self, hollow, rare, track,
twist, eye, trance, trudge, powder, empty
Smoke Tells All
Written for TN Kerr’s Writing Prompts and Practice
and for three Fandango FOWC prompts, including
’silk’, ‘sentimental’, & ‘impractical’; TN’s prompts
are shown below. Here’s where they took me.
Guardian Of The Thrones
Written for Crimson’s Creative Challenge.
I’ve selected two photos for my story.
Here’s where the images took me.
Night Council
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.
Better Days
Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
the prompt words are shown below.
Here’s where the prompt took me.
attire – pair – tired – old – scratch – shine –
sunlight – stool – faded – patch – elegant – time
Liverpool
Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle. Our host is
Brenda Warren; her prompt words for this week are
shown below. Here’s where the prompts took me.
crush, crisp, creamy, script, brisk, dreams,
dust, seeds, dim, night, whisper, and shimmer
First Impressions
Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
where she asks us to get creative in exactly 93 words
using the prompt word ‘persuasion’. Also for Sue & Gerry’s
Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge – “blush”, and two prompts
from Fandango’s FOWC – “introduce” and “basics”.
Here’s where the prompts took me.
Gathering
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.
This Little Piggie
Written for Crispina’s Creative Challenge.
I’ve selected two photos for my story.
Here’s where the images took me.
Landing, Viking Style
Written for Crimson’s Creative Challenge.
I have chosen Pic #2.
Here’s where the image took me.
A Clockwork Copper
Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge –
to write a story, poem, etc., inspired by the
image shown below. Here is my response.
Cursed
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.
Beneath the Southern Cross: Love in the Outback
Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle . Our host is
Brenda Warren; her prompt words for this week are
shown below. Here’s where the prompts took me.
rifle, grass, flush, steam, radiance, beetle,
perfume, drifted, swaying, hypnotic, hiss, and skin
Mairzy Doats
Written for Crispina’s Sunday Picture Post –
To The North. Here’s where the image took me.
The Shortness of Self
Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge –
to write a story, poem, etc., inspired by
a line from Ayn Rand’s “We the Living”.
Here’s where the prompt took me.
Nobu Hotel
Written for Sadje’s “What Do You See”.
Here’s where the image took me.
RDP Friday: calorie
Written for RDP where Lou asks us to
get creative with the word “calorie”.
Thanks, Lou! Here’s where the prompt took me.
The Breakfast Club
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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