Mystery, Original Series, Recurring Character, Short Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Wordle, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

The Silver Compass: A Minnie Ming Mystery

Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle.
Here are Brenda’s prompt words:

velvet ~ compass ~ echo ~ random ~ rust ~ silver
shadow ~ pebble ~ stone ~ drone ~ clip ~ dry

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Mini Story, Mystery, Original Series, Photo Prompt, Recurring Character, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Wreckage: A Nadine Harrow Mystery

Written for Crispina’s
Crimson’s Creative Challenge

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Continuing Series, Longer Stories, Noir, Original Series, Recurring Character, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Wordle, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Lady In Red: A Dirk Malone Story

Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle.
Here are Brenda’s prompt words:

siren ~ chanting ~ startled ~ pulse ~ sighs ~ night
basket ~ answers ~ heart ~ shape ~ badge ~ stay

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Continuing Series, Mystery, Noir, Original Series, Recurring Character, Short Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Wordle, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Paid In Full: A Dirk Malone Story

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
the prompt words are shown below.

light ~
cast ~ street ~ tickle ~ sensitive ~ view
cool ~ pigeon ~ dance ~ attract ~ evening ~ glow

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Longer Stories, Noir, Original Series, Recurring Character, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Inside Job: A Dirk Malone Story

Written for Muse On Monday. We are asked
 to write a story about an article of clothing.

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Mini Story, Mystery, Photo Prompt, Recurring Character, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Going In

Written for Crimson’s Creative Challenge

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Mini Story, Noir, Original Series, Recurring Character, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Wordle, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

The Big Pretender: A Dirk Malone Story

Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle. Our host is
Brenda Warren; her words for this week are
shown below. Here’s where they took me.

tolls ~ spell ~ inclined ~ mind ~ find ~ pretending
sigh ~
hit ~ guilty ~ fine ~ fault ~ liar 

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Mystery, Noir, Original Series, Recurring Character, Short Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Wordle, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

The Big Sigh: A Dirk Malone Story

Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle. Our host is
Brenda Warren; her words for this week are
shown below. Here’s where they took me.

sighs ~ siren ~ knocking ~ still ~ centered ~ lost
slip ~
doors ~ true ~ screams ~ beneath ~ curse

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Dialogue, Photo Prompt, Recurring Character, Short Story, Writing Prompts

The Continuing Adventures of George & Martha, Vol. 10: The One That Got Away

Written for Crimson’s Creative Challenge.
Here’s where the image took me.

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Mystery, Noir, Phrase Prompt, Recurring Character, Short Story, Writing Prompts

The Big Lie: A Dirk Malone Story

Written for Fandango’s Story Starter #241 –
“The detective was sure the handwritten
confession was fake. Now all he had to do
was prove it”.
Here’s my response.

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Mystery, Noir, Recurring Character, Short Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Wordle, Writing Prompts

The Big Affair: A Dirk Malone Story

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
our prompt words are shown below.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

huge, proper, colleague, space, alone, try,
force,
tremble, fear, laughter, serious, hard

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Continuing Story, Original Series, Recurring Character, Short Story

Housecalls – Part 6: Unknown Memories

For a refresher, you can read Part 5 HERE.

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Mystery, Noir, Recurring Character, Short Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Wordle, Writing Prompts

Warning Sign: A Dirk Malone Story

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.

ravenous, lurked, shame, space, found, glass,
hollow, flicker, rattled, slip, red, and crash

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Mystery, Noir, Recurring Character, Short Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Wordle, Writing Prompts

Up All Night: A Dirk Malone Story

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.

mind, visit, thinking, creature, exists, criminal,
know, dirt, walk, head, writer, and rumbles

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Adventure, Mystery, Recurring Character, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Wordle, Writing Prompts

The Fob and the Falcon: A Jackson DeWitt Story

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle.
Our 12 prompt words appear below
Here’s where the prompt took me.

modern, change, steep, twice, list, ring,
leaf, beast, yet, mace, fob, and hole

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