Written for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts
Colour Challenge – “silver”. Also for Fandango’s
FOWC and the prompt word “constellation”.
Here’s where the prompts took me.
Category: Short Story
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
Simon’s Burden
Written for Violet’s Literary Quote Challenge
where she asks us to include the following line
into our writing: “Nature was continuing its
march, indifferent to human suffering” from
‘The Glassmaker’ by Tracy Chevalier. Here’s my take.
The Message
Written for Sadje’s “What Do You See”
Here’s where the prompt photos took me.
The Last Ride
Written for “It’s Story Time” where Jolene
has given us four prompts to work with. Also
written for FSS including an opening line from
Fandango’s Story Starter. All the prompts are
shown below; here’s where they took me.
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
The Scene We Never Shot
Written for Fandango’s Story Starter #239 –
“It started with a chance meeting on a film-set” –
and for Missy’s MAD Challenge #085 where the theme is
“A memory you’ve never had suddenly becomes
vivid and real”. Here’s where the prompts took me.
The Fool’s Almanac: A Thursday Inspiration
Written for Thursday Inspiration #325 –
“Evil Ways”. Here’s my response.
Housecalls – Part 5: What He Was Like
You can read Part 4 HERE.
Continue reading “Housecalls – Part 5: What He Was Like”The Last Night
Written for Muse On Monday where David
has asked us to write a story about someone
who is afraid to go to sleep. Here’s my take.
Summer Surrender: Homage To Barbara Cartland
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.
taste, summer, sweetness, snap, rush, half,
resin, turn, melts, luck, passion, and hand
The Waiting Room
Written for “It’s Story Time” where
Jolene has given us four prompts to
work with plus this time, a wild card!
The prompts are shown below; here’s my story.
The Ring
Written for Muse On Monday where David
has asked us to write a story where one
character knows another is lying to them.
Here’s where the prompt took me.
The Tide Doesn’t Wait
Written for Thursday Inspiration #324 –
“Gentle On My Mind”. Here’s my response.
Shadows At The Crown
When I saw this photo on Brian’s site,
Bushboys World, I knew I wanted to
write something. Here it is. Thanks to
Brian for the use of his wonderful photo.
The Big Charade: A Dirk Malone Mystery
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.
façade, doubts, curiosity, bitter, torn, hit,
restless, hope, massive, frail, strip, and sting
The Will
Written for MLMM Monday Wordle.
The prompt words are shown below.
Here’s where they took me.
default, family, generations, glue, memories,
miss, welcomed, loved, accepted, included, and divorce
Ancient One
Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s Creative
Challenge #077. I chose Pic #3.
Here’s where the image took me.
Married To The Mob
Written for “It’s Story Time” where
Jolene has given us four prompts to
work with. They are shown below.
Here’s where the prompts took me.
For Nina
Written for Muse On Monday where David
has asked us to write a story about being
stuck in traffic. Here’s my response.
Possession
Written for Violet’s Literary Quote Challenge
where she asks us to include the following line
into our writing: “A fire can’t burn forever.
Eventually, it consumes itself” from “My
Sister’s Keeper” by Jodi Picoult. Here’s my take.
Grafton
Written for Fandango’s Story Starter #237.
The image I used is courtesy of Brian Dodd at
Bushboys World. Please check out his amazing
site. Here’s my story with Fan’s prompt line.
The Butterblume Affair
Inspiration for this story came from a
photo I saw on Brenda’s Random Thoughts.
Please check out her great writing and lovely photos.
The Weight
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.
colony, rattling, still, lose, crunch, life,
fits, hunch, scan, packages, grasping, and chains
Housecalls – Part 4: What Was Inside
The Jury
Written for Muse on Monday where David
has asked us to write a story about giving
someone bad news. Here’s my take.
Continue reading “The Jury” The Curse Of The Wrappings
Written in response to Friday Faithfuls:
“King Tut”. Here’s my take.
Ruelle Chagouamigon
Written for Sadje’s “What Do You See” and for
Missy’s Mad Challenge where the prompt is to
write a story about two strangers who share a
moment that neither will ever speak of again.
Also for Violet’s Literary Challenge where she asks
us to include the following line into our writing:
“After what we have seen, we can never be who we were”
by Gemma Liviero. Here’s where the prompts took me.
One Last Time
Written forThe Sunday Wordle;
our host is Brenda Warren and
her prompt words appear below.
A fabulous photo by Crispina Kemp
provided the perfect inspiration.
Here’s where the prompts took me.
shelter, settle, rose, rocks, edge, step,
messy, flesh, left, ghost, scrap, and tremble
Among the Roses
Written for TN Kerr’s Writing Prompts
and Practice; the prompts are shown
below. Here’s where the prompts took me.
The Elephant's Trunk 