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The Price of Pretty

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
the prompt words are shown below.
I was also inspired by the image of
beautiful flowers behind bars from
Sadje’s “What Do You See” prompt.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

China, find, high, hunger, inside, place,
plea, pretty, shy, start, think, wonder

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L’acqua Scorre (The Water Flows)

Written for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts –
The One Day Prompt
. I have also borrowed
three prompts from TN Kerr’s OLWG #391,
and the reflective image from my amici at
Blog 57. Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Smoke & Whiskey

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

limits, list, still, bill, smoke, ring,
distant, wish, silky, spill, fit, key 

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The Cabinet

Written for Melissa’s Fandango Flash Fiction
Challenge
using the image shown below for our
inspiration. Here’s where the image took me.

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Memories of Water

Written for “It’s Story Time” where Jolene
has given us four prompts to work with.
They are shown below; here’s where they took me.

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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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Love Is A Battlefield

Written for Muse On Monday. David has
asked us to write a story about a first date
in a war zone … whatever our definition of
a war zone is. Here’s where the prompt took me.

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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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Emergency Room

Written for Violet’s Literary Quote Challenge
where she asks us to include the following line
into our writing: “Anger is what we feel when
we’re helpless” from ‘Cilka’s Journey’ by
Heather Morris. This is my response.

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The Missus

Written for Fandango’s Story Starter
and TN’s OLWG #411; all the prompts are
shown below. Here’s where they took me.

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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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Blah….Blah….Blah

Written for Muse On Monday. David has
asked us to write a story where the characters
cannot communicate through language.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Shape On The Water

Written for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts  
Weekend Challenge
– “invasive”. Also for
a few of Fandango’s FOWCs and his prompt
words “prepared”, “vessel”, “intensify”, and
“overnight”. Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Operation: Midnight Jewel – A Jackson DeWitt 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.

stalk, sky, luck, harness, pepper, jewel,
ribbon, splash, layers, set, light, and face

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A Civil Matter

I’m recuperating from surgery
and hope to be back tomorrow.

Written for Muse On Monday where David
has asked us to write about someone breaking
into their own house. Here’s my take.

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Connect The Dots

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.

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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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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.

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The Message

Written for Sadje’s “What Do You See”
Here’s where the prompt photos took me.

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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.

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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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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.

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The Fool’s Almanac: A Thursday Inspiration

Written for Thursday Inspiration #325 –
“Evil Ways”. Here’s my response.

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Continuing Story, Original Series, Short Story

Housecalls – Part 5: What He Was Like

You can read Part 4 HERE.

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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.

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In The Groove, Short Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Wordle, Writing Prompts

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

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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.

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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.

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The Tide Doesn’t Wait

Written for Thursday Inspiration #324 –
“Gentle On My Mind”. Here’s my response.

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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.

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