Written for Sadje’s weekly question:
What Do You See? Also for Melissa’s
Fandango Flash Fiction Challenge.
Category: Short Story
Fixer Upper
Written for Muse On Monday.
Our challenge is to write a story
about a piece of obsolete technology.
Thanks to Brian at bushboys world
for allowing me to use his photo.
Can You Hear Me Knocking?
Re-written for Esther’s Writing Prompt
using the prompt word ‘test’.
Original from 2023.
Feline Gateway
Written for Sadje’s weekly question:
What Do You See?
My Daughter’s Hair
Written for Melissa’s Fandango Flash Fiction
Challenge using the image below as inspiration.
RDP Wednesday: sloppy
Written for RDP where segoil asks us
to get creative with the word “sloppy”.
Thanks, Heather!
Don’t Look Back
In Plain Sight: A Minnie Ming Mystery
Borrowed Words, New Worlds Challenge –
our hosts Sarah & Rohini invite us to write a
piece of our choosing incorporating the
following quote by Arthur Conan Doyle:
“The world is full of obvious things which
nobody by any chance ever observes.”
Driftwood
Written for Fandango’s Story Starter:
“The river had been serene so far, but ahead,
their simple raft faced some serious rapids.”
Love’s Open Door
Written for Thursday Inspiration –
“Keep On Loving You”
What’s Left Behind
Written for Sadje’s weekly question:
What Do You See?
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
The Rite Of St. Aldric
Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle.
Here are Brenda’s prompt words:
screams ~ desolate ~ temples ~ bone ~ sparks ~ pit
voices ~ follow ~ underworld ~ spiral ~ weave ~ current
RDP Saturday: bungalow
Written for RDP where we’re asked to
get creative with the word “bungalow”.
Sorry, My Bad
Written for Muse On Monday. We are asked
to write a story in the form of an email.
The Bench
Written for Sadje’s What Do You See
Continue reading “The Bench”The Loft
Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
the prompt words are shown below.
cheers ~ choir ~ grand ~ ill ~ man ~ place
reserved ~ rest ~ stool ~ together ~ turn ~ twinkle
Seattle Regional
Great Minds Think – The Literary Rug-Pull Challenge
Our hosts Sarah & Rohini invite us to write a story
with an unexpected twist ending.
RDP Monday: tame
Written for RDP where segoil asks us
to get creative with the word “tame”.
Thanks, Heather!
Wild Roses
Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
the prompt words are shown below.
change ~ known ~ fault ~ seen ~ money ~ silence
flowers ~ excited ~ irritated ~ hand ~ table ~ kept
Light In The Window
Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge.
Our challenge is to write a poem or story
as inspired by the image shown below.
A Stranger’s Danger
Mercy, Delayed
Written for “It’s Story Time” with Jolene.
Our four prompts lines are shown below.
The Delivery
Written for Muse On Monday. Our host,
David, asks us to write a story about
getting a package we didn’t order.
No Surprises
At Great Minds Think – The One Sentence
Explosion Challenge – Sarah & Rohini ask
us to have fun with the following: “Please
tell me you didn’t open the blue envelope.”
Torn In Two: A Narrative Monologue
Inspired by Max’s blog, ‘Old Steam Ships’ –
this is my story based on facts about the sinking
of the SS Daniel J. Morrell on Nov. 29, 1966 in
Lake Huron from reports made by 26-year-old
watchman and lone survivor, Dennis Hale.
The Long Con
Written for Melissa’s Fandango Flash Fiction
Challenge using the image below as inspiration.
Magic Mirror
Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
the prompt words are shown below.
call, delete, diary, found, level, maiden,
nobody, now, phone, reprimand, tired, vindictive
The Debt
Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle.
Here are Brenda’s prompt words:
shot ~ foot ~ dark ~ bright ~ prairie ~ grass
hot ~ ash ~ dead ~ resurgence ~ fight ~ god
Holding Our Own: SS Edmund Fitzgerald
Inspired by Max’s blog, ‘Old Steam Ships’ –
this is my fiction story based on facts about the
SS Edmund Fitzgerald from the vantage point
of SS Anderson First Mate, Morgan Clark.
