Short Story

Final Descent

Written for Muse on Monday where David asks us to
write a story from the antagonistโ€™s point of view.
Originally written several years ago, I thought

this story met the requirements nicely.

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Short Story

Girls Night Out

Our gracious host, Rochelle, encourages us
to be creative by writing a story in 100 words
or less using the photo prompt below. This is
Friday Fictioneers. Hereโ€™s where the photo took me.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

It’s Just Not Fair!

Written for Sammiโ€™s Weekend Writing Prompt #427
using the word โ€˜conferenceโ€™, and for Sue & Gerryโ€™s

Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge โ€“ ‘brown’.
In exactly 59 words, this is my take.

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Short Story

Ten Words, One Note

Written for Estherโ€™s Writing Prompts
where the word this week is โ€˜voiceโ€™.
Hereโ€™s where the prompt took me.

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Short Story

Montreux

Our gracious host, Rochelle, encourages us
to be creative by writing a story in 100 words
or less using the photo prompt below. This is

Friday Fictioneers and here’s where the photo took me.

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Short Story

Stranded

Written for Only Murders In My Mind
Weekly Writing Prompt #68
. This weekโ€™s
inspiration is the photo seen below.
This is where the photo took me.

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Short Story

Lucky Cluck

Written for The Unicorn Challenge.
This is my 102nd and final story.

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Short Story

Big Red

Our gracious host, Rochelle, encourages us
to be creative by writing a story in 100 words
or less using the photo prompt below.
This is Friday Fictioneers and this
is where the photo took me.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

Discombobulated

Written for Sue & Gerryโ€™s Weekly
Prompts Weekend Challenge
, using
the phrase โ€˜back to frontโ€™.
Hereโ€™s were the prompt took me.

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Game Night

Written for Estherโ€™s โ€œCan You Tell A Story Inโ€ฆ..?
#296โ€
โ€“ exactly 57 words using the six required
prompts: โ€˜gagโ€™, โ€˜climbโ€™, โ€˜thrillerโ€™, โ€˜fussyโ€™, โ€˜scorpioโ€™
and โ€˜tombolaโ€™. Hereโ€™s where my thoughts went.

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Short Story

Just This One

In 2017, this was the first story
I wrote for The Elephantโ€™s Trunk.

Rewritten for The Unicorn Challenge where we are encouraged

to write a story in 250 words or less using the photo below
as inspiration. Here’s the memory that was ignited.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

Blonde On Blonde

Our gracious host, Rochelle,
encourages us to be creative
by writing a story in 100 words
or less using the photo prompt
below. This is Friday Fictioneers
and this is where the photo took me.

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Sci-Fi, Short Story

Broken Alliance

Written for Sammiโ€™s Weekend Writing
Prompt #424
using the word โ€˜demureโ€™,
Gerry & Sueโ€™s Weekly Prompts Weekend
Challenge
(intoxicating) and
OMIMM
Weekly Writing Prompt #67
. In 70 words,
this is where my imagination took me.

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In Style

Written for Estherโ€™s โ€œCan You Tell A Story Inโ€ฆ..?
#295โ€
โ€“ exactly 44 words using the five required
prompts: โ€˜triathlonโ€™, โ€˜dolphinโ€™, โ€˜stylishโ€™, โ€˜aristocratโ€™,
and โ€˜toffeeโ€™. Hereโ€™s where my thoughts went.

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Short Story

Timeless Connection

Written for Muse on Monday
where the challenge is to write
a story about an anachronism.
Using an image created by Kevin @
No Theme Thursday, hereโ€™s my take.

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Short Story

Giustizia e Libertร 

This is The Unicorn Challenge
where we are encouraged to write
a story in 250 words or less using
the photo below as inspiration.
This is where the photo took me.

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Going Ape

Written for Shwetaโ€™s Saturday Six Word
Story Prompt #143
– โ€˜fateโ€™. Hereโ€™s my take.

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Il Mare*

Written for Sammiโ€™s Weekend Writing
Prompt #423
using the word โ€˜grottoโ€™.
In exactly 17 words, this is my take.

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Flash, Short Story

Uncle Bobby’s Rocket Ship

Our gracious host, Rochelle,
encourages us to be creative
by writing a story in 100 words
or less using the photo prompt
below. This is Friday Fictioneers
and this is where the photo took me.

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Short Story

Bad Romance

Written for OLWG #425.
The prompts are below.
This is my story.

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Short Story

Some Explanation

Written for Sue & Gerryโ€™s Weekly
Prompts Colour Challenge
, using
the phrase โ€˜black & whiteโ€™.
This is my story.

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Short Story

Sanctuary

Written for OLWG #424.
The prompts are below.
This is my story.

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Short Story

The Hunt

This is The Unicorn Challenge
where we are encouraged to write
a story in 250 words or less using
the photo below as inspiration.

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Fantasy, Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

Fortunate Son

Our gracious host, Rochelle,
encourages us to be creative
by writing a story in 100 words
or less using the photo prompt
below. This is Friday Fictioneers
and this is my 100 word story.

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Short Story

A Fleeting Dream

Written for OLWG #423.
The prompts are below.
This is my story.

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Short Story

Man With A Van

This is The Unicorn Challenge
where we are encouraged to write
a story in 250 words or less using
the photo below as inspiration.

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Short Story

Big Man On Campus

Our gracious host, Rochelle,
encourages us to be creative
my writing a story in 100 words
or less using the photo prompt
below. This is Friday Fictioneers
and this is my 100 word story.

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It’s Just How Guys Talk

Written for Sammiโ€™s Weekend Writing
Prompt #421
using the word โ€˜limerenceโ€™.
In exactly 91 words, this is my take.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

The Loser


Written for Estherโ€™s โ€œCan You Tell A Story Inโ€ฆ..?
#292โ€
โ€“ exactly 30 words using the four required
prompts: โ€˜noteโ€™, โ€˜dodoโ€™, โ€˜skiโ€™, and โ€˜lampshadeโ€™.
In 30 words, hereโ€™s my take.

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Short Story

Pink Lemonade

Written for Sue & Gerryโ€™s Weekly
Prompts Weekend Challenge
,
incorporating the word โ€˜temptingโ€™
This is my story.

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