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The Dreamers

Our gracious host, Rochelle, at Friday Fictioneers
asks us to use the photo below as inspiration

to write creatively in 100 words or less while
making every word count. This is my flash.

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Just Below The Surface

Our gracious host, Rochelle, at Friday Fictioneers
asks us to use the photo below as inspiration

to write creatively in 100 words or less while
making every word count. This is my flash.

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Words Of Love

Written for OLWG #404. The three prompts
for this week are shown below. This my story.

This is a work of fiction, not a political statement.

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Between Friends

Written for Esther’s Writing Prompts-50
with the prompt word  “secrets” and
Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts Wednesday
Challenge
with the prompt word “whimsical”.
This is my story.

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Catologically Speaking

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt #402
using the word “spook” and Sue & Gerry’s Weekly
Prompts Weekend Challenge
with the required word
“Pookie”. In exactly 32 words, this is my story.

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Dishing The Dirt With The Girls

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..? #273
exactly 27 words using the three required prompt words:
‘teeth’, ‘password’ and ‘honk’. This is my 27 word flash story.

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Slow Dancing

Written for The Unicorn Challenge where we
are urged to get creative in 250 words or less. The
photo below is our inspiration and this is my story.

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Nowhere Land

Our gracious host, Rochelle, at Friday Fictioneers
asks us to use the photo below as inspiration

to write creatively in 100 words or less while
making every word count. This is my flash.

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The Writing’s On The Wall

Written for OLWG #403. The three prompts
for this week are shown below. This my story.

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Boxful Of Memories

Written for Esther’s Writing Prompts #50
where the prompt word is “photographs”.
This is my family’s true story.

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Earthman

Written for Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts
Wednesday Challenge
and the word “growth”
and for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts February
Colour Challenge
and the word “green”.
This is my response.

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L’épée

Shweta is our host for the
Saturday Six Word Challenge (6WSP) #123.
This week’s prompt word is “balance”.

Here is my 6 word story.

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The Continuing Adventures of George & Martha, Vol. 8: Balle en Caoutchouc Rouge (Red Rubber Ball)

Written for The Unicorn Challenge where we
are urged to get creative in 250 words or less. The
photo below is our inspiration and this is my story.

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Mostly Fishing

Our gracious host, Rochelle, at Friday Fictioneers
asks us to use the photo below as inspiration

to write creatively in 100 words or less while
making every word count. This is my flash.

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Of All The Days!

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt #400,
prompt word “utter”; Sue & Gerry’s
Weekly Prompts –
The One-Day Prompt; David Stewart’s Muse on Monday;
FOWC “disorder”, FOWC “hate”, FOWC “glance”
and FOWC “reluctance”. In 92 words, this is my story.

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Potty Mouth

Written for OLWG #402. The three prompts
for this week are given below. This my story.

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In Dreams

Re-visited, re-read, re-worked and re-written
for The Unicorn Challenge where Jenne & CE
encourage us to get creative in 250 words or less.
The photo below is our inspiration; this is my story.

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Fantasy, Short Story

A Formula For Disaster

This is a story I wrote a few years ago.
Some of you have read it; many have not.
I revamped it and hope you enjoy the read.
Graphic created by Kevin @ The Beginning At Last.

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El Paso

Written for OLWG #401-Ojínaga. The three prompts
for this week are shown below. I have also used
one of
Kevin’s great graphics from The Beginning At Last.
This my story.

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The Little Woman

Written for The Unicorn Challenge where we
are urged to get creative in 250 words or less. The
photo below is our inspiration and this is my story.

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He Was Expendable

Our gracious host, Rochelle, at Friday Fictioneers
asks us to use the photo below as inspiration

to write creatively in 100 words or less while
making every word count. This is my flash.

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The Raffle

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt #398,
incorporating the word “winner” and for Sue & Gerry’s
Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge using the prompt
word “blanket”. In exactly 95 words, this is my story.

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Hell, Yeah!

Written for OLWG #400, our three prompts
for this week are shown below. This my story.

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Bones Of Steel

Introduction: More Italians have emigrated to the United States than any other people in Europe. When they first arrived, speaking no English, they learned very quickly the only jobs available to them were in sanitation and construction. They took pride in their work. The resulting cathedrals and skyscrapers dotting Manhattan are testaments to their craftsmanship and determination.


I will not lie; this is not a new piece. It’s been
whittled down from its original 746 words to
250 words for The Unicorn Challenge where
we are urged to get creative using the photo
below as our inspiration. This is my story.

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Not My Kid

Written for OLWG #399, our three prompts
for this week are shown below. This my story.

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Boxer Rebellion

Written for The Unicorn Challenge where we are
asked to get creative in 250 words or less using
the photo below as inspiration. This is my story.

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Just What I Needed

Written for OLWG #398, our three prompts
for this week are listed below. This my story.

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Peppermint Twist

This is a little piece I wrote a few years ago
for Christmas Eve. Some of you read it back
then. I reworked it for New Year’s Eve and I
like it better than the original. Hope you do, too.

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Honeysuckle and Provolone

Originally written several years ago, I thought this fitting
for this week’s Unicorn Challenge where we are
asked to get creative in 250 words or less using
the photo below as inspiration. This is my story.

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Hook, Line and Sinker

Written for Gerry C & Sue W’s Weekly Prompts
Wednesday Challenge
. The prompt word this
week is “socks” and this is my response.

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