Short Story

The Burden Of Secrets

Written for OLWG #417.
The prompts appear below.
This is my story.

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Short Story

Belle Terre

Written for WTFAIOA Pick 3 #4.
Each week the inspirational list
will be comprised of 21 randomly
selected words; we may use as many
as we want but must use at least three.
Here’s our list of words; I have used all.

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Short Story

Evening In Paris

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Short Story, Very Short Story

The Breakup

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #415
using the word β€˜confide’
in exactly 96 words; also Fandango’s
Story Starter #198
and for Gerry & Sue’s
Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge –
β€˜cavalier’. This is my 96-word story.

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Short Story

Couldn’t Get Away

Written for The Unicorn Challenge
and also for Melissa’s Fandango
Flash Fiction Challenge #319
. This
week I am inspired by two photos.
In exactly 250 words, this is my story.

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Short Story

M.I.A.

Written for WTFAIOA Pick 3 #3.
Each week the inspirational list will
be comprised of 21 randomly selected
words; we must use at least three.
Here’s our list of words; I have used all.

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Short Prose, Short Story

One Shot

Written for OLWG #416.
The prompts appear below.
This is my story.

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Short Story

Undercover

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

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Short Story

Come Sundown

Written for OLWG #415.
The prompts appear below.
This is my story.

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Short Story

Green Gloom

Written for Only Murders In My Mind
Weekly Writing Prompt #56
. This week’s
inspiration is the photo shown below.

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Short Story

Sea Shadows

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

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

There’s Always Something

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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Short Story

Swallowed Up

Written for Only Murders In My Mind
Weekly Writing Prompt #55
. This week’s
inspiration is the photo seen below.

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Short Story

Dismissed

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

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Short Story

The Weight

Written for Only Murders In My Mind
Weekly Writing Prompt #54
. This week’s
inspiration is the photo seen below.

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Short Story

Restless Spirits

Written for OLWG #413.
The three prompts are shown below.
This is my take.

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Short Story

Muted Moments

Written for Muse On Monday,
where the theme is β€˜lost in a fog’.
Also for Sadje’s β€œWhat Do You See?” –
#284
and the two corresponding photo
prompts shown below. This is my story.

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Flash, Short Story

The Chase

Written for Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge
using the word
β€œsinuous”. This is my take.

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Prose, Short Prose, Short Story

Kissing Lake Ontario

Written for dVerse Prosery Monday:
Prosery In the Words of Lisa Bellamy
.
Our host Sanaa asks us to write a 144
word story using the quote shown at
the bottom of the page. This is my prose.

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Musing, Short Story

Isn’t It A Pity?

It seemed fitting to bring this one back today.

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Short Story

It Is What It Is

Written for OLWG #412.
The three prompts are shown below.
This is my take.

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Short Story

The Most Unexpected Places

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

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Short Story, Very Short Story

Gilded Cages

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #410
using the word β€˜opulence’ in
exactly 98 words. Also for Sue & Gerry’s
Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge and
the word β€˜silver’. This is my 98-word story.

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Short Story

Whisked Away

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

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Short Story

On The Rocks – Part 6: Being Irrational

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

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Flash, Short Story

Is There A Detective In The House?

Written for Esther’s β€œCan You Tell A Story In…..? #279”
This week we are faced with one or two challenges:
to write a story in exactly 7 words using the word β€˜imposter’
and/or a story in exactly 50 words including the five required
prompts: β€˜coat’, β€˜pie’, β€˜qualify’, β€˜Latin’, β€˜aunt’ and β€˜maze. Never
one to shy away from a challenge, here’s my two-stories-in-one!

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Flash, Short Story

Nancy & Bill In 2045

Written for Melissa’s Fandango Flash
Fiction Challenge #312.
Here’s my flash.

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Short Story

Alabamy

Written for OLWG #409. The three prompts are
shown below. I have incorporated some lines
from a piece I wrote a few years ago. This is my take.

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Short Story

Sunday Morning With Carlo & Marie

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

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Short Story

No Way Out

Written for OLWG #408. The three prompt
phrases are shown below. This is my story.

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