Cinquain, Poetry, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

New Day

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt
where our inspiration is “refresh”.
This is my cinquain.

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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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Poetry, Quadrille, Theme Prompt, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Le Joint

Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille Monday
“Writing Down the Bones”. Our host, De Jackson,
asks us to create a poem using any form of  
the word “bone”. Here is my quadrille.

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Mystery, Noir, Recurring Character, Short Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Wordle, Writing Prompts

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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Limerick, Poetry, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Little Girl Blue

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick
. The prompt word
is ‘cape’ and this is my limerick.

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Mini Story, Musing, Photo Prompt, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Wordle, Writing Prompts

Longing

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
our prompt words are shown below.
Also for Sadje’s What Do You See
WDYS – and the featured image.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

blush, foil, gift, gold, hollow, nostalgia,
present, sash, smile, thick, thought, and tray

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Mini Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Tuesday: showers

Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
 to get creative with the word “showers”.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Mini Story, Word Challenge, Photo Prompt, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Dance With Fire

Written for Melissa’s Fandango Flash Fiction
Challenge
using the photo below for our
inspiration. Also for FOWC With Fandango
and the word “conjure”. Here’s my take.

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Flash, Mini Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Support Group

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
where she asks us to get creative in exactly
94 words using the prompt word ‘abibliophobia’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Micro Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

A Winning Smile

Oops! I’m very late with this. Sorry!

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In”
exactly 39 words using the four prompt words
shown below. In 39 words, here’s my flash.

peacock, newsletter, cymbals, and toothpaste

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Mini Story, Musing, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Monday: parlor/parlour

Written for RDP, where segoil asks us
 to get creative with the word “parlour”.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Haibun, Poetry, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Vigil: A Haibun

Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge
where the word this week is “inchoate”.

Also for RDP Saturday and the word “eggs”.
This is where the prompts took me.

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Micro Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

So Sorry, Sardines

Written for Di’s Three Things Challenge
including the three words shown below.

I’ve added another dimension by keeping
my piece to 33 words exactly. Here’s where
the prompt words took me. Thanks, Di!

stump – stomp – stamp

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Cinquain, Poetry, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Open Planes

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt
where our inspiration is “pride”.
This is my cinquain.

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Informative, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Thursday: duplicitous

Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
 to get creative with the word “duplicitous”.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Micro Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Librarian’s Lament

Written for Di’s Three Things Challenge #MM381
including the words ‘quit’, ‘quite’ and ‘quiet’.
In keeping with the three theme, my flash
is 33 words exactly. Here’s my take.

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Limerick, Poetry, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Sweet Defeat

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick
. The prompt word
is ‘treat’ and this is my limerick.

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Photo Prompt, Poetry, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Promise They Carry

Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge
where the theme this week is “peace”.
This is where the prompts took me.

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Micro Story, Phrase Prompt, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Tuesday: hissy fit

Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
 to get creative with the phrase “hissy fit”.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Mystery, Noir, Recurring Character, Short Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Wordle, Writing Prompts

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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Wordle, Mini Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

In Time

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

cold, day, father, held, just, known,
rain, resolve, six, small, time, and renew

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Mini Story, Musing, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Monday: tonic

Written for RDP, where segoil asks us
 to get creative with the word “tonic”.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Cinquain, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Poetry, Writing Prompts

Reaching Out

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt
where our inspiration is “need”.
Here’s my cinquain.

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Flash, Micro Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Toad Overload

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
where she asks us to get creative in exactly
13 words using the prompt word ‘spell’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Short Story, Song, Theme Prompt, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Fool’s Almanac: A Thursday Inspiration

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

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Micro Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Saturday: bashful

Written for RDP where Punam asks us to
get creative with the words “bashful”.
Thanks, Punam! Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Flash, Mini Story, Musing, Mystery, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Death Dive

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In”
exactly 85 words using the eight prompt words
shown below. In exactly 85 words, here’s my flash.

sharkcongaluxurybus
fourtowelumpire – soundtrack

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Mini Story, Photo Prompt, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Deep Freeze

Our gracious host, Rochelle, is asking us to get
creative in 100 words or less using the photo
seen below. Welcome to Friday Fictioneers.
This is where the prompt took me.

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Mini Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Thursday: egregious

Written for RDP, where bushboy asks us
 to get creative with the word “egregious”.
Thanks, Brian! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Adventure, Mystery, Recurring Character, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Wordle, Writing Prompts

The Fob and the Falcon: A Jackson DeWitt Story

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle.
Our 12 prompt words appear below
Here’s where the prompt took me.

modern, change, steep, twice, list, ring,
leaf, beast, yet, mace, fob, and hole

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