Informative, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

RDP Wednesday: foliage

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

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Mini Story, Noir, Original Series, Recurring Character, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Wordle, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

The Big Pretender: A Dirk Malone Story

Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle. Our host is
Brenda Warren; her words for this week are
shown below. Here’s where they took me.

tolls ~ spell ~ inclined ~ mind ~ find ~ pretending
sigh ~
hit ~ guilty ~ fine ~ fault ~ liar 

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

Black On Black

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
the prompt words are shown below.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

crow ~ window ~ near ~ time ~ expect ~ flight
message ~ begin ~ stars ~ regret ~ smart ~ dark

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

Slippity Doo Dah!

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick
. The prompt word is
‘jelly’. Here’s where the prompt took me.

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

Missing Her

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt where
she asks us to get creative in exactly 50 words using
the word ‘abacus’ and for Sue & Gerry’s

Weekly Prompts – Colour Challenge – blue
Here’s where the prompts took me.

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

The Space She Left Behind: A Thursday Inspiration

Written for Thursday Inspiration #326 –
“To Love Somebody”. Here’s my response.

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Micro Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

High Wire

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In”
exactly 52 words using the prompt words shown
below. Here’s where the prompts took me.

tightrope ~ gothic ~ squeamish ~ mannequin ~ violin

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

RDP Wednesday: fountain

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

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

Into The Forge

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
the prompt words are shown below.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

sandy ~ numerous ~ cane ~ idea ~ long ~ looking
little ~ keep ~ supper ~ property ~ danger ~ gear

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Mystery, Short Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Wordle, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Remember

Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle. Our host is
Brenda Warren; her words for this week are
shown below. Here’s where they took me.

kindle ~ risk ~ dig ~ until ~ differing ~ chill
spin ~ waning ~ ghost ~ softly ~ alone ~ know

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Mini Story, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

The Results

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
where she asks us to get creative in exactly 99
words using the prompt word ‘inkling’ and for
Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts – The One Day
Prompt.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

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

Big City Blues

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick
. The prompt word is
‘road’. Here’s where the prompt took me.

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

Dizzying

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In”
exactly 61 words using the prompt words shown
below. The image is used courtesy of my friends
at blog 57. Here’s where the prompts took me.

sponge, whistle, carousel, groom, bucket, upstage

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

RDP Thursday: Bingo calls

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

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Longer Stories, Phrase Prompt, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Last Laugh

Written for “It’s Story Time” where Jolene
has given us four prompts to work with.
They are shown below; here’s where they took me.

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Micro Story, Music Blog, Musing, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Wednesday: quintessential

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

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

The Big Sigh: A Dirk Malone Story

Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle. Our host is
Brenda Warren; her words for this week are
shown below. Here’s where they took me.

sighs ~ siren ~ knocking ~ still ~ centered ~ lost
slip ~
doors ~ true ~ screams ~ beneath ~ curse

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

Before The Fever Breaks

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
the prompt words are shown below.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

dream ~ touch ~ kind ~ calm ~ forehead ~ hand
cool ~
shared ~ picture ~ cheer ~ want ~ before

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Fantasy, Mini Story, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Tuesday: portrait

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

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Micro Story, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Golden Hour

Written for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge
word ‘expressive’.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Limerick, Poetry, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Sizzling!

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick
. The prompt word is
‘heat’. Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Free Verse, Poetry, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Family

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
where she asks us to get creative in exactly 16
words using the prompt word ‘cherish’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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

Duel At Dawn

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In”
exactly 40 words using the prompt words below.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

duel – iguana – croissant – trampoline

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Poetry, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Letting It Out

Written for Living Poetry where our host,
Bartholomew, asks us to write a poem using
the words ‘art’, destroy’, and ‘laugh’.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

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

Old Songs

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
the prompt words are shown below.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

ring, softly, fell, never, nostalgia, wrong,
pain, barrel, radio, danced, tea, only

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Limerick, Poetry, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Accidental Cook

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick
. The prompt word is
‘warn’. Here’s where the prompt took me.

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

Last Trip Home

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.

lifetime, share, relax, connect, place, last,
class,
awe, home, will, years, & trip 

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Micro Story, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Tuesday: gift

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

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Badger's Hexastitch, Poetry, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Inferno: A Badger’s Hexastitch

Written for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge
word ‘hell’. I am using
a fab photo by Brian at bushboys world for

my image. Here’s where the prompts took me.

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

Going To The Game

Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille –
This One’s Gone To The Dogs! The
challenge cooked up by De Jackson is to
write a 44 word poem with the word ‘dog’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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