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

The Big Push: A Case For Dirk Malone

Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle.
Here are Brenda’s prompt words:

show, backbone, beings, believe, bit, storm,
stream, ring, scratch, tempting, devil, hunch

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

The Fumble: A Limerick

Laughing Along With A Limerick.
The prompt word is “tight”.

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Poetry, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Wordle, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Backyard Captains

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
Di’s prompt words are shown here:

must,
wake, shake, make, shock, smile,
brave, walk, plan, hands, pants, sad

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

Going Ape

Written for Weekend Writing Prompt
where our host Sammi asks us to use
“sleep” in exactly 15 words. Also for
Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts Colour
Challenge
and the word “orange”.

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Continuing Series, Longer Stories, Mystery, Original Series, Phrase Prompt, Recurring Character, Theme Prompt, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Many Unhappy Returns: A Minnie Ming Mystery

Written for Great Minds Think – “The Five
Clues Challenge”. Our hosts, Sarah & Rohini,
challenge us to write a poem or story
incorporating these five clues:

a red umbrella, a missing tooth, 1984,
a woman who hates birthdays, a bird that cannot fly

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Haibun, Haiku, Narrative, Poetry, Prose, Theme Prompt, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Bulbs: Haibun

Written for dVerse Poets Haibun Monday –
‘Vision’. Our host, Frank, invites us to
write a haibun that alludes to vision.

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

RDP Wednesday: dive

Written for RDP where segoil asks us
to get creative with the word “dive”.

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

The Tell

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
Di’s prompt words are shown below.

tome, words, come, think, read, change,
because,
tired, process, original, safe, gamble

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

A Leg Up

Written for Weekend Writing Prompt
where our host Sammi invites us to
use “hokum” in exactly 34 words.

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

A Toast To Treachery: A Minnie Ming Mystery

Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle.
Here are Brenda’s prompt words:

swallow, tag, find, music, swelling, bell,
delirium, spell, pales, knowing, just, senses

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

RDP Tuesday: brave

Written for RDP, where Martha asks
us  get creative with the word “brave”.

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

Soft Breeze: American Cinquain

Written for Living Poetry. Bartholomew
asks us to write a “nudge” poem.

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Informative, Mini Story, Music, Song, Theme Prompt, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

RDP Monday: idle

Written for RDP where segoil asks us
to get creative with the word “idle”.

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

It Just Wasn’t My Night

Written for “Can You Tell A Story In” –
exactly 44 words using these keywords:

adversary, waffle, quiz, kissogram

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Informative, Music Blog, Song, Theme Prompt, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Like A Rolling Stone

Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“Power Dynamics and the Human Struggle

for Equality and Justice”

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

Water Lilies: An Ode

Written for FOWC with Fandango
and the prompt word “adorned”,
inspired by this photo taken by
Brian at busboys world.

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

Silver Bird

Written for dVerse Quadrille – “Ho-hum,
it’s time to Poem”. Our host, De Jackson,
asks us to write a 44-word quadrille
using forms of the word “hum”.

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Haiku, Informative, Music, Poetry, Song, Theme Prompt, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Autumn Cold

Written for Thursday Inspiration –
“Forever Autumn”

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

RDP Thursday: glabrous

Written for RDP where Brian asks us 
to get creative with the word “glabrous”.

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

Ancient Secrets

Written for “Can You Tell A Story In” –
exactly 56 words using these keywords.

riffraff, aerosol, wag, manuscript, bed, triangle

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

Snap, Crackle, Plop!

Laughing Along With A Limerick.
The prompt word is “fry”.

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

The Silk Exchange: A Minnie Ming Mystery

Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle.
Here are Brenda’s prompt words:

casualties, phase, profit, drop, folly, cold,
hungry, dawn, complicit, evil, stream, reckoning

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

Same Old Song

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
Di’s prompt words are shown below.

machine,
tremble, quietly, detect, firm, hurt,
noise, hurry, pace, pressed, let, music

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

In Autumn

Written for Living Poetry. Bartholomew
asks us to write an autumn poem, using
the words “autumn”, “bright”, and
“island” and this image for inspiration.

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

Desperate Breath

Written for Weekend Writing Prompt
where our host Sammi asks us to use
 “bugbear” in exactly 75 words. Also
for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge
– “moment(s)”.

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

RDP Sunday: fig

Written for RDP where drkottaway asks
us to get creative with the word “fig”.

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A To Z Challenge, Haibun, Haiga, Poetry, Theme Prompt, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

In Truth: A Haiga

Written for Esther’s Writing Prompt
using the prompt word ‘rose’.

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

A Bullet’s Worth: A Case For Dirk Malone

Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle.
Here are Brenda’s prompt words:

firm, vice, world, wind, cares, someone, 
worth, wound, word, here, seem, spiral

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

All In A Day’s Work

Laughing Along With A Limerick.
The prompt word is “task”.

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Children's Story, Short Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Wordle, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Smoke Rings

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
Di’s prompt words are shown below.

child,
protect, solitude, anger, searching, haven,
cost, frustration, why, judge, safety, notice

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