Written for Esther’s Writing Prompts
using the prompt word ‘block’.
Category: Writing Challenge
If Wishes Were Horses
Written for Wea’ve Written Weekly.
Our PoW Benjamin asks us to write a
poem about dreaming of having more
time to ourselves …. but how do we
feel after the novelty wears off?
The Smoke Between Us
Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“Great American Songbook”
Hollywood Boulevard
Written for Weekend Writing Prompt
where Sammi asks us to get creative
in exactly 12 words using the prompt
word ‘lyrical’, and for Sue & Gerry’s
Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge –
and the words ‘black and white’.
The Soundtrack Of My Life
At Great Minds Think – Highlight Reel,
Sarah & Rohini ask ‘How do you
want to be immortalized?’
Atlas, Condemned
Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge
where our inspiration is the triptych shown below.
Snow Dog
Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub,
and RDP daily prompt – “willow”
Yorkshire Fog
Destination Unknown
Our gracious host, Rochelle, is asking us to get
creative in 100 words or less using the photo
seen below. Welcome to Friday Fictioneers.
Invisible Until Useful: A Thursday Inspiration
Written for Thursday Inspiration –
“Down In the Tube Station at Midnight”
RDP Thursday: socks
Written for RDP, where Martha asks
us to get creative with the word “socks”.
Here’s a story from 2024; hope it tickles your toes!
Continue reading “RDP Thursday: socks”Blue Goddess
The Thursday Doors Writing Challenge 2026
is over, but I’m still writing the occasional story for
any image that catches my fancy … and hopefully yours!
Today’s story is inspired by an image by Resa @ Art Gowns.
Thanks to Dan Antion for making these images available.
Opening sentence is from Missy’s Mad Challenge.
Deliberate
Written for Sadje’s What Do You See
Continue reading “Deliberate”The Busker
Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle.
Here are Brenda’s words for this week:
judge ~ tinker ~ bounce ~ loop ~ heaven ~ brutal
end ~ stream ~ string ~ track ~ welcome ~ drive
Starlight
Written for Weekend Writing Prompt
where Sammi asks us to get creative
in exactly 28 words using the prompt
word ‘scintilla’, and for Sue & Gerry’s
Weekly Prompts – The One Day Prompt.
The Day the City Slowed
Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
the prompt words are shown below.
heat, concern, rush, dug, imagine, elderly,
provide, work, box, digital, drop, halt
RDP Tuesday: Summer Memories
Today at RDP, Martha asks us
to share summer memories.
The Turn
Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge
where our inspiration is ‘changing seasons’.
High Altitude
Laughing Along With A Limerick.
The prompt word is “weed”.
Calenture*
Written for “Can You Tell A Story In” –
exactly 71 words using the prompt words below.
captain ~ leapfrog ~ bakery
prescription ~ widow ~ shampoo ~ anagram
Unpredictable Despair
Written for Living Poetry where
the theme is June Musical Poetry.
The Good Stuff
Written for “It’s Story Time” with Jolene.
Our four prompt lines are shown below.
Worried Worm
Written for Wea’ve Written Weekly.
Our PoW Sally invites us to write a
poem about gardens and the many
things that lie beneath the surface.
The Great Outdoors
Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“Spend More Time Outdoors”
Big Blue
At Great Minds Think, Sarah & Rohini
offer up ‘The Object Speaks Challenge’
where we are invited to give a voice to
the objects we usually overlook. This
is a rewrite of a story I wrote in 2023.
Snowfield
Written for SenHai Saturday where our host,
Susi, asks us to write a senryu and a haiku using
the image shown below as inspiration.
Passage
Written for Muse On Monday where David
asks us to write a story about trying a new food.
Patience
Despite It All
Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub,
based on one of Jill’s images.
Midnight Delivery
Written in response to a cool image
I saw on Bushboy’s World.
Thanks for letting me use it, Brian!
