Mystery, Photo Prompt, Scary Story, Short Story, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

The Plank

Written for Thursday Doors Writing Challenge 2026.
This week I am writing a story inspired by a photo
by Katy Trail of an abandoned building that
looks like it holds a lot of dark secrets.
Here’s where the image 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, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Let Them Eat Cake!

Written for Tanka Tuesday where Colleen
asks us to write a poem using homophones.
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, & tripΒ 

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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 β€˜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 β€˜dog’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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

Wall Of Black

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
where she asks us to get creative in exactly 53
words using the prompt word β€˜thunderstorm’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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

RDP Monday: eupeptic

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

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

Between The Snowflakes

Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge,
where we are encouraged to wrap our heads
around the word β€˜elusive’. Here’s my take.

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

Shopping Day

Written for Esther’s β€œCan You Tell A Story In”
exactly 100 words using the prompt words
shown below. Here’s where the prompts took me.

expire – squint – cult – lemon – grandpa
stampede – helicopter – market – pompom – woof

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

Call Me!

Written for Song Lyric Sunday
β€œCelebrating World Telecommunications

& Information Society Day”.
This is my response to the challenge.

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Haiku, Photo Prompt, Poetry, SenHai, Senryu, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

His Majesty

Written for SenHai Saturday where our host,
Susi asks us to write a senryu and haiku using
the image shown below as inspiration.
Here’s where the image took me.

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Dinggedicht, Free Verse, Poetry, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

The Sea

Written for David’s Wea’ve Written Weekly.
Hope is our PoW this week; her prompt is
to write a 10-20 line Dinggedicht poem.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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

RDP Saturday: votive

Written for RDP where Punam asks us to
get creative with the words β€œvotive”.
Thanks, Punam! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Free Verse, List Poem, Poetry, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Acts Of Love

Written for dVerse Poets – Unlock With Lists.
Our host, BjΓΆrn, invites us to get creative with
the use of lists. Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Haiku, Poetry, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Mellow Yellow

Written for Haiku Fridays with J-Dub.
Thanks, Jill. Here’s mine.

πŸ’›

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Photo Prompt, Poetry, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Secret Pond

Written for Crimson’s Creative Challenge.
Here’s where Crispina’s image took me.

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

Going Home

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

Moving On

Written for Tanka Tuesday where Robbie asks
us to write any form of poem to tell a story with
a beginning, a middle, and an end. Thanks to
Maureen for her from Thursday Door Challenge
photo. Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Phrase Prompt, Prose, Prosery, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

What Remains

Written for dVerse Poets Prosery –
Paul Laurance Dunbar. Our host, Dora,
asks us to include the line below from Dunbar’s
poem, β€œSympathy” in a 144-word piece of prose.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

β€œAnd the faint perfume from its chalice stealsβ€“β€œ

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Exaggerated Poem, Photo Prompt, Poetry, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

The Wildest Wrangler Of The West

Written for Living Poetry where our host,
Bartholomew, asks us to write an exaggerated poem
telling a tall tale in glorious detail. I have paired
my poem with a great image from Melissa’s
Fandango Flash Fiction Challenge
.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

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

Smoke Tells All

Written for TN Kerr’s Writing Prompts and Practice
and for three Fandango FOWC prompts, including
’silk’, β€˜sentimental’, & β€˜impractical’; TN’s prompts
are shown below. Here’s where they took me.

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

Inconvenient Truth

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
where she asks us to get creative in exactly
46 words using the prompt word β€˜rapacious’.
Also for Gerry and Sue’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge
– β€˜collapsible’.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Short Story, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Going Nowhere

Written for β€œIt’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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Fantasy, Flash, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Ringside

Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge.
The genre is fantasy and the situation is:

You are doom-scrolling late in the night
and you reach somewhere you’d never
expected to be. Here’s my take.

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Dectina Refrain, Poetry, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

She Paused

Written for David’s Wea’ve Written Weekly.
Dawn is our PoW this week; her prompt is
to write a Dectina Refrain about mothers.

This is my poem for my mother-in-law.

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Haiku, Poetry, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

Reflections

Written for Haiku Fridays with Jill #2

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Photo Prompt, Short Story, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

The Ghost Light

Written for Thursday Doors Writing Challenge 2026.
This week I am writing a story to accompany an image of
a historic theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon by Darlene Foster.

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