Mystery, Noir, Recurring Cgaracter, Short Story, Word Challenge, Wordle, Writing Prompts

The Big Charade: A Dirk Malone Mystery

Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle. Our host is
Brenda Warren; her prompt words for this week are
shown below. Hereโ€™s where the prompts took me.

faรงade, doubts, curiosity, bitter, torn, hit,
restless, hope, massive, frail, strip, and sting

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

The Will

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle.
The prompt words are shown below.

Here’s where they took me.


default,
family, generations, glue, memories,
miss, welcomed, loved, accepted, included, and divorce

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

RDP Monday: copper

Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
 to get creative with the word โ€œcopperโ€.
Thanks, Heather! Hereโ€™s where the prompt took me.

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

Yip! Yip! Yip! Yip! Wag!

Written for Sammiโ€™s Weekend Writing Prompt
where she asks us to get creative in exactly 25
words using the prompt word โ€˜youngโ€™. Also for
FOWC With Fandango and his word, โ€œpotentialโ€.
Hereโ€™s where the prompts took me.

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Informative, Music Blog, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Rainy Day Blues or Here Comes The Sun

Written for Song Lyric Sunday
โ€œHow’s The Weatherโ€
This is my response to the challenge.

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

Ancient One

Written for Crispinaโ€™s Crimsonโ€™s Creative
Challenge
#077. I chose Pic #3.
Hereโ€™s where the image took me.

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Mystery, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Married To The Mob

Written for โ€œItโ€™s Story Timeโ€ where
Jolene has given us four prompts to
work with. They are shown below.
Hereโ€™s where the prompts took me.

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Short Story, Flash, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

For Nina

Written for Muse On Monday where David
has asked us to write a story about being
stuck in traffic. Here’s my response.

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Micro Story, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Friday: limitation

Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
ย to get creative with the word โ€œlimitationโ€.
Thanks, Martha! Hereโ€™s where the prompt took me.

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

Making A Change

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #43 where our
inspiration is โ€œrebelโ€. Hereโ€™s my mirror cinquain.

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

Cafeteria Capers

Written for Estherโ€™s โ€œCan You Tell A Story Inโ€
exactly 64 words using the six prompt words
shown below. In exactly 64 words, hereโ€™s my flash.

nurse, tabasco, invisible, spider, windmill, and moustache

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Flash, Mini Story, Photo Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Merchant’s Secret

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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Literary Quote, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Possession

Written for Violetโ€™s Literary Quote Challenge
where she asks us to include the following line
into our writing: โ€œA fire canโ€™t burn forever.
Eventually, it consumes itselfโ€ from โ€œMy
Sisterโ€™s Keeperโ€ by Jodi Picoult. Hereโ€™s my take.

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Photo Prompt, Phrase Prompt, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Grafton

Written for Fandangoโ€™s Story Starter #237.
The image I used is courtesy of  Brian Dodd at
Bushboys World. Please check out his amazing
site. Hereโ€™s my story with Fanโ€™s prompt line.

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Flash, Mini Story, Photo Prompt, Writing Prompts

You Looking At Me?

Written for Melissaโ€™s Fandango Flash Fiction
using the photo below as our inspiration
Hereโ€™s where the photo took me.

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Poetry, Shadorma, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

On Mute: A Shadorma

Written for David’s W3 Prompt #202: Wea’ve Written Weekly

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Micro Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Wednesday: silken

Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
ย to get creative with the word โ€œsilkenโ€.
Thanks, Heather! Hereโ€™s where the prompt took me.

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Poetry, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Tiny Dancer

Written for Living Poetry where our host,
Bartholomew, asks us to write a poem
about shadows. Hereโ€™s my response.

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Limerick, Sci-Fi, Word Prompt, Poetry, Writing Prompts

Inside-Out

Written for Estherโ€™s Laughing Along
With A Limerick
. The prompt word
is โ€˜sproutโ€™ and this is my limerick.

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Informative, Musing, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Tuesday: luxurious

Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
 to get creative with the word โ€œluxuriousโ€.
Thanks, Martha! Hereโ€™s where the prompt took me.

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

The Antique Shop

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

cushion, old, turtle, claw, shape, unusual,
chime, music, private, single, shine, and price

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

Small Watchfulness

Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille Monday
โ€œBird is the Wordโ€. Our host, De Jackson,
has offered up the word โ€œbirdโ€.
Here is my quadrille.

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

The Weight

Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle. Our host is
Brenda Warren; her prompt words for this week are
shown below. Hereโ€™s where the prompts took me.

colony, rattling, still, lose, crunch, life,
fits, hunch, scan, packages, grasping, and chains

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Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Monday: ship-shape

Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
ย to get creative with the word โ€œship-shapeโ€.
Thanks, Heather! Hereโ€™s where the prompt took me.

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

Carpe Diem: A Cinquain

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #42 where our
inspiration is โ€œbalanceโ€. Hereโ€™s my mirror cinquain.

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Remembrance

Written for Sammiโ€™s Weekend Writing Prompt
where she asks us to get creative in exactly 76
words using the prompt word โ€˜sensibilityโ€™. Also for
Sue & Gerryโ€™s Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge
Yellow. Hereโ€™s where the prompts took me.

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Song, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Sunday: sole

Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
ย to get creative with the word โ€œsoleโ€.
Thanks, Martha! Hereโ€™s where the prompt took me.

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Music Blog, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Not The Stones But Like A Rolling Stone

Written for Song Lyric Sunday
โ€œAttention Grabbers”
This is my response to the challenge.

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Flash, Mini Story, Mystery, Photo Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Secret Of No. 21

Written for Crispinaโ€™s Crimsonโ€™s Creative
Challenge #076
. I chose Pic #1.
Hereโ€™s where the image took me.

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Flash, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Jury

Written for Muse on Monday where David
has asked us to write a story about giving
someone bad news. Hereโ€™s my take.

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