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.
Much Too Young
Written for Thursday Inspiration #314 β
βYouβre Still The Oneβ. Hereβs my response.
RDP Thursday: catalyst
Written for RDP, where leapingtoes asks us
to get creative with the words βcatalystβ.
Thanks, Toes! Hereβs my take.
Thar She Blows
Written for Estherβs Laughing Along
With A Limerick #265. The prompt
word is βcurlβ. This is my limerick.
Patsy Cline
Written for MLMM Monday Wordle #458.
Our twelve prompt words are shown below.
Here’s where they took me. Thanks, Di!
chapter, clear, cup, drama, felt, fifty, message,
muted, precious, sparkler, watched, and wiped
RDP Wednesday: tally
Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us to
get creative with the words βtallyβ.
Thanks, Heather! Hereβs my take.
The Dream
Written for Gerry & Sueβs Weekly Prompts
Colour Challenge using the word βwhiteβ.
Hereβs where the prompt took me.
Having It All
Written for Fandangoβs Story Starter #228.
Hereβs my story using Fandangoβs opening line.
So far…
So far 2026 isn’t going so well! This afternoon I slipped in the bathroom and fractured a rib. If you’ve ever suffered a fractured rib, you know how terribly painful it is. Now I’m home from the hospital, trying to get comfortable and going through my messages. I’ll get to yours eventually …. maybe.
RDP Tuesday: adventure
Written for RDP, where Martha asks us to
get creative with the words βadventureβ.
Thanks, Martha! Hereβs my take.
Bleeker Street: A Dirk Malone Story
Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle – #738. Our host
is Brenda Warren; her prompt words for this week
are shown below. Hereβs where the prompts took me.
fringe, resonance, frill, spin, swimming, images,
fit, spill, trip, reflect, layer, and lingering
An Unexpected Grace
Written for dVerse Poets Haibun Monday 1-5-26:
Epiphany where our host Frank asks us to write
a haibun in which we allude to βepiphanyβ –
however we understand it. Here is my haibun.
RDP Monday: tumultous
Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
to get creative with the words βtumultuousβ.
Thanks, Heather! Hereβs my take.
Starting Over
Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #33 where
our inspiration word is βfreshβ. This is my cinquain.
On Being Responsible
Written for Estherβs βCan You Tell A Story Inβ –
#319, exactly 40 words using the four prompt words
shown below. In exactly 40 words, hereβs my flash.
resolution – human – raisins – mood
Continue reading “On Being Responsible”RDP Sunday: accident
Written for RDP, where drkottaway asks us
to get creative with the words βaccidentβ.
Thanks, Doc! Hereβs my take.
Ruby, Ruby, Ruby!
Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“Been Done Before”.
This is my response to the challenge.
A Vocal Beacon
Written for Sammiβs Weekend Writing Prompt
#449 where weβre asked to be creative in
exactly 87 words using the word βlamprophonyβ.
Hereβs where the prompt took me.
RDP Saturday: new beginnings
Written for RDP, where Punam asks us to
Β get creative with the words βnew beginningsβ.
Thanks, Punam! Hereβs my take.
Lost With George & Martha: A Redux
Re-written for Davidβs Weave Written Weakly #192
where Josie asks us to write a conversational poem,
no more than 20 lines long, inspired by Frank O’Hara’s
“Metaphysical Poem”. Revised from a 2024 story with
my recurring characters, “George & Martha”,
this is my response. Thanks, Josie!
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Written for Estherβs Laughing Along
With A Limerick #264. The prompt
word is βdoorβ. This is my limerick.
RDP Friday: perspective
Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
Β to get creative with the word βperspectiveβ.
Thanks, Martha! Hereβs my take.
In A Fog
Written for Sadjeβs βWhat Do You Seeβ #321.
Hereβs where the photo prompt took me.
The Wrong Turn
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.
RDP Thursday: reset
Written for RDP, where leapingtoes asks us
Β to get creative with the word βresetβ.
Thanks, Toes! Hereβs my take.
Try Love
Written for Sammiβs Weekend Writing Prompt
#448 where weβre asked to be creative in
exactly 42 words using the word βnotionβ.
Hereβs where the prompt took me.
Like Sugar In Rain
Written for Violetβs Challenge where she has
asked us to include the following quote into
our writing: βOne must be very sure of the
bank before one opens an account.β
Hereβs my response to the challenge.
Happy New Year!
To you, my friends!
Continue reading “Happy New Year!”RDP Wednesday: apricate
Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
Β to get creative with the word βapricateβ.
Thanks, Heather! Hereβs my take.
December Song (I Dreamed of Christmas)
This week at Glyn Wiltonβs Mixed Music Bag,
heβs asking us to write about a song in which
the title or a line mentions the current month.
Hereβs my December artist and his song.
The Elephant's Trunk 