Horror, Short Story

Gonna Make You Burn

Written for Today’s Writing Practice #19
where we’re given today’s prompt.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Poem

A Heavy Price

Written for Only Murders In My Mind
Weekly Writing Prompt #79
and the
photo prompt shown below.
Here’s where the image took me.

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Poem, Song

Baby Come Back

Written for Thursday Inspiration #300 –
β€œAll Out Of Love
”
and for RDP FRIDAY!
RETURN!
Here’s my contribution.

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Mini Story

The Bank

Our gracious host, Rochelle, encourages us
to be creative by writing a story in 100 words
or less using the photo prompt below. This is
Friday Fictioneers. Here’s where the photo took me.

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Miscellaneous, Song

Greenwood, Mississippi

Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s Creative
Challenge #053
. I chose pic #2.
Here’s where the image took me.

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Flash, Micro Story, Musing

Just Wasting My Time

Today at RDP, we are asked to share a
story, poem, photo, painting, essay, etc.,
centered on the words 
β€˜stand in’. Here’s my take.

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Flash, Micro Story

Mean Old Man

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#435
where we’re asked to be creative in exactly
22 words using the word β€˜speak’. Here’s my take.

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Limerick, Poem

Me Jane!

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #251
incorporating
the word β€˜built’. This is my limerick.

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Free Verse, Poem

The Song My Paddle Sings

Written for dVerse Poetics: Dipping Our
Poetic Paddles
. Truedessa invites us to travel
around the river’s bend listening for the songs
that our paddle sings. This is my contribution.

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Flash, Micro Story

Too Cute!

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Story
Prompt #153
– including the word β€˜magic’.
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Miscellaneous

Hand Jive: Follow Up

After X-Rays & MRI

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Fantasy, Mini Story

Prophecy

Today at RDP, our host Martha Kennedy would
like us to share a story, poem, photo, painting, essay,
etc., centered on the word β€˜howl’. The image is from

Mike Jackson at Only Murders In My Mind. Here’s my take.

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Music Blog

Do You Remember September?

This week at Glyn Wilton’s Mixed Music Bag,
he’s asking us to write about a song in which
the title or a line mentions the current month.Β 
Here’s my final September artist and their song.

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Cinquain, Poem

Clap Pat Clap Slap

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #19.
Our inspiration word is β€œnonsense”. I have
 written a Mirror Cinquain, a 10-line,
single stanza poem with a syllable pattern
of 2 – 4 – 6 – 8 – 2 – 2 – 8 – 6 – 4 – 2.

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Poem

You’re It!

Written for RDP Monday
Today’s prompt is: Tag

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Free Verse, Poem

Free As A Bird: Embracing The Panic

Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge #400
where we are invited to choose a bird and divination
from An Almanac of Birds: 100 Divinations.
This is my
true poem about learning to deal with panic attacks.

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Flash, Mini Story

In Your Dreams

Written for Esther’s β€œCan You Tell A Story In” – #306
in exactly 52 words using these five prompt words:
β€˜seal’, β€˜growl’, β€˜allergic’, β€˜haphazard’, and β€˜polka’, and
for Gerry’s & Sue’s β€œWeekly Prompts – The One Day
Prompt” – #17
. Here’s my flash in exactly 52 words.

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Song

For Linda

Written for RDP Sunday: Turquoise.
Our inspiration is from Punam
who invites us to write about turquoise,
either the color or the stone.

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Music Blog

Fell Short: Strawberry Alarm Clock

Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
“Talented with Potential, but Didn’t Pan Out”.
Here’s where the theme took me.

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Poem, Sonnet

Is Magic Real?

Written for RDP Saturday: Explore Magic

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Poem, Sonnet

Love’s Refrain

Written for Jim Adams’ Thursday Inspiration #299 –
β€œDream A Little Dream Of Me
”
. Here’s my take.

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Short Story

First Light Of Dawn

Written for Muse on Monday where David asks us
to write a story about baking late at night.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Short Story

Life Lessons

Written for RDP Friday: PIANO!
This is my story.

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Flash, Micro Story

Slashdance

Written for Esther’s Can You Tell A Story In – #305
in exactly 38 words using these four prompt words:
β€˜algorithm’, β€˜waxwork’, β€˜razzle-dazzle’, and β€˜elicit’.
Here’s my flash in exactly 38 words.

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Mini Story

My Interview With George Harrison

Our gracious host, Rochelle, encourages us
to be creative by writing a story in 100 words
or less using the photo prompt below. This is a snippet

of a story I wrote years ago. At that time, I failed to indicate
that it was a fiction piece, which made a few people angry at me.
Utterly ridiculous! FFS! Like I really interviewed George Harrison!
This is Friday Fictioneers and here’s where the photo took me.

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Limerick, Poem

How The Mighty Have Fallen

Written for RDP Thursday: PRECARIOUS
Today I’ve chosen to write a limerick.

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Short Story

Lying Lips

Written for Fandango’s Story Starter #219.
This is my story, using Fandango’s opening line.

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Flash, Mini Story

Aw, Shucks!

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#434
where we’re asked to be creative in exactly
77 words using the word β€˜woebegone’. Also for
Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge
where the prompt word is β€˜imagine’’ and Fandango’s FOWC

using the word ‘weed’. Here’s where the three prompts took me.

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Acrostic, Flash, Poem

Tweet Tweet

Written for RDP Wednesday: TWITTER
I’ve chosen to write an acrostic poem.

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Music Blog

See You In September

This week at Glyn Wilton’s Mixed Music Bag,
he’s asking us to write about a song in which
the title or a line mentions the current month.Β 
Here’s my September artist and their song.

Continue reading “See You In September”