Short Story

Big Man On Campus

Our gracious host, Rochelle,
encourages us to be creative
my writing a story in 100 words
or less using the photo prompt
below. This is Friday Fictioneers
and this is my 100 word story.

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Poem, Limerick

Water Nymphs

Written for Estherโ€™s Laughing
Along With A Limerick #237
,
using the word โ€˜hackโ€™ and
Crispinaโ€™s Crimsonโ€™s Creative
Challenge #039
, using pic #2.
This is my limerick.

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Music Blog

Southern Gothic

This week at Glyn Wiltonโ€™s Mixed Music Bag,
heโ€™s asking us to write about a song in which
the title or a line mentions the current month. 
Hereโ€™s my final artist for June and her song.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

It’s Just How Guys Talk

Written for Sammiโ€™s Weekend Writing
Prompt #421
using the word โ€˜limerenceโ€™.
In exactly 91 words, this is my take.

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Music Blog

Weird Al Wednesday – 6.25.25

Hey! Welcome to Weird Al Wednesday
featuring the comedic genius of Al Yankovic.
After 6 months of wild and wacky weirdness,
it’s time to pack up the accordion and hit the road.
“Say, Al! If you could pick one word to describe
these past 6 months, what would it be?

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

The Loser


Written for Estherโ€™s โ€œCan You Tell A Story Inโ€ฆ..?
#292โ€
โ€“ exactly 30 words using the four required
prompts: โ€˜noteโ€™, โ€˜dodoโ€™, โ€˜skiโ€™, and โ€˜lampshadeโ€™.
In 30 words, hereโ€™s my take.

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Short Story

Pink Lemonade

Written for Sue & Gerryโ€™s Weekly
Prompts Weekend Challenge
,
incorporating the word โ€˜temptingโ€™
This is my story.

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Short Story

Clouds In My Coffee

Written for Only Murders In My Mind
Weekly Writing Prompt #61
. This weekโ€™s
inspiration is the photo seen below.
This is my take.

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Cinquain, Poem

Fever Pitch: A Cinquain

Written for American Style Cinquain.
Our inspiration is โ€œfierceโ€.
 This is my Cinquain.

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Music Blog

In The Wee Small Hours

Written for Jim Adamsโ€™
Song Lyric Sunday.
Hereโ€™s what I have to say.

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Short Story

For Too Long

Written for Muse on Monday
where the image below is
our inspiration and the prompt is

about someone who has to stay seated.
Hereโ€™s my take.

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Musing

It’s Summer, Baby!

This is for Friday Faithfuls
where the theme is
โ€œSummer Solsticeโ€

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Short Story

Shattered Reality

This is The Unicorn Challenge
where we are encouraged to write
a story in 250 words or less using
the photo below as inspiration.

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Short Story

Flatlining

Not all broken hearts are caused
by love affairs gone wrong;

many are broken before love even starts.
Written for OLWG #422. The prompts are
shown below. This is my story.

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Short Story

Mr. & Mrs. Banks

Our gracious host Rochelle invites us to
Friday Fictioneers where we are encouraged
to respond to the photo prompt below by
writing a story or poem in 100 words or less.
This is Friday Fictioneers and here is my story.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

Grandma Rose: Brioschi

Written for Sammiโ€™s Weekend Writing
Prompt #420
using the word โ€˜fizzleโ€™.
In exactly 62 words, this is my take.

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Music Blog

By The Light Of The Silvery Moon

This week at Glyn Wiltonโ€™s Mixed Music Bag,
heโ€™s asking us to write about a song in which
the title or a line mentions the current month.ย 
Hereโ€™s my featured artist for June and her song.

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Limerick, Poem

Hoisted By His Own Petard

Written for Estherโ€™s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #236
with the prompt
word  โ€˜bowlโ€™. This is my limerick.

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Music Blog

Weird Al Wednesday – 6.18.25

Hey! Welcome back to Weird Al Wednesday
featuring the comedic genius of Al Yankovic.
After 6 months of wild and wacky weirdness,
itโ€™s time to pack up the old accordion and say
โ€œDo widzenia, dziwaki!โ€
(“Goodbye, weirdos!”)
Next week will be my final Weird Al Wednesday.
Thanks for making this so much fun for me!

โ€œHey, Al! Itโ€™s our penultimate post. Whaddya say?โ€

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

Stuck

Written for Estherโ€™s โ€œCan You Tell A Story Inโ€ฆ..?
#291
โ€ โ€“ exactly 55 words using the six required

prompts: โ€˜wheelโ€™, โ€˜cruelโ€™, โ€˜soakโ€™, โ€˜labyrinthโ€™, โ€˜yellowโ€™
and โ€˜crabโ€™. In 55 words, hereโ€™s my take.

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Flash, Very Short Story

So Tired

Written for Shwetaโ€™s Saturday Six Word
Story Prompt #140
– โ€˜changeโ€™. This is my flash.

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Short Story

Shadows In The Rearview

Written for Gerry & Sueโ€™s Weekly
Prompts Weekend Challenge
,
incorporating the word โ€˜melancholyโ€™

and Fandango’s FOWC – ‘worry’.
This is my story.

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Short Prose, Short Story

Cosmic Confrontation

MUSINGS

Written for Eugiโ€™s Moonwashed
Weekly Prompt
, incorporating
her lines โ€œlife in a fairytale worldโ€,
โ€œcotton candy cloudsโ€, โ€œsafe harbor
 and โ€œreset optionalโ€. Image courtesy
of Mike Jackson @ Only Murders In My
Mind Weekly Writing Prompt
. This is my take.

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Music Blog

Highway Star: Made In Japan

Written for Jim Adamsโ€™
Song Lyric Sunday.
Hereโ€™s what I have to say.

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Poem

Testament

Written for Crispinaโ€™s Crimsonโ€™s
Creative Challenge #038
.
I have chosen photo #4.
This is my poem.

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Short Prose

Desperate Times

This is The Unicorn Challenge
where we are encouraged to write
a story in 250 words or less using
the photo below as inspiration.

This is my story.

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Cinquain, Poem

Promise Of Rain

Written for American Style
Cinquain
. Our inspiration is
โ€œboomโ€. This is my Cinquain.

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Flash, Short Prose, Very Short Story

Ten Dollar Words

A few years ago, I wrote a story I really loved.
I knew I wanted to use it again today but needed
to chop off about 150 words to make it work.
I sure hope itโ€™s as good today as it was then.
This is Friday Fictioneers and here is my story.

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Musing

What? Me Worry?

Written for Thursday Inspiration #284 โ€“
โ€œLetโ€™s Live For Today
โ€
. Hereโ€™s my 2ยข worth.

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Music Blog

June – Week Two

This week at Glyn Wiltonโ€™s Mixed Music Bag,
heโ€™s asking us to write about a song in which
the title or a line mentions the current month. 
Hereโ€™s my featured June artists and their song
.

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