Short Story, Song, Theme Prompt, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Last Night In Cleveland

Written for Thursday Inspiration #320 โ€“
โ€œCouldnโ€™t Get It Rightโ€. Hereโ€™s my response.

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Musing, Mini Story, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Thursday: gregarious

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

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Mystery, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Exercise, Writing Prompts

The Locket

โ€œItโ€™s Story Timeโ€ and Jolene has given us
four prompts to work with (see below).
Hereโ€™s where the prompts took me.

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Photo Prompt, Poetry

The Cutting

Written for Sadjeโ€™s โ€œWhat Do You Seeโ€.
Hereโ€™s where the image took me.

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Cinquain, Poetry, Word Prompt

Seasons Of Spice

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #40 where our
inspiration is โ€œseasonsโ€. Hereโ€™s my mirror cinquain.

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Word Prompt

RDP Wednesday: pleasant

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

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Informative, Theme Prompt, Writing Exercise, Writing Prompts

Mental Overload

Written for This Weekโ€™s Writerโ€™s Workshop
Prompts
hosted by our friend, John Holton.

We’re given several topics and asked to write
one or two of them. Iโ€™ve chosen #3 which asks:
Whatโ€™s taking up the most mental space for you right now?
Here goes!

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Poetry, Theme Prompt

Love Is

Written for dVerse Poetics: โ€œThe Evolution of Loveโ€,
hosted this week by Sanaa. We are asked to write
a poem about love as something sacred โ€“ not just
roses and hearts, but the small unseen ways
someone stays, This is my response.

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Adventure, Mystery, Photo Prompt, Short Story

Skyfall

When I spotted this image on Crispinaโ€™s
โ€œSunday Picture Post: City Limitsโ€,
it called out for me to write a story.
Here where the image took me.

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Informative, Word Prompt

RDP Tuesday: celebrations

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

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Limerick, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Seeing Double

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

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

The Talk

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

date, love, good, struggle, touch, wisdom,
generations, heart, dreams, songs, coffee, and hands

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Micro Story, Mystery, Word Prompt

No Way Out

Written for Sammiโ€™s Weekend Writing Prompt
where she asks us to get creative in exactly
52 words using the prompt word โ€˜padlockโ€™.
Hereโ€™s where the prompt took me.

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Informative, Music Blog, Trivia, Word Prompt

RDP Monday:buzzard

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

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Mini Story, Word Challenge, Wordle

The Night Shift

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.

jaw, debris, stitch, slather, voices, beasts,
tides, salty, vault, edges, silver, and tilt

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Flash, Mini Story, Word Prompt

Crimson Sails

Written for Gerry & Sueโ€™s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge
using the word โ€˜enamoredโ€™.
Hereโ€™s where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Micro Story, Mystery, Word Challenge

Transformation

Written for Estherโ€™s โ€œCan You Tell A Story Inโ€
exactly 34 words using the three prompt words
shown below. In exactly 34 words, hereโ€™s my flash.

storm, bookworm, and limbo

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Flash, Mini Story, Word Prompt

RDP Sunday: brusque

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

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Informative, Music Blog, Theme Prompt

Let’s Get It On

Written for Song Lyric Sunday
“Subvocalization”.
This is my response to the challenge.

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Short Story, Theme Prompt

The Freezer

Written for Muse on Monday where David  
asks us to write a story about a character
inside a confined area. Hereโ€™s my take.

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Mystery, Noir, Short Story, Word Prompt

RDP Saturday: playful

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

Truth be told, I wrote the following story yesterday
and added the word โ€œplayfulโ€ just now. Enjoy!

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Short Story

Housecalls Part 2: Back At Home

You may read Part 1 HEREย ย ย ย 

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Mini Story, Photo Prompt

Come To My Window

When I saw this photo on Brianโ€™s site,
Bushboys World, I knew I wanted to
write something. Here it is. Thanks to
Brian for the use of his wonderful photo.

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Mini Story, Noir, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Caper

Written in response to Friday Faithfuls:
โ€œKiss Dayโ€. Hereโ€™s my take.

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Micro Story, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Friday: random

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

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Flash, Mini Story, Music Blog, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Like A Rock

Written for Thursday Inspiration #319 โ€“
โ€œSecond Hand Newsโ€. Hereโ€™s my response.

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Mini Story, Photo Prompt

Beyond Walberswick

Written in response to Crispinaโ€™s
Crimson’s Creative Challenge.

Hereโ€™s my take.

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Mini Story, Photo Prompt

Destination Unknown

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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Haiku, Word Prompt, Poetry, Writing Prompts

RDP Thursday: river

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

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Mini Story, Photo Prompt

The Weight of Silence

Written for Sadjeโ€™s โ€œWhat Do You Seeโ€.
Hereโ€™s where the photo prompt took me.

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