Written for RDP, where Punam asks us
to get creative with the word “plop”.
Thanks, Punam! Here’s my take.
The Compass
Written for Muse on Monday where David
asks us to write a ”David & Goliath” type story,
pitting the underdog against the bully.
Here’s where the prompt took me.
My Brother’s Keeper
Written for Missy’s Mad Challenge #073.
The prompt appears below. Here’s my take.
RDP Friday: emotion
Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
to get creative with the word “emotion”.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s my musical take.
Old Park Road
Written for Sadje’s “What Do You See” #323.
Here’s where the photo prompt took me.
Ascension
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.
Route 66: Thursday Inspiration
Written for Thursday Inspiration #315 –
“Route 66”. Here’s my response.
RDP Thursday: alluring
Written for RDP, where bushboy asks us
to get creative with the word “alluring”.
Thanks, Brian! Here’s my take.
Party Hearty!
Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #35
where our inspiration word is “foreign”.
Here’s where the prompt took me.
Croc King
Written for Melissa’s Fandango Flash Fiction
Challenge #355 using the photo below as our
inspiration. Here’s where the photo took me.
See How They Run
Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #266. The prompt
word is ‘farm’. This is my limerick.
RDP Wednesday: generous
Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
to get creative with the word “generous”.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s my take.
Respect: Inspired by My Mother
Written for MLMM Monday Wordle #459.
Our twelve prompt words are shown below.
Here’s where they took me. Thanks, Di!
beam, cherished, dark, duplicated, dusted, final,
insult, left, reminiscent, right, top, and world
The Genius
Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#450 where we’re asked to get creative in
exactly 12 words using the word ‘sweet’. Also
for Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts Weekend
Challenge, using the word ‘reversible’.
Here’s where the prompts took me.
What’s On The Verizon?
Written for Living Poetry where
Bart challenges us to write a
“clairvoyant” poem. Here’s my take.
RDP Tuesday: situation
Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
to get creative with the word “situation”.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s my take.
Lingering
Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille
Monday – #227 where our host,
De Jackson, has offered up the
word “smile”. Here is my quadrille.
Woman Down
Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #34
where our inspiration word is “defeat”.
This is my mirror cinquain.
RDP Monday: slinky
Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
to get creative with the word “slinky”.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s my take.
The Big Scroll Job: A Dirk Malone Story
Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle – #739. Our host is
Brenda Warren; her prompt words for this week are
shown below. Here’s where the prompts took me.
beam – blunt – works – moment –own – shape
ancient – envy – truth – scroll – shift – fluid
My Lucky Day
Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In” –
#320, exactly 63 words using the six prompt words
shown below. In exactly 63 words, here’s my flash.
noodles – clinic – swamp
dungarees – octogenarian – bargain
RDP Sunday: artificial
Written for RDP, where drkottaway asks us
to get creative with the word “artificial”.
Thanks, Doc! Here’s my take.
Salt
Written for Violet’s Literary Quote Challenge
where she asks us to include the following line
into our writing: “Life without sinning was like
food without salt; pure but tasteless.” Here’s my
response to Violet’s Literary Quote Challenge.
Trains, Planes, and Automobiles
Written for Song Lyric Sunday –
One if by Land, Two if by Sea, and Three if by Air.
This is my response to the challenge.
RDP Saturday: bloom
Written for RDP, where Punam asks us
to get creative with the word “bloom’.
Thanks, Punam! Here’s my take.
The Debt: A Dirk Malone Story
Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s Creative
Challenge #068. I chose Pic #2.
Here’s where the image took me.
What Happens In Vegas
Re-written for Muse on Monday where David
asks us to write a story that shows the explicit
passage of time by noting the points in time as
our stories unfold. Revised from a story I wrote
in 2024, here’s where the prompt took me.
RDP Friday: exist
Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
to get creative with the words ‘exist’.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s my take.
Thresholds
Written for Sadje’s “What Do You See” #322.
Here’s where the two photo prompts took me.
The Greenhouse Effect
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.
The Elephant's Trunk 