Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle.
Here are Brenda’s prompt words:
plumes, tufts, mosses, fantasy, fabric, filtering,
threads, forest, cracks, layer, ruffle, flow
Tag: Drama
The Plan
Written for Melissa’s Fandango Flash Fiction
Challenge using the image below as inspiration.
Rammed At Dawn
Inspired by Max’s blog, ‘Old Steam Ships’ –
RMS Olympic: Old Reliable. Please be sure
to check out Max’s site for more information,
videos, and photos of RMS Olympic.
Dear Diary
Written for Great Minds Think –
“What the Hedge Knows”. Our hosts,
Sarah & Rohini, ask us to use this image
as inspiration for our piece, keeping
our main focus on the hand.
Valley Of Desolation
Written for “Can You Tell A Story In” –
exactly 60 words using the prompts
shown below, as well as Esther’s Writing
Prompts and the word “bridge”.
cow, sarong, grapefruit, hobby,
wheelbarrow, alphabet
The Watchman of the Engine Room
Inspired by Max’s blog, ‘Old Steam Ships’ –
“One of Lake Superior’s Enduring Mysteries”.
I have written a ghost poem/song about
“Old Whitey”, the specter who haunts the
Kamloops, preserved by the frigid water.
The Cousin
Written for Muse On Monday.
David challenges us to write a
story involving a distant relative.
Baby Face
Our gracious host, Rochelle, is asking us to get
creative in 100 words or less using the photo
seen below. This is Friday Fictioneers.
Bugger!
Written for “Can You Tell A Story In” –
exactly 49 words using the prompts below.
diet – wasp – xylophone – chivalry – U-turn
Continue reading “Bugger!”The Silver Compass: A Minnie Ming Mystery
Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle.
Here are Brenda’s prompt words:
velvet ~ compass ~ echo ~ random ~ rust ~ silver
shadow ~ pebble ~ stone ~ drone ~ clip ~ dry
Greyhound, 1938: A Haibun
Written for dVerse Haibun Monday:
Wedding Bliss. Our host, Mish, ask us
to write a haibun based on a wedding.
Dedicated to my godparents.
Between Two Shores: Vito’s Story
Inspired by Max’s blog, ‘Old Steam Ships’ –
SS Andrea Doria: The Last Great Ocean
Liner Disaster. This one is personal;
this is the story of my father,
what he felt in his heart and
what he would have said.
Wreckage: A Nadine Harrow Mystery
Written for Crispina’s
Crimson’s Creative Challenge
What’s The Buzz?
Our gracious host, Rochelle, is asking us to get
creative in 100 words or less using the photo
seen below. This is Friday Fictioneers.
The Winter We Remember
Inspired by Max’s blog, ‘Old Steam Ships’ –
SS Fleurus: The Day the Circus Ship
Caught Fire, this is my ballad for
Shirley and Jenny. As you may have
guessed by the name of my site, I am
extremely fond of elephants; they
do not belong in the circus.
Please check out Max’s site
for the story of the SS Fleurus.
Royally Screwed
Our gracious host, Rochelle, is asking us to get
creative in 100 words or less using the photo
seen below. This is Friday Fictioneers.
Lady In Red: A Dirk Malone Story
Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle.
Here are Brenda’s prompt words:
siren ~ chanting ~ startled ~ pulse ~ sighs ~ night
basket ~ answers ~ heart ~ shape ~ badge ~ stay
Being Still: A Haibun
Written for Tanka Tuesday where our host,
Yvette, asks us to write a poem about facing
our fears and treading with trepidation.
The Listening Stump
Written for Crispina’s
Crimson’s Creative Challenge
Granted A Life
Written for the Great Minds Think Challenge –
“And that makes all the difference”. Our hosts
Sarah & Rohini invite us to write about a hero
or villain and choose to do one of two things:
1) Visualize how a hero might have become a
villain or vice versa by choosing to make a
different decision at a crucial moment … or …
2) Have a character reflect on their lives and
a key decision that brought him to that place.
SS Pacific: Guilty Conscience
Inspired by Max’s blog, ‘Old Steam Ships’ –
this is my fictionalized “confession” (and I
use that term loosely) made by an un-named
foreman from an unknown shipyard, written
days after the coroner’s inquest re the SS
Pacific, addressed to no one in particular,
which somehow makes this tragedy even
worse. See my notes on the coroner’s inquiry.
Fixer Upper
Written for Muse On Monday.
Our challenge is to write a story
about a piece of obsolete technology.
Thanks to Brian at bushboys world
for allowing me to use his photo.
Can You Hear Me Knocking?
Re-written for Esther’s Writing Prompt
using the prompt word ‘test’.
Original from 2023.
Varykino
Our gracious host, Rochelle, is asking us to get
creative in 100 words or less using the photo
seen below. This is Friday Fictioneers.
My Daughter’s Hair
Written for Melissa’s Fandango Flash Fiction
Challenge using the image below as inspiration.
Drought: A Haibun
Written for dVerse Poetics: “Have You Ever
Seen the Rain?” Our host, Lisa, challenges
us to write a poem in any form about weather.
Distant Melodies
Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle.
Here are Brenda’s prompt words:
keys ~ drumming ~ rare ~ morning ~ lazy ~ humming
odd ~ whispers ~ open ~ chain ~ urge ~ ghosts
Don’t Look Back
In Plain Sight: A Minnie Ming Mystery
Borrowed Words, New Worlds Challenge –
our hosts Sarah & Rohini invite us to write a
piece of our choosing incorporating the
following quote by Arthur Conan Doyle:
“The world is full of obvious things which
nobody by any chance ever observes.”
Ballad of the Lifeboat: SS City of Benares
Inspired by Max’s blog, ‘Old Steam Ships’ –
this is my poem & ballad about the SS City of Benares
The Elephant's Trunk 