Inspired by Max’s blog, ‘Old Steam Ships’ –
“MTS Oceanos: When the Entertainers Took
Command”. As in all my retellings of these
disasters, some events have been dramatized
but are based on facts I have researched.
Tag: Drama
State Of Mind
Written for Muse On Monday. Our host, David,
challenges us to write a story where the main
character is in an altered mental state.
This is an oldie from 2018, but it fit the theme very well so…..
Continue reading “State Of Mind”Suburbia
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 Kindness Of Strangers
Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
Di’s prompt words are shown here:
crutch, wool, warmth, settle, kind, dog,
lonely, secure, push, hand, slip, press
The Letters Beneath
Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle.
Here are Brenda’s prompt words:
letters, urged, exist, pranks, view, incessantly,
west, fools, lunatic, bones, ghastly, vast
Deadly Delicious: A Quatrain
Written for Day 1 of Sammi’s Short Spooky
Prompt Challenge for the 13 Days of Samhain
Sixty Feet From Shore: SS Valencia Ballad
Inspired by Max’s blog, ‘Old Steam Ships’ –
“So Close Yet So Far”, this is my ballad
about the unimaginable sinking of the
SS Valencia, January 22, 1906 in the
Pacific Northwest, just sixty feet from shore.
Where the Bath Used to Be
Written in response to a cool image I saw
on Bushboy’s World. Thanks to Brian for
letting me use it and for filling in the gaps.
The Wedge
Our gracious host, Rochelle, is asking us to get
creative in 100 words or less using the photo
seen below. This is Friday Fictioneers.
Reflections
Written for Great Minds Think –
“What Next: Friday Challenge”.
Our hosts, Sarah & Rohini, ask
us to write a poem or story using
any or all of these five clues:
Tenants
Written for dVerse Prosery: Something
Shuffling Overhead. Our host, Kim, invites
us to write a piece of prose in 144 words or
less, incorporating a line from the poem
“Body” by Alice Oswald seen here:
“the dead were settling in under their mudroom
and something was shuffling overhead”
The Last Crossing: The Story of Thomas & Mary Ashworth
Inspired by Max’s blog, ‘Old Steam Ships’ –
“RMS Mauretania: Queen of the Atlantic”.
Finally a steam ship story that isn’t tragic!
Under The Bridge
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 Big Push: A Case For Dirk Malone
Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle.
Here are Brenda’s prompt words:
show, backbone, beings, believe, bit, storm,
stream, ring, scratch, tempting, devil, hunch
Many Unhappy Returns: A Minnie Ming Mystery
Written for Great Minds Think – “The Five
Clues Challenge”. Our hosts, Sarah & Rohini,
challenge us to write a poem or story
incorporating these five clues:
a red umbrella, a missing tooth, 1984,
a woman who hates birthdays, a bird that cannot fly
Almost Home: A Widow’s Song ~ SS Sultana
Inspired by Max’s blog, ‘Old Steam Ships’ –
“SS Sultana: A Fire That Changed Laws”.
This poem/ballad was written in the voice of
Sarah Campbell, widow of Pvt. William T.
Campbell, 7th Tennessee Cavalry. Everything
I have written about Pvt. Campbell, Cahaba,
Andersonville, and Sultana is true and based on fact.
Crimson Keep
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 Tell
Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
Di’s prompt words are shown below.
tome, words, come, think, read, change,
because, tired, process, original, safe, gamble
A Toast To Treachery: A Minnie Ming Mystery
Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle.
Here are Brenda’s prompt words:
swallow, tag, find, music, swelling, bell,
delirium, spell, pales, knowing, just, senses
Last Call At The Blue Orchid
Written for Sadje’s weekly query:
What Do You See?
Lights In Rio: SS Columbia
Inspired by Max’s blog, ‘Old Steam Ships’:
SS Columbia – The Ship That Proved Edison Right.
This week I have chosen not to focus on the tragedy
surrounding the Columbia. Rather, this is a fictional
dramatization in what might have been the voice of
Emperor Dom Pedro II of Brazil when he saw the
electric lights installed on the Columbia.
Ancient Secrets
Written for “Can You Tell A Story In” –
exactly 56 words using these keywords.
riffraff, aerosol, wag, manuscript, bed, triangle
Continue reading “Ancient Secrets”The Silk Exchange: A Minnie Ming Mystery
Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle.
Here are Brenda’s prompt words:
casualties, phase, profit, drop, folly, cold,
hungry, dawn, complicit, evil, stream, reckoning
Same Old Song
Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
Di’s prompt words are shown below.
machine, tremble, quietly, detect, firm, hurt,
noise, hurry, pace, pressed, let, music
Desperate Breath
Written for Weekend Writing Prompt
where our host Sammi asks us to use
“bugbear” in exactly 75 words. Also
for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge – “moment(s)”.
SS Princess Alice: The River Remembers
Inspired by Max’s blog, ‘Old Steam Ships’:
“SS Princess Alice: Tragedy on the Thames”.
This is a fictionalized ‘penny paper’ article as
it may have been reported in the late Victorian era.
A Bullet’s Worth: A Case For Dirk Malone
Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle.
Here are Brenda’s prompt words:
firm, vice, world, wind, cares, someone,
worth, wound, word, here, seem, spiral
Rehearsal
Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge.
Reena has shared an image and this quote
by Albert Camus to use as our inspiration:
“Communication is impossible with slaves.”
Where There’s A Will: A Minnie Ming Mystery
Written for Crispina’s
Crimson’s Creative Challenge
What My Grandfather Carried: Domenic DiStefano and the General Slocum
Inspired by Max’s blog, ‘Old Steam Ships’:
“PS General Slocum – New York’s Forgotten
Tragedy”. This story is very personal and was
difficult for me to write. It’s my grandfather’s
story of what would be the worst loss of life
from a single disaster in the history of New
York until 9/11. Thank you for reading.
