Short Story

It Is What It Is

Written for OLWG #412.
The three prompts are shown below.
This is my take.

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Short Story

Whisked Away

Written for The Unicorn Challenge where
we are urged to get creative in 250 words or less.
The photo below is our inspiration; this is my story.

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Very Short Story

When It Ends

Written for OLWG #411.
The prompts are shown below.
This is my take.

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Short Story

On The Rocks – Part 6: Being Irrational

Written for The Unicorn Challenge where
we are urged to get creative in 250 words or less.
The photo below is our inspiration; this is my story.

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Story

The Bus Ride

Written for OLWG #410.
The three prompts are shown below.
This is my story.

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Flash, Short Story

Is There A Detective In The House?

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..? #279
This week we are faced with one or two challenges:
to write a story in exactly 7 words using the word ‘imposter’
and/or a story in exactly 50 words including the five required
prompts: ‘coat’, ‘pie’, ‘qualify’, ‘Latin’, ‘aunt’ and ‘maze. Never
one to shy away from a challenge, here’s my two-stories-in-one!

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Flash, Very Short Story

Supergirl

Written for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge
(‘forward’) and for
Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts Wednesday
Challenge
(‘ragged’). This is my response.

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On The Rocks – Part 5: The Euganean Hills

Written for The Unicorn Challenge where
we are urged to get creative in 250 words or less.
The photo below is our inspiration; this is my story.

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Haibun, Poem

Identical Grief Revisited: A Haibun

Written for dVerse Poets – Fancy
Meeting You At The Pub Today and
Saturday
. We are asked to share any
poem of our choosing. I am sharing
a haibun I wrote almost one year ago.
Since then, our feelings remain unchanged,

except now laughter comes a bit more easily.

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Flash, Very Short Story

Reflections In The Moonlight

Our gracious host, Rochelle, at Friday Fictioneers
asks us to use the photo below as inspiration

to write creatively in 100 words or less while
making every word count. This is my flash.

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Short Story

Alabamy

Written for OLWG #409. The three prompts are
shown below. I have incorporated some lines
from a piece I wrote a few years ago. This is my take.

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Short Story

No Way Out

Written for OLWG #408. The three prompt
phrases are shown below. This is my story.

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Flash, Very Short Story

The Argument

Our gracious host, Rochelle, at Friday Fictioneers
asks us to use the photo below as inspiration

to write creatively in 100 words or less while
making every word count. This is my flash.

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Flash, Very Short Story

911

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt #406
using the word “decisive”. In 39 words, this is my flash.

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Short Story

The Sentinel

Written for The Unicorn Challenge where
we are urged to get creative in 250 words or less.
The photo below is our inspiration; this is my story.

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Flash

The Thing

Our gracious host, Rochelle, at Friday Fictioneers
asks us to use the photo below as inspiration

to write creatively in 100 words or less while
making every word count. This is my flash.

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Short Story

The Stain

Written for OLWG #407. The three prompts
are shown below. This is my story.

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Short Story

Punta Cana

Written for The Unicorn Challenge where
we are urged to get creative in 250 words or less.
The photo below is our inspiration; this is my story.

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Flash

Summer Fling

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt #404
using the word “tarnish”. In 55 words, this is my flash.

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Short Story

The Facade

Written for OLWG #406.
The three prompts are shown below.
Disclaimer: this is a work of fiction;
it is not about me and my husband.
The only parallel is the death of my
husband’s identical twin on April 2, 2024.
This is a look at what might have been.

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Short Story

And The Band Played On

Today I have reprised a story from 2018.
Rewritten for The Unicorn Challenge where
we are urged to get creative in 250 words or less.
The photo below is our inspiration; this is my story.

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Short Story

Smoking And Other Cravings

A few of you may remember this from
years ago; to my new readers, welcome
to the jungle. Reworked and rewritten

for OLWG #404. The three prompts
are shown below. This is my story.

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Flash, Short Story

The Dreamers

Our gracious host, Rochelle, at Friday Fictioneers
asks us to use the photo below as inspiration

to write creatively in 100 words or less while
making every word count. This is my flash.

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Flash, Short Story

Just Below The Surface

Our gracious host, Rochelle, at Friday Fictioneers
asks us to use the photo below as inspiration

to write creatively in 100 words or less while
making every word count. This is my flash.

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Short Story

Words Of Love

Written for OLWG #404. The three prompts
for this week are shown below. This my story.

This is a work of fiction, not a political statement.

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Short Story

Slow Dancing

Written for The Unicorn Challenge where we
are urged to get creative in 250 words or less. The
photo below is our inspiration and this is my story.

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Short Story

The Writing’s On The Wall

Written for OLWG #403. The three prompts
for this week are shown below. This my story.

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Short Story

Of All The Days!

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt #400,
prompt word “utter”; Sue & Gerry’s
Weekly Prompts –
The One-Day Prompt; David Stewart’s Muse on Monday;
FOWC “disorder”, FOWC “hate”, FOWC “glance”
and FOWC “reluctance”. In 92 words, this is my story.

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Flash

Don’t Look Away

Shweta is our host for the
Saturday Six Word Challenge (6WSP) #122.
This week’s prompt word is “struggle”.
Here is my 6 word flash.

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Flash

Palisades Park

Our gracious host, Rochelle, at Friday Fictioneers
asks us to use the photo below as inspiration

to write creatively in 100 words or less while
making every word count. This is my flash.

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