Short Story, Theme Prompt, Word Prompt

When Winter Came With Teeth

Written for Muse on Monday where David  
asks us to write a story about cold winter
as the antagonist. Also for FOWC With
Fandango
and the  word “shivering”.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Mystery, Phrase Prompt, Short Story

The Color Of Lies: A Dirk Malone Story

Written for Violet’s Literary Quote Challenge
where she asks us to include the following line
into our writing: “Things need not have
happened to be true
.” Here’s my response.

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Flash, Mini Story, Photo Prompt

Slip Slidin’ Away

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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Poem, Poetry, Word Prompt

The Weaver

Written for RDP, where leapingtoes asks us
 to get creative with the word “master”.
Thanks, Toes! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Mystery, Phrase Prompt, Short Story

Reconstruction

Written for Jolene’s It’s Story Time.
The prompts are shown below;
here’s where they took me.

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Mystery, Scary Story, Short Story, Theme Prompt

Street Fight

Written for Fandango’s Story Starter #231.
Here’s my story, using Fandango’s line.

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Mini Story, Mystery, Photo Prompt, Phrase Prompt

Night Watch

Inspired by an image I saw on Lois’
page, I’ve used three of TN Kerr’s
prompts to help tell my story.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Adventure, Fantasy, Photo Prompt, Short Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Wordle

The Peacekeeper

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle #462 and
for Sadje’s WDYS – What Do You See #326.
Here’s where the image & prompt words took me.

hand, ruby, drum, banquet, lady, box,
food, trouble, dress, cheek, instance, and two

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Flash, Micro Story, Phrase Prompt, Word Prompt

Free Bird

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#453
where we’re asked to get creative in
exactly 43 words using the word ‘mourn’.
Also for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts –
The One Day Prompt
. Here’s my take.

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Mystery, Noir, Short Story, Word Challenge, Wordle

Redemption: A Dirk Malone Story

Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle – #742. Our host is
Brenda Warren; her prompt words for this week are
shown below. Here’s where the prompts took me.

below, renew, weaves, through, cloaks, holy,
untethered, tendrils, gods, spark, ash, and wonder

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Mini Story, Phrase Prompt

Perks Of The Job

Inspired by TN Kerr’s prompts which are
shown below. I chose to allude to the
prompts and not use them as written.
Here’s where the inspiration took me.

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Theme Prompt, Poetry, Double Tetractys

Hot To The Touch

Written for David’s Weave Written Weekly #196
where Svenja asks us to write a Double Tetractys
poem about a spicy or naughty relationship,
keeping it suggestive rather than explicit.
This is my Double Tetractys. Thanks, Svenja!

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Informative, Phrase Prompt, Theme Prompt

Drive: Thursday Inspiration

Written for Thursday Inspiration #317
“You May Be Right”. Here’s my response.

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Mystery, Noir, Short Story, Word Challenge, Wordle

The Sorry Truth: A Dirk Malone Story

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle #461.
Our twelve prompt words are shown below.
Here’s where they took me. Thanks, Di!

petty, rich, custom, sorry, pride, worry,
try, carry, support, honest, suggest, and head

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Photo Prompt, Short Story, Word Challenge, Wordle

The Journey

Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle – #741. Our host is
Brenda Warren; her prompt words for this week are
shown below. The image I used is borrowed from

Blog 57 entitled “onestà svizzera” (Swiss honesty).
Here’s where the prompts took me.

wonderland, bound, morning, ice, knees,
hope, wheel, three, cape, head, and cross

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Micro Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt

Laughed Off Stage

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In” –
#322
, exactly 52 words using the five prompt words
shown below. In exactly 52 words, here’s my flash.

pirouette ~ comic ~ egg ~ wrestler ~ syllable

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Flash, Mini Story, Word Prompt

RDP Friday: fierce

Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
 to get creative with the word “fierce”.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s my take.

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Mystery, Photo Prompt, Short Story

When The Fun Stopped

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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Mystery, Noir, Short Story

The Platinum Cigarette Case: A Dirk Malone Story

Written for Fandango’s Story Starter #230.
Here’s my story, using Fandango’s line:

a swift kick, the door splintered, revealing

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Flash, Prose, Prosery, Short Prose, Theme Prompt

The Trench

Written dVerse Prosery Monday – Bury Me.
Our host Lisa asks us to write a 144 word piece
of flash prose incorporating the line “Bury me
with the lies I told” from the song “Bury Me” by

Alejandro Escovedo. Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Micro Story, Word Prompt

Inspired

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#45
where we’re asked to be creative in exactly
54 words using the word ‘drum’. Also for
Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge
using the word “journal”. Here’s my take.

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Flash, Short Story, Word Prompt

Entirely Inappropriate

Written for FOWC with Fandango.
The prompt word is “scandalous”;
this is my take.

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Poem, Word Prompt

Departure

Written for Living Poetry where
Bart challenges us to write a poem
with the words “service”, “son” and
“today”. Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Short Story, Flash, Wordle, Mystery, Word Challenge

The Well

Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle – #740. Our host is
Brenda Warren; her prompt words for this week are
shown below.  Here’s where the prompts took me.

robes – exposed – bind – beads – fabric – form
harmony – chaos – cave – enigma – dwells – well

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Short Story, Theme Prompt

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.

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Mystery, Short Story, Theme Prompt

My Brother’s Keeper

Written for Missy’s Mad Challenge #073.
The prompt appears below. Here’s my take.

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Flash, Mini Story, Photo Prompt

Old Park Road

Written for Sadje’s “What Do You See” #323.
Here’s where the photo prompt took me.

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Mini Story, Photo Prompt

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.

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Flash, Photo Prompt, Short Story

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.

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Short Story, Word Prompt, Wordle

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

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