Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Ring

Written for Muse On Monday where David
has asked us to write a story where one
character knows another is lying to them.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Mini Story, Mystery, Photo Prompt, Writing Prompts

Vanished

Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s Creative
Challenge
#078. I chose Pic #1.
Here’s where the image took me.

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Free Verse, Poetry, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Keeper Of Delusions

Written for David’s Wea’ve Written Weekly
where our PoW Dennis asks us to write a
poem in which we are a lighthouse.
Thanks for the prompt, Dennis & David!

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Short Story, Song, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Tide Doesn’t Wait

Written for Thursday Inspiration #324 –
“Gentle On My Mind”. Here’s my response.

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Informative, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Thursday: diabolical

Written for RDP where bushboy asks us to
get creative with the word “engine”.
Thanks, Brian! Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Mystery, Photo Prompt, Short Story, Writing Prompts

Shadows At The Crown

When I saw this photo on Brian’s site,
Bushboys World, I knew I wanted to
write something. Here it is. Thanks to
Brian for the use of his wonderful photo.

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Mystery, Noir, Recurring Cgaracter, Short Story, Word Challenge, Wordle, Writing Prompts

The Big Charade: A Dirk Malone Mystery

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

façade, doubts, curiosity, bitter, torn, hit,
restless, hope, massive, frail, strip, and sting

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Short Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Wordle, Writing Prompts

The Will

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle.
The prompt words are shown below.

Here’s where they took me.


default,
family, generations, glue, memories,
miss, welcomed, loved, accepted, included, and divorce

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Mystery, Photo Prompt, Scary Story, Short Story, Writing Prompts

Ancient One

Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s Creative
Challenge
#077. I chose Pic #3.
Here’s where the image took me.

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Mystery, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Married To The Mob

Written for “It’s Story Time” where
Jolene has given us four prompts to
work with. They are shown below.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Short Story, Flash, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

For Nina

Written for Muse On Monday where David
has asked us to write a story about being
stuck in traffic. Here’s my response.

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Cinquain, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Poetry, Writing Prompts

Making A Change

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #43 where our
inspiration is “rebel”. Here’s my mirror cinquain.

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Literary Quote, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Possession

Written for Violet’s Literary Quote Challenge
where she asks us to include the following line
into our writing: “A fire can’t burn forever.
Eventually, it consumes itself” from “My
Sister’s Keeper” by Jodi Picoult. Here’s my take.

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Photo Prompt, Phrase Prompt, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Grafton

Written for Fandango’s Story Starter #237.
The image I used is courtesy of  Brian Dodd at
Bushboys World. Please check out his amazing
site. Here’s my story with Fan’s prompt line.

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Poetry, Shadorma, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

On Mute: A Shadorma

Written for David’s W3 Prompt #202: Wea’ve Written Weekly

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Poetry, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Tiny Dancer

Written for Living Poetry where our host,
Bartholomew, asks us to write a poem
about shadows. Here’s my response.

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Flash, Wordle, Mini Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Antique Shop

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

cushion, old, turtle, claw, shape, unusual,
chime, music, private, single, shine, and price

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Short Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Wordle, Writing Prompts

The Weight

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

colony, rattling, still, lose, crunch, life,
fits, hunch, scan, packages, grasping, and chains

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Flash, Mini Story, Mystery, Photo Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Secret Of No. 21

Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s Creative
Challenge #076
. I chose Pic #1.
Here’s where the image took me.

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Continuing Story, Short Story

Housecalls – Part 4: What Was Inside

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Adventure, Mystery, Scary Story, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Curse Of The Wrappings

Written in response to Friday Faithfuls:
“King Tut”. Here’s my take.

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Mystery, Photo Prompt, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Ruelle Chagouamigon

Written for Sadje’s “What Do You See” and for
Missy’s Mad Challenge where the prompt is to

write a story about two strangers who share a
moment that neither will ever speak of again.
Also for Violet’s Literary Challenge where she asks
us to include the following line into our writing:
“After what we have seen, we can never be who we were”

by Gemma Liviero. Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Flash, Mini Story, Mystery, Photo Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Watcher

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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Poetry, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

One More Hand

Written for dVerse ~ Poets Pub: Turn of Phrase
hosted by Melissa who has asked us to write a poem of
any style or format, made up of phrases. This is my response.

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Mystery, Short Story, Word Challenge, Wordle, Writing Prompts

One Last Time

Written forThe Sunday Wordle;
our host is Brenda Warren and
her prompt words appear below.
A fabulous photo by Crispina Kemp
provided the perfect inspiration.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

shelter, settle, rose, rocks, edge, step,
messy, flesh, left, ghost, scrap, and tremble

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Haibun, Poetry, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Monday: superficial

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

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Mini Story, Mystery, Photo Prompt, Writing Prompts

Bridge At Dusk

Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s Creative
Challenge #075
. I chose Pic #2.
Here’s where the image took me.

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Adventure, Fantasy, Phrase Prompt, Short Story, Writing Exercise, Writing Prompts

Among the Roses

Written for TN Kerr’s Writing Prompts
and Practice
; the prompts are shown
below. Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Mini Story, Music Blog, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Knocking: A Thursday Inspiration

Written for Thursday Inspiration #321
“Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)”.
Here’s my response.

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Alphabet Poem, Ekphrastic, Poetry, Theme Prompt, Very Short Story, Writing Prompts

Beware Of Darkness

Written for David’s Weave Written Weekly
where Christine asks us to write an alphabet
poem*. This is my first attempt and it was
great fun. Thanks Christine and David!

Here is my poem in exactly 26 words.

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