Cinquain, Fantasy, Poem

Dark Night

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #23.
Our inspiration word is โ€œtemptโ€. I have
 written a Mirror Cinquain, a 10-line,
single stanza poem with a syllable pattern
of 2 โ€“ 4 โ€“ 6 โ€“ 8 โ€“ 2 โ€“ 2 โ€“ 8 โ€“ 6 โ€“ 4 โ€“ 2.

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Fantasy, Flash, Mini Story

Wraithwood

Written for Crispinaโ€™s Crimsonโ€™s Creative
Challenge #057
. I chose pic #1.
Hereโ€™s where the image took me.

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Flash, Mini Story

Night Stalker

Our gracious host, Rochelle, @ Friday Fictioneers
encourages us to be creative by writing a story in  
100 words or less using the photo prompt below.
 Hereโ€™s where the image took me.

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Short Story

Warning Sign

Written for Only Murders In My Mind
Weekly Writing Prompt #81
and the
photo prompt shown below. Also for

Fandango’s One Word Challenge – ‘horoscope’.
Hereโ€™s where the prompts took me.

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Flash, Mini Story

Uphill Battle

Today at RDP, we are asked to share a story,
ย poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing
on the word โ€˜screeโ€™
. Hereโ€™s my take.

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Flash, Mini Story, Mystery

Silent Night

Our gracious host, Rochelle, at Friday Fictioneers
encourages us to be creative by writing a story in 100
words or less using the photo prompt below. I am also
going with Fandangoโ€™s Story Starter #222 to provide
my first sentence. Hereโ€™s where the prompts took me.

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Mystery, Short Story

Tres Chic

Written for Only Murders In My Mind
Weekly Writing Prompt #80
and the
photo prompt shown below.
Hereโ€™s where the image took me.

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Fantasy, Horror, Poem

Forever Cursed

Written for dVerse Poetics: Hold Onto Your Head!
Today our host Merril invites us to share our version
of the Headless Horseman. This is my contribution.

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Short Story

Weighing The Odds

Written for Sue & Gerryโ€™s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge
, using the term โ€˜Pros &
Consโ€™. Hereโ€™s were the prompt took me.

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Mini Story

Gone

Written for Saturday Scribes.
Weโ€™re given an image and asked
to write our response in exactly
100 words. Hereโ€™s my take.

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Short Story

Flesh And Blood

Written for Muse on Monday where David asks us
to write a story with a character who is sick.
This is where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Mini Story

RDP Friday: delight

Today at RDP, we are asked to share a
story, poem, photo, painting, essay, etc.,
focusing on the word โ€˜delightโ€™
. Hereโ€™s my take.

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Short Story

The Arrangement

Written for Sadjeโ€™s What Do You See #309.
Hereโ€™s where the photo prompt took me.

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Flash, Mini Story

Start Again

Our gracious host, Rochelle, encourages us
to be creative by writing a story in 100 words
or less using the photo prompt below. This is
Friday Fictioneers. Hereโ€™s where the photo took me.

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Flash, Mini Story

An Inconvenience

Written for OLWG #293.
The prompts are below.
This is my story.

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Horror, Short Story

Gonna Make You Burn

Written for Todayโ€™s Writing Practice #19
where weโ€™re given todayโ€™s prompt.
Hereโ€™s where the prompt took me.

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Poem

A Heavy Price

Written for Only Murders In My Mind
Weekly Writing Prompt #79
and the
photo prompt shown below.
Hereโ€™s where the image took me.

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Mini Story

The Bank

Our gracious host, Rochelle, encourages us
to be creative by writing a story in 100 words
or less using the photo prompt below. This is
Friday Fictioneers. Hereโ€™s where the photo took me.

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Miscellaneous, Song

Greenwood, Mississippi

Written for Crispinaโ€™s Crimsonโ€™s Creative
Challenge #053
. I chose pic #2.
Hereโ€™s where the image took me.

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Flash, Micro Story

Mean Old Man

Written for Sammiโ€™s Weekend Writing Prompt
#435
where weโ€™re asked to be creative in exactly
22 words using the word โ€˜speakโ€™. Hereโ€™s my take.

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Free Verse, Poem

The Song My Paddle Sings

Written for dVerse Poetics: Dipping Our
Poetic Paddles
. Truedessa invites us to travel
around the river’s bend listening for the songs
that our paddle sings. This is my contribution.

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Miscellaneous

Hand Jive: Follow Up

After X-Rays & MRI

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Fantasy, Mini Story

Prophecy

Today at RDP, our host Martha Kennedy would
like us to share a story, poem, photo, painting, essay,
etc., centered on the word โ€˜howlโ€™. The image is from

Mike Jackson at Only Murders In My Mind. Hereโ€™s my take.

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Cinquain, Poem

Clap Pat Clap Slap

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #19.
Our inspiration word is โ€œnonsenseโ€. I have
 written a Mirror Cinquain, a 10-line,
single stanza poem with a syllable pattern
of 2 โ€“ 4 โ€“ 6 โ€“ 8 โ€“ 2 โ€“ 2 โ€“ 8 โ€“ 6 โ€“ 4 โ€“ 2.

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Free Verse, Poem

Free As A Bird: Embracing The Panic

Written for Reenaโ€™s Xploration Challenge #400
where we are invited to choose a bird and divination
from An Almanac of Birds: 100 Divinations.
This is my
true poem about learning to deal with panic attacks.

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Flash, Mini Story

In Your Dreams

Written for Estherโ€™s โ€œCan You Tell A Story Inโ€ – #306
in exactly 52 words using these five prompt words:
โ€˜sealโ€™, โ€˜growlโ€™, โ€˜allergicโ€™, โ€˜haphazardโ€™, and โ€˜polkaโ€™, and
for Gerryโ€™s & Sueโ€™s โ€œWeekly Prompts – The One Day
Promptโ€ – #17
. Hereโ€™s my flash in exactly 52 words.

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Short Story

First Light Of Dawn

Written for Muse on Monday where David asks us
to write a story about baking late at night.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Short Story

Life Lessons

Written for RDP Friday: PIANO!
This is my story.

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Limerick, Poem

How The Mighty Have Fallen

Written for RDP Thursday: PRECARIOUS
Today Iโ€™ve chosen to write a limerick.

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Short Story

Lying Lips

Written for Fandangoโ€™s Story Starter #219.
This is my story, using Fandangoโ€™s opening line.

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