Mini Story, Music Blog, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Knocking: A Thursday Inspiration

Written for Thursday Inspiration #321 –
β€œDoo 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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Free Verse, Phrase Prompt, Poetry, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Pyromancer’s Confession

Written for Poetics Tuesday: β€œBeginnings Are Endings”,
hosted by Punam, who has asked us to write a poem,
taking the opening line of a well-known piece and
using it as the last line of our poem. This is my response.

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Poetry, Quadrille, Theme Prompt

3 a.m.

Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille Monday –
β€œHunger Makes the Best of Poetry”

where our host, Lisa, is serving up
the word “hunger”. Here is my quad.

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Short Story, Word Challenge, Wordle, Writing Prompts

The Vow

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

baby, shampoo, innocence, engulfed, deep, total,
sleeping, gently, protect, promise, sunshine, and bond

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Mini Story, Mystery, Photo Prompt

Secrets

This image of switchboard operators
on Dan Antion’s No Facilities site
caught my eye and interested me
enough to write a story. And here it is.

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Short Story, Word Challenge, Wordle, Writing Prompts

The Assignment

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.

shroud, symbols, water, rock, sun, tracks,
spear, stolen, cross, promise, moon, and trail

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Mystery, Short Story

Housecalls – Part 3: What Was Left Behind

You may read Part 2 HERE.

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Short Story, Theme Prompt

The Weight

Written for Muse on Monday where David asks us
to write a story about a blue collar worker.

Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Poetry, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Drawer

Written for dVerse MTB: Poems of Questions
hosted by Grace. The challenge is to write a
poem built around questions that remain
unanswered. Here is my response.

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Poetry, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Lonely Fool

Written for Living Poetry where our host,
Bartholomew asks us to write a poem with
the words shown below. Here’s my response.

explain ~ coat ~ lock

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Mini Story, Photo Prompt, Writing Prompts

American Pie

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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Short Story, Song, Theme Prompt, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Last Night In Cleveland

Written for Thursday Inspiration #320 –
β€œCouldn’t Get It Right”. Here’s my response.

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

The Locket

β€œIt’s Story Time” and Jolene has given us
four prompts to work with (see below).
Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Short Story, Mystery, Photo Prompt, Adventure

Skyfall

When I spotted this image on Crispina’s
β€œSunday Picture Post: City Limits”,
it called out for me to write a story.
Here where the image took me.

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

The Talk

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

date, love, good, struggle, touch, wisdom,
generations, heart, dreams, songs, coffee, and hands

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Micro Story, Mystery, Word Prompt

No Way Out

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
where she asks us to get creative in exactly
52 words using the prompt word β€˜padlock’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Mini Story, Word Challenge, Wordle

The Night Shift

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.

jaw, debris, stitch, slather, voices, beasts,
tides, salty, vault, edges, silver, and tilt

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Flash, Mini Story, Word Prompt

Crimson Sails

Written for Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge
using the word β€˜enamored’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Micro Story, Mystery, Word Challenge

Transformation

Written for Esther’s β€œCan You Tell A Story In”
exactly 34 words using the three prompt words
shown below. In exactly 34 words, here’s my flash.

storm, bookworm, and limbo

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Flash, Mini Story, Word Prompt

RDP Sunday: brusque

Written for RDP, where drkottaway asks us
 to get creative with the word β€œbrusque”.
Thanks, Doc! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Short Story, Theme Prompt

The Freezer

Written for Muse on Monday where David  
asks us to write a story about a character
inside a confined area. Here’s my take.

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Short Story, Mystery, Word Prompt, Noir

RDP Saturday: playful

Written for RDP, where Punam asks us
Β to get creative with the word β€œplayful”.
Thanks, Punam! Here’s where the prompt took me.

Truth be told, I wrote the following story yesterday
and added the word β€œplayful” just now. Enjoy!

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Short Story

Housecalls Part 2: Back At Home

You may read Part 1 HEREΒ Β Β Β 

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Flash, Mini Story, Music Blog, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Like A Rock

Written for Thursday Inspiration #319 –
β€œSecond Hand News”. Here’s my response.

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Mini Story, Photo Prompt

The Weight of Silence

Written for Sadje’s β€œWhat Do You See”.
Here’s where the photo prompt took me.

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Cinquain, Poetry, Word Prompt

Just A Game: A Cinquain

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt where our
inspiration is β€œpolitics”. Here’s my mirror cinquain.

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Poetry, Prose, Theme Prompt

When The Music’s Over

Written for dVerse Poetics β€“β€œI’d Rather Go Blind”
hosted this week by Melissa. The focus is to
choose one of the five senses and write a poem
exploring what life experiences might be like
without that sense. This is my response.

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Short Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Wordle

Second Chances

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle.
The prompt words are show below
and here’s where they took me.

music, relaxing, calm, peace, personal, always,
thinking, reminder, thankful, simple, friends, and meet

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Short Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Chaos In The Air

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.

split, cringe, breathe, pieces, wings, cracks,
beneath, hesitates, stretch, ship, spin, and chaos

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