Short Story, Theme Prompt

Through The Wall, Softly

Written for Muse on Monday where David
asks us to write a story about neighbors.
Here’s were the prompt took me.

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Mystery, Short Story

Sky Full Of Lies: A Dirk Malone Story

Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle – #734. Our host is
Brenda Warren and these are our prompt words: rinse,
days, still, thicket, bomb, fake, criminal, foster, imagine,
lies, sky, and sink. Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Short Story, Word Challenge, Wordle

The Thursday Shift

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle #454.
Our twelve prompt words are shown below.
Here’s where they took me. Thanks, Di!

balance, try, flat, beauty, understand, hope,
give, peace, happy, thought, dedicate
, and share

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Flash, Micro Story

Alone

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#445
where we’re asked to be creative in
exactly 16  words using the word β€˜wait’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Haiku, Poem

RDP Saturday: turbulence

Today at RDP, Punam asks us to get creative
with the word β€˜turbulence’. Thanks, Punam!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Longer Stories, Mystery

Brothers Malone: The Break

Our friend Fandango and I share a fascination with
noir crime and detective stories. He recently wrote
a story called β€œFive Years Later”; it was great and
I was hooked. If you haven’t read
his story, click the
link above. I noticed his MC and a character I have
previously written about share the same last name.
My imagination kicked in and I asked Fan if he’d
mind if I wrote a story that intertwined with his;
he said to go for it. Here it is …. longer than my usual
so make yourselves comfortable and enjoy the read.

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Short Story, Very Short Story

RDP Friday: global

Today at RDP, Martha asks us to get creative
with the word β€˜global’. Thanks, Martha!
The prompt took me back to something I
wrote in 2021. It’s always been a favorite.

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Short Story

Abandoned

Written for Muse on Monday where David asks us
to write a story about facing a situation, a dilemma
where there isn’t necessarily a right answer.
Here’s were the prompt took me.

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Flash, Mini Story

At What Price?

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, Micro Story, Poem, Quadrille

Done

Written for dVerse Quadrille #237 – Zero.
Our host, Melissa, from Mom With A Blog,
invites us to create a poem of exactly 44 words
using the word β€œzero”. This is my quadrille.

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Haibun, Poem

Weathering The Dark

Written for Sadje’s β€œWhat Do You See” #317
Here’s where the photo prompt took me.

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Short Story

The Last Performance

Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s Creative
Challenge #062.
I chose Pic #2.
Here’s where the image took me.

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Musical Poetry, Poem

Doloroso e Amoroso

Written for David’s Weave Written Weekly #187
where Ange has prompted us to write a piece of
β€œmusical poetry” inspired by the instrumental
guitar track, β€œCanciΓ³n Triste” by Jesse Cook.
This is my response. Thanks, Ange & David!

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Cinquain, Poem

Walk On

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #28.
Our inspiration word is β€œsurvive”.
This is my mirror cinquain.

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Flash, Mini Story

The Empty Chair

Our gracious host, Rochelle, at Friday Fictioneers
encourages us to be creative by writing a story inΒ 
100 words or less using the photo shown below.
Β Here’s where the photo prompt took me.

Happy 54th Anniversary, Rochelle & Jan!

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Flash, Mini Story, Mystery

The Keeper

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#443
where we’re asked to be creative in
exactly  words using the word β€˜vision’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Short Story

His Life Of Elaborate Poverty

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

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Cinquain, Fantasy, Poem

Fever Pitch: A Cinquain

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #27.
Our inspiration word is β€œblaze”.
This is my mirror cinquain.

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Fantasy, Flash, Micro Story

Whispered Secrets

Written for Esther’s β€œCan You Tell A Story In” –
#314
, exactly 40 words using these four prompt
words: β€˜bonsai’, β€˜puddle’, β€˜knapsack’, and
β€˜rejoice’. Here’s my 61-word flash.

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Mini Story

RDP sunday: quit

Today at RDP, drkottaway asks us to get
Β creative with the word β€˜quit’. Thanks, Doc!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Music Blog, Short Story

The Final Threshold

Written for Violet’s Challenge where she has asked
Β us to include the following phrase into our writings;
Β “To the well-organized mind, death is but the next
great adventure”. Also for Jim’s Song Lyric Sunday
where the challenge is to write about a song that
mentions river/stream/creek/brook. This is my story.

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Short Story, Wordle

Broken Promises

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle #451.
Our prompt words this week are: banish,
sad, guilty, weak, push, cute, way, cheeky,
sweet, furry, trick, and battle. Thanks, Di!
Here’s where the prompt words took me.

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Haiku, Poem

RDP Friday: boreal

Today at RDP, Martha Kennedy asks us to get
 creative with the word β€˜boreal’. Thanks, Martha!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Flash, Mini Story

Discarded

Our gracious host, Rochelle, at Friday Fictioneers
encourages us to be creative by writing a story inΒ 
100 words or less using the photo shown below.
Β Here’s where the photo prompt took me.

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Poem

Two Tables

Today at RDP, bushboy asks us to get
Β creative with the word β€˜feast’. Thanks, Brian!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Fantasy

Cathedral Of Sand

Written for Sadje’s β€œWhat Do You See” #315
Here’s where the photo prompt took me.

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Music Blog

Murder Most Foul

This week at Glyn Wilton’s Mixed Music Bag,
he’s asking us to write about a song in which
the title or a line mentions the current month. 
Here’s my November artist and his song.

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Short Story, Wordle

The Family Way

Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle – #732. Our
host is Brenda Warren and these are our words:
greed, tragedy, despair, presence, walk, calm,
strings, earth, all, spirit, vibrating, and heart.
Here’s where the prompt words took me.

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Flash, Mini Story

Dirk Malone, PI: The Ice Princess

Written for Esther’s β€œCan You Tell A Story In” –
#313
, exactly 61 words using these six prompt
words: β€˜baby’, β€˜ice-skating’, β€˜album’, β€˜salad’,
β€˜fright’, and β€˜camera’. Here’s my 61-word flash.

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Flash, Horror, Mystery, Poem, Seventies

RDP Saturday: terror

Today at RDP, Punam asks us to get
Β creative with the word β€˜terror’. Thanks, Punam!

Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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