Short Story

Final Descent

Written for Muse on Monday where David asks us to
write a story from the antagonist’s point of view.
Originally written several years ago, I thought

this story met the requirements nicely.

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Music Blog, Musing

A House Is Not A Home

Written for Thursday Inspiration #291 –
“Heartache Tonight
. Here’s my 2¢ worth.

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Short Story

Montreux

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 and here’s where the photo took me.

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Flash, Micro Story

Hopeless

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six
Word Story Prompt #145
– ‘heal’.
Here’s where my imagination went.

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Short Story

Stranded

Written for Only Murders In My Mind
Weekly Writing Prompt #68
. This week’s
inspiration is the photo seen below.
This is where the photo took me.

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Flash, Uncategorized, Very Short Story

Without A Care

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #425
using the word ‘lagoon’,
with inspiration from a great image
by Kevin @ No Theme Thursday.
In exactly 48 words, this is my take.

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Flash, Prosery, Short Prose

Into Oblivion

Written for dVerse Prosery: Walcott’s Dark August.
Our host Kim asks us to write a piece of flash fiction
of up to or exactly 144 words, including the line shown
below by Derek Walcott. Here’s where his line took me.

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Etheree, Poem

Imitation Of Love: An Etheree

Written for Melissa’s Fandango
Flash Fiction Challenge – #330
.
 Here’s where the photo took me.

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Short Story

Just This One

In 2017, this was the first story
I wrote for The Elephant’s Trunk.

Rewritten for The Unicorn Challenge where we are encouraged

to write a story in 250 words or less using the photo below
as inspiration. Here’s the memory that was ignited.

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Sci-Fi, Short Story

Broken Alliance

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #424
using the word ‘demure’,
Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts Weekend
Challenge
(intoxicating) and
OMIMM
Weekly Writing Prompt #67
. In 70 words,
this is where my imagination took me.

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Musing

Sweet Silence: Thursday Inspiration

Written for Thursday Inspiration #288
“Yap Yap Yap
”. Here’s my 2¢ worth.

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Music Blog

Youthful Indiscretions

Written for Song Lyric Sunday.
Here’s what I have to say.

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Short Story

Sanctuary

Written for OLWG #424.
The prompts are below.
This is my story.

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Short Story

The Hunt

This is The Unicorn Challenge
where we are encouraged to write
a story in 250 words or less using
the photo below as inspiration.

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Flash

Frantic

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #422
using the word ‘brace’.
In exactly 25 words, this is my take.

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Short Story

A Fleeting Dream

Written for OLWG #423.
The prompts are below.
This is my story.

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Short Story

Man With A Van

This is The Unicorn Challenge
where we are encouraged to write
a story in 250 words or less using
the photo below as inspiration.

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Short Story

Big Man On Campus

Our gracious host, Rochelle,
encourages us to be creative
my writing a story in 100 words
or less using the photo prompt
below. This is Friday Fictioneers
and this is my 100 word story.

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Short Story

Clouds In My Coffee

Written for Only Murders In My Mind
Weekly Writing Prompt #61
. This week’s
inspiration is the photo seen below.
This is my take.

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Short Story

For Too Long

Written for Muse on Monday
where the image below is
our inspiration and the prompt is

about someone who has to stay seated.
Here’s my take.

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Short Story

Shattered Reality

This is The Unicorn Challenge
where we are encouraged to write
a story in 250 words or less using
the photo below as inspiration.

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Short Story

Flatlining

Not all broken hearts are caused
by love affairs gone wrong;

many are broken before love even starts.
Written for OLWG #422. The prompts are
shown below. This is my story.

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Short Story

Mr. & Mrs. Banks

Our gracious host Rochelle invites us to
Friday Fictioneers where we are encouraged
to respond to the photo prompt below by
writing a story or poem in 100 words or less.
This is Friday Fictioneers and here is my story.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

Stuck

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?
#291
” – exactly 55 words using the six required

prompts: ‘wheel’, ‘cruel’, ‘soak’, ‘labyrinth’, ‘yellow’
and ‘crab’. In 55 words, here’s my take.

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Short Story

Shadows In The Rearview

Written for Gerry & Sue’s Weekly
Prompts Weekend Challenge
,
incorporating the word ‘melancholy’

and Fandango’s FOWC – ‘worry’.
This is my story.

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Short Prose, Short Story

Cosmic Confrontation

MUSINGS

Written for Eugi’s Moonwashed
Weekly Prompt
, incorporating
her lines “life in a fairytale world”,
“cotton candy clouds”, “safe harbor
 and “reset optional”. Image courtesy
of Mike Jackson @ Only Murders In My
Mind Weekly Writing Prompt
. This is my take.

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Flash, Short Prose, Very Short Story

Ten Dollar Words

A few years ago, I wrote a story I really loved.
I knew I wanted to use it again today but needed
to chop off about 150 words to make it work.
I sure hope it’s as good today as it was then.
This is Friday Fictioneers and here is my story.

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Short Story

Her Calling

Written for OLWG #421.
The prompts appear below.
This is my story.

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Short Story

Suspended Animation

This is The Unicorn Challenge where we are
encouraged to write a story in 250 words or
less using the photo below as inspiration.
I used a story of mine from 2019 which I
remembered the minute I saw the image.

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Short Story

The Deep End

Written for OLWG #420.
The prompts appear below.

Image created by Kevin @
The Beginning At Last/
No Theme Thursday
.
This is my story.

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