Musing

Sweet Silence: Thursday Inspiration

Written for Thursday Inspiration #288 –
β€œYap Yap Yap
”. Here’s my 2Β’ 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 β€˜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 β€œCan You Tell A Story In…..?
#291
” – exactly 55 words using the six required

prompts: β€˜wheel’, β€˜cruel’, β€˜soak’, β€˜labyrinth’, β€˜yellow’
and β€˜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 β€˜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 β€œlife in a fairytale world”,
β€œcotton candy clouds”, β€œsafe harbor
 and β€œreset 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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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

Big Day

Our gracious host, Rochelle, at Friday Fictioneers
asks us to use the photo below as inspiration

to write creatively in 100 words or less while
making every word count. This is my flash.

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Short Story

Buried Secrets

Written for WTFAIOA Pick 3 #7,
the challenge is to use at least 3

of the 21 randomly selected words.
I have used all 21 prompt words;
I hope you enjoy my story.

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Flash, Very Short Story

Who’s Sorry Now?

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Story
Prompt #138
– β€˜memories’. This is my flash.

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Short Story

Danger Zone

Written for The Unicorn Challenge
where we are encouraged to write a
story in 250 words or less using this
photo as inspiration. Here is my story.

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Short Story

Slow Dancing

Written for OLWG #419.
The prompts appear below.
This is my story.

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Flash, Short Story

The Fundamental Things

Our gracious host, Rochelle, at Friday Fictioneers
asks us to use the photo below as inspiration

to write creatively in 100 words or less while
making every word count. This is my story.

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Short Story

Vanishing Act

Written for WTFAIOA Pick 3 #6,
using at least 3 of 21 randomly
selected words. I have used all
21 prompt words for my story.

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Short Story

Vespers

Written for Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge
, incorporating the word
β€˜silhouette’. Today’s amazing graphic
is by Kevin @ The Beginning At Last/
No Theme Thursday
. This is my story.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

Love For Sale

Congratulations to Sammi Cox as she begins
her 9th year at Weekend Writing Prompt!
❀ ❀ ❀ ❀ ❀ ❀ ❀ ❀ ❀
Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #417
using the word β€˜boudoir’
in exactly 56 words. This is my story.

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Fantasy, Flash, Sci-Fi, Very Short Story

X-70

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Story
Prompt #137
– β€˜fate’ – and for Only Murders In
My Mind Weekly Writing Prompt #60
using the
 photo below for inspiration. This is my story.

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