Flash, Mini Story

Those Were The Days

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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Musing, Short Story, Word Prompt

RDP Thursday: pageant

Written for RDP, where bushboy asks us
 to get creative with the word β€˜pageant’.
Thanks, Brian! Here’s my take.

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Musing, Stream of Consciousness, Uncategorized

RDP Monday: bulb

Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
 to get creative with the word β€˜bulb’.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s my take.

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Short Story

The Empty House

Written for Fandango’s Story Starter #225.
Here’s my story, using Fandango’s teaser.

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Flash, Mini Story, Word Challenge

RDP Friday: change

Written for RDP, where Martha Kennedy asks
us to get creative with the word β€˜change’.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s my take.

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Flash, Word Challenge

RDP Thursday: broke

Written for RDP, where leapingtoes asks  
us to get creative with the word β€˜broke’.
 Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Musing, Word Challenge

RDP Tuesday: achievement

Written for RDP where Martha asks
β€œWhat’s one of your greatest achievements?”
Here’s my response. Thanks, Martha!

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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, Haiku, Poem

RDP Tuesday: optimism

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

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Short Story

For What It’s Worth

Written for RDP where Punam’s word of the day
is β€˜chimera’ and for Sue and Gerry’s Weekly Prompt –
The One Day Prompt
. Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Short Story

The Negotiator

Written for Melissa’s Fandango Flash Fiction
Challenge #348
using the photo below as our
inspiration. Here’s where the photo took me.

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Music Blog

Novembre

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 her song.

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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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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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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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Flash, Mini Story, Musing

RDP Tuesday: grace

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

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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

RDP Sunday: snowflake

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

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Uncategorized

Scheherazade: Friday Faithfuls

Written in response to Friday Faithfuls:
β€œOnce Upon A Time”. Here’s my take.

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Mini Story

RDP Thursday: parallel

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

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Flash, Micro Story

RDP Wednesday: gorgeous

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

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Music Blog

November Air

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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Mini Story, Mystery, Wordle

A Fading Echo

Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle – #731. Our
host is Brenda Warren and these are our words:
rooted, years, footsteps, creaks, look, stir,
hour, loop, clock, echo, before, and slips.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Flash, Mini Story

RDP Tuesday: explore

Today at RDP, Martha Kennedy asks us
to get creative with the word β€˜explore’.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s my take.

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Haibun, Poem

Being Sicilian: A Haibun

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#440
where we’re asked to be creative in exactly
97 words using the word β€˜heritage’. Here’s my take.

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Flash, Mini Story

Rockin’ The Milky Way

Written for Only Murders In My Mind
Weekly Writing Prompt – #83
.
Here’s where the photo prompt took me.

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Flash, Mini Story, Mystery

Vanishing Act


⌘ Rest in Peace, Trent McDonald, Friday Fictioneers ⌘

Written for Friday Fictioneers, where our host Rochelle
encourages us to be creative by writing a story in 
100 words or less using the photo prompt below.
 Also for
Esther’s Word Prompt which is ‘edge’.
Here’s where the photo prompt took me.

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Longer Stories, Scary Story

Caliban O’Doole

Originally written in 2022, this is my take
on a beloved fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm.

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Short Story

The House Across The Street

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

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Musing, Short Story

RDP Tuesday: pet

Today at RDP, we are asked to share a story,
 poem, photo, painting, essay, etc., focusing
on the word β€˜pet’
. Here’s my take.

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