Flash, Mini Story, Word Prompt

RDP Wednesday: captivating

Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
 to get creative with the word โ€œcaptivatingโ€.
Thanks, Heather! Hereโ€™s my musical take.

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Flash, Mini Story

Pretty Painted Nails

Written for Sammiโ€™s Weekend Writing Prompt
#432
where weโ€™re asked to be creative in exactly
85 words using the word โ€˜eavesdropโ€™. Also for
Sue & Gerryโ€™s Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge โ€“
โ€˜lilacโ€™.
Hereโ€™s where the prompts took me.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

It’s Just How Guys Talk

Written for Sammiโ€™s Weekend Writing
Prompt #421
using the word โ€˜limerenceโ€™.
In exactly 91 words, this is my take.

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Music Blog

Gotta Get Through January

Glynโ€™s new Mixed Music Bag began today.
Heโ€™s asking us to write about a song in which
the title or a line mentions the current month.ย 
Hereโ€™s my featured January artist and his song.

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Prose

To Hang The Moon

Written for the dVerse Prosery Prompt by Amy Woolard:
โ€œWhat does it matter that the stars we see are already deadโ€

โ€œWhat does it matter that the stars we see are already dead? What does that even mean, Margie?โ€

โ€œOh, Nell. If I have to explain it to you, it loses its gravitas, its pathos, doesnโ€™t it?โ€

โ€œGravitas? Pathos? Iโ€™m sorry .โ€ฆ when were you named chief cook, bottlewasher and poet laureate?โ€

Margie gave her friend a dismissive eye roll before turning her back, busying herself with little scraps of paper on her desk.

There was a time the two were like sisters, cherishing a bond they never found with anyone else. Now they barely recognized each other; their conversations were stilted to the point of being painful.

And it all came down to Nicole, a newcomer in their exclusive inner circle …. a renaissance woman and Margie thought she hung the moon.

โ€œI miss us, Margieโ€

Intense silence. Spoken words were never as wounding.

NARยฉ2024
144 Words

This is โ€œSisters Of The Moonโ€ by Fleetwood Mac

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