Limerick, Poem, Word Prompt

Thar She Blows

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #265
. The prompt
word is β€˜curl’. This is my limerick.

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Short Story, Word Challenge, Wordle

Patsy Cline

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle #458.
Our twelve prompt words are shown below.
Here’s where they took me. Thanks, Di!

chapter, clear,
cup, drama, felt, fifty, message,
muted, precious, sparkler, watched, and wiped

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Flash, Micro Story, Musing, Word Prompt

RDP Wednesday: tally

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

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Short Story, Theme Prompt

Having It All

Written for Fandango’s Story Starter #228.
Here’s my story using Fandango’s opening line.

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Flash, Informative, Mini Story, Musing, Word Prompt

RDP Tuesday: adventure

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

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Haibun, Musing, Poem, Theme Prompt

An Unexpected Grace

Written for dVerse Poets Haibun Monday 1-5-26:
Epiphany
where our host Frank asks us to write
a haibun in which we allude to β€œepiphany” –
however we understand it. Here is my haibun.

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Flash, Micro Story, Very Short Story, Word Prompt

On Being Responsible

Written for Esther’s β€œCan You Tell A Story In” –
#319
, exactly 40 words using the four prompt words
shown below. In exactly 40 words, here’s my flash.

resolution – human – raisins – mood

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Flash, Mini Story, Mystery, Photo Prompt, Short Story

The Wrong Turn

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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Poem, Word Prompt

RDP Tuesday: evanescent

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

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Mini Story, Theme Prompt

The Favor

Written for Fandango’s Story Starter #227.
Here’s my story, using Fandango’s teaser
,
“it was just for one night”.

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Limerick, Musing, Short Story, Theme Prompt

Fade Into Indigo

Written for Muse on Monday where David
asks us to write a story about a border, either in
space or time. Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Mini Story, Word Challenge

The Great Unwrapping

Written for Esther’s β€œCan You Tell A Story In” –
#318
, exactly 100 words using the ten prompt words
shown below. In exactly 100 words, here’s my flash.

armor, fidget, nativity, tambourine, gloss,
windsurf, spelling, bun, pajamas, and lightning

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Photo Prompt, Very Short Story

Guardian Of The Fence

Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s Creative
Challenge #065
. I chose Pic #3.
Here’s where the image took me.

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Short Story, Word Challenge, Wordle

The Topper

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle #456.
Our twelve prompt words are shown below.
Here’s where they took me. Thanks, Di!

content,
fairy, huge, joyful, look, pretty,
reception, residents,
step, swipe, tinsel, wobble

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Acrostic, Cinquain, Poem

Green All Over

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #30 where
our inspiration word is β€œenvy”. Also for Sue &
Gerry’s Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge

and the word β€œprepare”. This is my cinquain.

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Mystery, Short Story, Wordle

Playing By The Numbers: A Dirk Malone Story

Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle – #735. Our host is
Brenda Warren and these are our prompt words: hook,
sway, hearts, strip, chain, dizzy, sweep, you, stick, swell,
steam, and shock. Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Flash, Micro Story, Musing, Word Challenge

RDP Saturday: clutch

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

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Poem

Lofty Dwelling

Written for David’s Weave Written Weakly #189
where our friend Violet has prompted us to write
about some lovely artwork from the National Gallery of
Art website. This is my pic & my response. Thanks, Violet & David!

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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, Mini Story

RDP Wednesday: thunderstruck

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

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Flash, Mini Story

Deep Sea Mystery

Written for Esther’s β€œCan You Tell A Story In” –
#316
, exactly 80 words using these eight prompt
words: β€˜creep’, β€˜mermaid’, β€˜tea’, β€˜video’, β€˜red’,
β€˜gallop’, β€˜agent’ and β€˜pillar’. Here’s my flash.

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Flash, Miscellaneous

RDP Sunday: stirrup

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

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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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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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Limerick, Poem

Mega-Sales

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #259
. The prompt
word is β€˜shopping’. This is my limerick.

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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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Fantasy, Haibun, Poem

The Watcher

Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s Creative
Challenge #061
. I chose Pic #2.
Here’s where the image took me.

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Flash, Poem

RDP Tuesday: illusion

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

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