Poetry, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Arriving Storm

Written for Living Poetry where our host,
Bartholomew asks us to write a poem
using the words ‘condition, ‘five’,
and ‘rapid’. Here’s my take.

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Mystery, Photo Prompt, Short Story, Writing Prompts

Shadows At The Crown

When I saw this photo on Brian’s site,
Bushboys World, I knew I wanted to
write something. Here it is. Thanks to
Brian for the use of his wonderful photo.

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Mystery, Noir, Recurring Cgaracter, Short Story, Word Challenge, Wordle, Writing Prompts

The Big Charade: A Dirk Malone Mystery

Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle. Our host is
Brenda Warren; her prompt words for this week are
shown below. Here’s where the prompts took me.

façade, doubts, curiosity, bitter, torn, hit,
restless, hope, massive, frail, strip, and sting

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Informative, Micro Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Exercise

Oh, Behave!

Written for Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge
using the word ‘bulbous’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Mini Story, Photo Prompt, Writing Prompts

You Looking At Me?

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

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Cinquain, Poetry, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Carpe Diem: A Cinquain

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #42 where our
inspiration is “balance”. Here’s my mirror cinquain.

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Flash, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Jury

Written for Muse on Monday where David
has asked us to write a story about giving
someone bad news. Here’s my take.

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Flash, Mini Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Weird Science

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In”
exactly 56 words using the five prompt words
shown below. In exactly 56 words, here’s my flash.

hyena ~ chemist ~ mobile ~ jive ~ cheesecake

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Mystery, Photo Prompt, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Ruelle Chagouamigon

Written for Sadje’s “What Do You See” and for
Missy’s Mad Challenge where the prompt is to

write a story about two strangers who share a
moment that neither will ever speak of again.
Also for Violet’s Literary Challenge where she asks
us to include the following line into our writing:
“After what we have seen, we can never be who we were”

by Gemma Liviero. Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Micro Story, News, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Thursday: laughable

Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
 to get creative with the word “laughable”.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Theme Prompt, Poetry, Writing Prompts

One More Hand

Written for dVerse ~ Poets Pub: Turn of Phrase
hosted by Melissa who has asked us to write a poem of
any style or format, made up of phrases. This is my response.

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Adventure, Fantasy, Phrase Prompt, Short Story, Writing Exercise, Writing Prompts

Among the Roses

Written for TN Kerr’s Writing Prompts
and Practice
; the prompts are shown
below. Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Flash, Short Story, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Beekeeper

Written for Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge
using the word ‘alternative’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Micro Story, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Wednesday: crazy

Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
 to get creative with the word “crazy”.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Limerick, Poetry, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Last Catch

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick
. The prompt word
is ‘cast’ and this is my limerick.

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Informative, Trivia

That’s Incredible!

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Flash, Micro Story, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Monday: saunter

Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
 to get creative with the word “saunter”.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Mini Story, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Diagnosis

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In”
exactly 59 words using the six prompt words
shown below. In exactly 59 words, here’s my flash.

psychosomatic – cancel – accountant
fluff – reggae – needlepoint

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Poetry, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Lonely Fool

Written for Living Poetry where our host,
Bartholomew asks us to write a poem with
the words shown below. Here’s my response.

explain ~ coat ~ lock

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Limerick, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Seeing Double

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick
. The prompt word
is ‘dim’ and this is my limerick.

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Mini Story, Word Challenge, Wordle

The Night Shift

Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle . Our host is
Brenda Warren; her prompt words for this week are
shown below. Here’s where the prompts took me.

jaw, debris, stitch, slather, voices, beasts,
tides, salty, vault, edges, silver, and tilt

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Flash, Mini Story, Word Prompt

Crimson Sails

Written for Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge
using the word ‘enamored’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Micro Story, Mystery, Word Challenge

Transformation

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In”
exactly 34 words using the three prompt words
shown below. In exactly 34 words, here’s my flash.

storm, bookworm, and limbo

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Mystery, Noir, Short Story, Word Prompt

RDP Saturday: playful

Written for RDP, where Punam asks us
 to get creative with the word “playful”.
Thanks, Punam! Here’s where the prompt took me.

Truth be told, I wrote the following story yesterday
and added the word “playful” just now. Enjoy!

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Mini Story, Photo Prompt

Destination Unknown

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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Cinquain, Poetry, Word Prompt

Just A Game: A Cinquain

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt where our
inspiration is “politics”. Here’s my mirror cinquain.

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Poetry, Word Prompt

The Cure-All

Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
 to get creative with the word “panacea”.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Mystery, Phrase Prompt, Short Story

The Color Of Lies: A Dirk Malone Story

Written for Violet’s Literary Quote Challenge
where she asks us to include the following line
into our writing: “Things need not have
happened to be true
.” Here’s my response.

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Flash, Mini Story, Photo Prompt

Slip Slidin’ Away

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, Micro Story, Phrase Prompt, Word Prompt

Free Bird

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#453
where we’re asked to get creative in
exactly 43 words using the word ‘mourn’.
Also for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts –
The One Day Prompt
. Here’s my take.

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