Written for Weekend Writing Prompt
where our host Sammi asks us to use
“trade” in exactly 90 words. Also
for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts
Colour Challenge – “lilac”.
Tag: Irony
Perfect Strangers
Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
the prompt words are shown below.
smug, noise, celebration, assumed, gentle, quiet,
reserved, delivered, surprised, guest, one, unkind
Feeding Time
Laughing Along With A Limerick.
The prompt word is “chew”.
Cosmic Connection
Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge.
Reena has offered us a choice of quotes
with a twist to use as our inspiration. I
have selected: “We are all made of
stardust, trying to remember the sky”.
Game Of Thrones
Written for Rall’s Senryu Sunday
Continue reading “Game Of Thrones”Seaside Polythene: A SenHai
Written for Crispina’s
Crimson’s Creative Challenge
Rebellious: A SenHai
Written for SenHai Saturday where our host
Susi asks us to write a senryu and haiku
using this image as our inspiration.
The Cousin
Written for Muse On Monday.
David challenges us to write a
story involving a distant relative.
Baby Face
Our gracious host, Rochelle, is asking us to get
creative in 100 words or less using the photo
seen below. This is Friday Fictioneers.
Bugger!
Written for “Can You Tell A Story In” –
exactly 49 words using the prompts below.
diet – wasp – xylophone – chivalry – U-turn
Continue reading “Bugger!”Not Not Truth
Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge.
Our focus is on ‘fiction’ as Reena asks:
What constitutes fiction in the post-
truth era? How thin or distinct are
the lines between fact and fiction?
Greyhound, 1938: A Haibun
Written for dVerse Haibun Monday:
Wedding Bliss. Our host, Mish, ask us
to write a haibun based on a wedding.
Dedicated to my godparents.
My Exercise Plan
Written for Esther’s Writing Prompt
using the prompt word ‘exercise’.
Mitzi’s Mishap
Written for Weekend Writing Prompt
where our host Sammi asks us to use
“headlong” in exactly 18 words.
Larry’s Bad Surprise
Written for MLMM Monday Wordle;
the prompt words are shown below.
cash ~ huge ~ monkey ~ much ~ grin ~ shovel
birthday ~ carry ~ took ~ back ~ trailer ~ grab
To The Good Life
Written for Fandango’s Story Starter #259 –
“The river had been serene so far, but ahead,
their simple raft faced some serious rapids.”
Also for Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts Weekend
Challenge and the word “cultivated”.
Overcompensation
Written for dVerse Poets Pub
where our host, Punam, asks
us to write a quadrille based
on the theme “I Protest”.
Ethel’s Visitor
Written for Wea’ve Written Weekly.
Our PoW, Judy, challenges us to write
a poem inspired by this scenario:
Shoo, Fly!
Laughing Along With A Limerick.
The prompt word is “eyes”.
Granted A Life
Written for the Great Minds Think Challenge –
“And that makes all the difference”. Our hosts
Sarah & Rohini invite us to write about a hero
or villain and choose to do one of two things:
1) Visualize how a hero might have become a
villain or vice versa by choosing to make a
different decision at a crucial moment … or …
2) Have a character reflect on their lives and
a key decision that brought him to that place.
Fixer Upper
Written for Muse On Monday.
Our challenge is to write a story
about a piece of obsolete technology.
Thanks to Brian at bushboys world
for allowing me to use his photo.
Don’t Look Back
Adrenaline
Written for “Can You Tell A Story In” –
exactly 75 words using these prompt words:
coffee – Lamborghini – eyebrow –
tradition – chips – socks – maths
In Plain Sight: A Minnie Ming Mystery
Borrowed Words, New Worlds Challenge –
our hosts Sarah & Rohini invite us to write a
piece of our choosing incorporating the
following quote by Arthur Conan Doyle:
“The world is full of obvious things which
nobody by any chance ever observes.”
The Introduction: A Chōka
Written for Tanka Tuesday where our host,
Melissa, asks us to write syllabic poetry
using “forgetting” as our theme.
Paradise On Ice: A SenHai
Written for SenHai Saturday where our host
Susi asks us to write a senryu and haiku
using this image as inspiration.
Room 407
Written for Muse On Monday.
Our challenge is to write a story
about a piece of obsolete technology.
The Chase
Written for Reena’s Xploration Challenge,
which is to write a poem or story as
inspired by parataxis and hypotaxis.
Sorry, My Bad
Written for Muse On Monday. We are asked
to write a story in the form of an email.
The Bench
Written for Sadje’s What Do You See
Continue reading “The Bench”
The Elephant's Trunk 