Mini Story

The Bank

Our gracious host, Rochelle, encourages us
to be creative by writing a story in 100 words
or less using the photo prompt below. This is
Friday Fictioneers. Here’s where the photo took me.

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Flash, Micro Story, Musing

Just Wasting My Time

Today at RDP, we are asked to share a
story, poem, photo, painting, essay, etc.,
centered on the words 
β€˜stand in’. Here’s my take.

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Miscellaneous

Hand Jive: Follow Up

After X-Rays & MRI

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Cinquain, Poem

Clap Pat Clap Slap

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #19.
Our inspiration word is β€œnonsense”. I have
 written a Mirror Cinquain, a 10-line,
single stanza poem with a syllable pattern
of 2 – 4 – 6 – 8 – 2 – 2 – 8 – 6 – 4 – 2.

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Short Story

Life Lessons

Written for RDP Friday: PIANO!
This is my story.

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Flash, Micro Story

Slashdance

Written for Esther’s Can You Tell A Story In – #305
in exactly 38 words using these four prompt words:
β€˜algorithm’, β€˜waxwork’, β€˜razzle-dazzle’, and β€˜elicit’.
Here’s my flash in exactly 38 words.

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Short Story

Lying Lips

Written for Fandango’s Story Starter #219.
This is my story, using Fandango’s opening line.

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Short Story

Alpine Nights

Written for Sadje’s What Do You See #307.
Here’s where the two photo prompts took me.

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Free Verse, Poem

Faded Memories

Written for Esther’s Writing Prompts #83
incorporating the word β€œpromises”.
Here’s where the prompt led me.

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Flash, Mini Story

The Vicar

Our gracious host, Rochelle, encourages us
to be creative by writing a story in 100 words
or less using the photo prompt below. This is
Friday Fictioneers. Here’s where the photo took me.

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Flash, Micro Story

Piece By Piece

Written for Esther’s Can You Tell A Story In – #304
in exactly 61 words using these six prompt words:
β€˜palatial’, β€˜volleyball’, β€˜gravy’, β€˜orchid’, β€˜jigsaw’, and
β€˜squeak’. Here’s my flash in exactly 61 words.

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Cinquain, Poem

Here’s To You, Mr. Robinson

Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s Creative Challenge #051.
I chose pic #3. The image reminded me of a cinquain
I wrote last year. I had a lot of fun with it

and decided to use it again. Here it is!

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Short Story

Revelation

Written for Muse on Monday where David asks us
to write a story about our MC having an epiphany
at the beginning. Also written for Fandango’s Story
Starter #217
where the opening sentence
is provided.
This is where the prompts and my imagination took me.

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Miscellaneous

Nowhere Man: State Of Mind

Written in response to 9/12/25 Friday Faithfuls

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Flash, Mini Story

The Wet Basement

Our gracious host, Rochelle, encourages us
to be creative by writing a story in 100 words
or less using the photo prompt below. This is
Friday Fictioneers. Here’s where the photo took me.

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Short Story

To Love And Be Loved

Written for Sadje’s What Do You See #305.
Here’s where the photo prompt took me.

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Music Blog

September Song

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 September artist and his song.

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Short Story

Into The Woods

Written for Melissa’s Fandango  
Flash Fiction Challenge – #337
.
Here’s where the photo prompt took me.

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Free Verse, Poem

Invisible

Written for dVerse Poets – Don’t Shoot The Messenger;
or Tolstoy’s Birthday
. Our host Melissa from Mom With A Blog
invites us to choose one of the quotes from a work by

Leo Tolstoy that resonates with us and write a poem
about the time(s) our actions aligned with the chosen quote.
This is the Tolstoy quote I used with my poem following.

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Poem, Quadrille

So Very Proper

Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille #231 –
β€œMaking Much Of Poems”
. Our host De Jackson
invites us to write a poem in exactly 44 words,
incorporating the word ‘much’ or a form of the word.
This is my quadrille.

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Short Story

Ewe Gotta Be Kidding Me!

Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s Creative
Challenge #50-2
. I chose Pic #2.
Here’s where the image took me.

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Short Story

City In Ruins

Written for Only Murders In My Mind
Weekly Writing Prompt #73
and the
photo prompt shown below.
Here’s where the image took me.

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Flash, Mini Story

Uncle Bobby: The Sighting

Our gracious host, Rochelle, encourages us
to be creative by writing a story in 100 words
or less using the photo prompt below. This is
Friday Fictioneers. Here’s where the photo took me.

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Short Story

That Old Rockin’ Chair’s Got Me

Written for Mark’s Today’s Writing Practice #9
where we’re given photo and written prompts.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Uncategorized

Sitting In Judgement

Sammi at Weekend Writing Prompt #431
asks us to be creative with the word β€œcromulent”
in exactly 45 words. Maybe this image from Christine at
Simply 6 Minutes will be my inspiration. Here’s my story.

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Flash, Micro Story

Bait And Switch

Written for Esther’s Can You Tell A Story In – #302
in exactly 35 words using these four prompt
words: β€˜coupon’, β€˜lake’, β€˜puppet’, and β€˜tuba’.
In 35 words, here’s where the prompts took me.

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Short Story

Tomorrow Never Knows

Written for Sadje’s What Do You See #303.
Some of you have read this, originally written
several years ago as I recounted a true story
about events experienced by me in the hospital

after surgery. The hallucinations were
very real and I remember every detail.

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Flash, Mini Story

The Boyfriend

Our gracious host, Rochelle, encourages us
to be creative by writing a story in 100 words
or less using the photo prompt below. This is
Friday Fictioneers. Here’s where the photo took me.

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Limerick, Poem

Ribbit!

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #246
incorporating
the word β€˜sing’. This is my limerick.

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Poem

Neon Gods

Written for dVerse Poetics: It’s Noisy In Here!
Our host, Mish, is asking us to write a poem
of any style dealing with noise. Here’s mine.

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