Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#437 where we’re asked to be creative in exactly
49 words using the word ‘erinaceous’. Here’s my take.
Tag: Irony
Gone
Written for Saturday Scribes.
We’re given an image and asked
to write our response in exactly
100 words. Here’s my take.
Out Of The Running
Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In” – #307
in exactly 41 words using these four prompt words:
‘petrified’, ‘heptathlon’, ‘umbrella’, and ‘crayon’.
Here’s my flash in exactly 41 words.
Enough Already!
Written for dVerse Quadrille #233: Bring On The Boo!
De Jackson (WhimsyGizmo) invites us to scare up
a poem of exactly 44 words, including some form
of the word ‘boo’. This is my contribution.
RDP Monday: spill
Today at RDP, we are asked to share a
story, poem, photo, painting, essay, etc.,
centered on the word ‘spill’. Here’s my take.
RDP Sunday: valley
Today at RDP, drkottaway asks us to share a
story, poem, photo, painting, essay, etc.,
centered on the word ‘valley’. Here’s my take.
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.
Just Wasting My Time
Today at RDP, we are asked to share a
story, poem, photo, painting, essay, etc.,
centered on the words ‘stand in’. Here’s my take.
Hand Jive: Follow Up
After X-Rays & MRI
Continue reading “Hand Jive: Follow Up”Clap Pat Clap Slap
Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #19.
Our inspiration word is “nonsense”. 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.
Life Lessons
Written for RDP Friday: PIANO!
This is my story.
Slashdance
Written for Esther’s Can You Tell A Story In – #305
in exactly 38 words using these four prompt words:
‘algorithm’, ‘waxwork’, ‘razzle-dazzle’, and ‘elicit’.
Here’s my flash in exactly 38 words.
Lying Lips
Written for Fandango’s Story Starter #219.
This is my story, using Fandango’s opening line.
Alpine Nights
Written for Sadje’s What Do You See #307.
Here’s where the two photo prompts took me.
Faded Memories
Written for Esther’s Writing Prompts #83
incorporating the word “promises”.
Here’s where the prompt led me.
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.
Piece By Piece
Written for Esther’s Can You Tell A Story In – #304
in exactly 61 words using these six prompt words:
‘palatial’, ‘volleyball’, ‘gravy’, ‘orchid’, ‘jigsaw’, and
‘squeak’. Here’s my flash in exactly 61 words.
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!
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.
Nowhere Man: State Of Mind
Written in response to 9/12/25 Friday Faithfuls
Continue reading “Nowhere Man: State Of Mind”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.
To Love And Be Loved
Written for Sadje’s What Do You See #305.
Here’s where the photo prompt took me.
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.
Into The Woods
Written for Melissa’s Fandango
Flash Fiction Challenge – #337.
Here’s where the photo prompt took me.
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.
So Very Proper
Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille #231 –
“Making 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Elephant's Trunk 