Limerick, Poem

Hoisted By His Own Petard

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #236
with the prompt
word  ‘bowl’. This is my limerick.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

Stuck

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?
#291
” – exactly 55 words using the six required

prompts: ‘wheel’, ‘cruel’, ‘soak’, ‘labyrinth’, ‘yellow’
and ‘crab’. In 55 words, here’s my take.

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Flash, Very Short Story

So Tired

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word
Story Prompt #140
– ‘change’. This is my flash.

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Short Story

Shadows In The Rearview

Written for Gerry & Sue’s Weekly
Prompts Weekend Challenge
,
incorporating the word ‘melancholy’

and Fandango’s FOWC – ‘worry’.
This is my story.

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Short Prose, Short Story

Cosmic Confrontation

MUSINGS

Written for Eugi’s Moonwashed
Weekly Prompt
, incorporating
her lines “life in a fairytale world”,
“cotton candy clouds”, “safe harbor
 and “reset optional”. Image courtesy
of Mike Jackson @ Only Murders In My
Mind Weekly Writing Prompt
. This is my take.

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Flash, Very Short Story

Corporal Punishment

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #418
using the word ‘annex’
in exactly 44 words. This is my flash.

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Flash

There Be Beasties

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?
#289”
– exactly 15 words using the three required
prompts: ‘exercise’, ‘neighbor’, and ‘troll’,
and Fandango’s FOWC prompt word ‘still’.
 In exactly 15 words, this is my flash.

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Short Story

Danger Zone

Written for The Unicorn Challenge
where we are encouraged to write a
story in 250 words or less using this
photo as inspiration. Here is my story.

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Limerick, Poem

Potty Mouth

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #233
with the prompt
word  ‘talk’. This is my limerick.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

Never An Honest Word

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?”
#287
– exactly 40 words using the five required
prompts: ‘curl’, ‘potion’, ‘robin’, ‘unicycle’ and
‘bombast’. In 40 words, this is my story.

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Short Story

Evening In Paris

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Short Story

Couldn’t Get Away

Written for The Unicorn Challenge
and also for Melissa’s Fandango
Flash Fiction Challenge #319
. This
week I am inspired by two photos.
In exactly 250 words, this is my story.

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Short Story

M.I.A.

Written for WTFAIOA Pick 3 #3.
Each week the inspirational list will
be comprised of 21 randomly selected
words; we must use at least three.
Here’s our list of words; I have used all.

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Flash, Very Short Story

Living Large

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Story
Prompt #135
– ‘dream’ and for Only Murders In
My Mind Weekly Writing Prompt
using the photo
below for inspiration. This is my six word story.

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Flash, Very Short Story

We’re Here For The Sex

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #414
using the word ‘periwinkle’
in exactly 30 words and for Sue & Gerry’s
Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge – ‘pink’.
In exactly 30 words, this is my story.

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Short Story

Undercover

Written for The Unicorn Challenge where
we are urged to get creative in 250 words or less.
The photo below is our inspiration; this is my story.

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Flash, Very Short Story

Losing It

Our gracious host, Rochelle, at Friday Fictioneers
asks us to use the photo below as inspiration

to write creatively in 100 words or less while
making every word count. This is my flash.

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Short Story

Come Sundown

Written for OLWG #415.
The prompts appear below.
This is my story.

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Flash, Very Short Story

Inconspicuous

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Story
Prompt #134
– ‘wonder’. This is my tiny story.

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Flash, Very Short Story

Flowers For Sale

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?
#283”
– exactly 38 words using the five required prompts:
‘operation’, ‘attract’, ‘vanilla’, ‘pram’ and ‘quack’.
In 38 words, this is my very short story.

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Short Story

Green Gloom

Written for Only Murders In My Mind
Weekly Writing Prompt #56
. This week’s
inspiration is the photo shown below.

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Flash, Very Short Story

Perrier and Caviar

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #413
using the word ‘impudence’
in exactly 84 words and for Gerry & Sue’s
Weekly Prompts The One Day Prompt (12).
This is my 84-word story.

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An American Tragedy

Written for OLWG #414 and ZOZO
17.04.25 – Extra Prompts
. Combined,
there are seven inspirations, four for
the first story and three for the second.
This is my take and these are my stories.

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Flash, Very Short Story

Studmuffins

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #412
using the word ‘harebrained’
in exactly 51 words. This is my story.

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Limerick, Poem

Zoinks!

Written for Laughing Along With
A Limerick
where our prompt word
is “knave”. This is my limerick.

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Flash, Very Short Story

Gone Troppo

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?
#283
” – exactly 20 words including the three
required prompts: ‘apocalypse’, ‘pineapple’, and
‘exuberant’. In 20 words, this is my story.

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Short Story

Dismissed

Written for The Unicorn Challenge where
we are urged to get creative in 250 words or less.
The photo below is our inspiration; this is my story.

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Limerick, Poem

King Steve

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #227
with the prompt
word  ‘leave’. This is my limerick.

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Short Story

The Weight

Written for Only Murders In My Mind
Weekly Writing Prompt #54
. This week’s
inspiration is the photo seen below.

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Flash, Very Short Story

Bob’s Big Break

Our gracious host, Rochelle, at Friday Fictioneers
asks us to use the photo below as inspiration

to write creatively in 100 words or less while
making every word count. This is my flash.

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