Short Story

Girls Night Out

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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Poem

Almost Paradise

Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s
Creative Challenge #045
. I chose pic #3.
This is where the image took me.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

It’s Just Not Fair!

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt #427
using the word ‘conference’, and for Sue & Gerry’s

Weekly Prompts Colour Challenge – ‘brown’.
In exactly 59 words, this is my take.

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Flash, Micro Story

Cosmic Kitchen

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?
#298”
– exactly 28 words using the three required
prompts: ‘eavesdrop’, ‘space’, and ‘burger’.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Short Story

Ten Words, One Note

Written for Esther’s Writing Prompts
where the word this week is ‘voice’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Prose

The Shells

Written for Fandango’s Flashback Friday
 – August 1st
. Fandango asks us to share something

from the past written on this date. Here’s one from 2022.

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Short Story

Montreux

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 and here’s where the photo took me.

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Limerick, Poem

Curses, Foiled Again!

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #242
. Using the prompt
word  ‘cells’, this is my limerick.

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Fantasy, Flash, Very Short Story

Like Magic!

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?
#297”
– exactly 41 words using the five required
prompts: ‘balloon’, ‘fancy’, ‘trance’, ‘satchel’,
and ‘monkey’. Also for Gerry & Sue’s Weekly
Prompts The One Day Prompt #15
.
Here’s where my thoughts went.

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Short Story

Stranded

Written for Only Murders In My Mind
Weekly Writing Prompt #68
. This week’s
inspiration is the photo seen below.
This is where the photo took me.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

Discombobulated

Written for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly
Prompts Weekend Challenge
, using
the phrase ‘back to front’.
Here’s were the prompt took me.

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Cinquain, Poem

Against The Odds

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt 9.
Our inspiration word is “brave”.
 Here’s where my thoughts went.

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Short Story

Just This One

In 2017, this was the first story
I wrote for The Elephant’s Trunk.

Rewritten for The Unicorn Challenge where we are encouraged

to write a story in 250 words or less using the photo below
as inspiration. Here’s the memory that was ignited.

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Miscellaneous

Did You Know?

Written for Sadje’s What Do You See #297.
This is where my imagination took me.

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Sci-Fi, Short Story

Broken Alliance

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #424
using the word ‘demure’,
Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts Weekend
Challenge
(intoxicating) and
OMIMM
Weekly Writing Prompt #67
. In 70 words,
this is where my imagination took me.

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Short Story

Timeless Connection

Written for Muse on Monday
where the challenge is to write
a story about an anachronism.
Using an image created by Kevin @
No Theme Thursday, here’s my take.

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Short Story

Bad Romance

Written for OLWG #425.
The prompts are below.
This is my story.

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Fantasy, Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

Fortunate Son

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
and this is my 100 word story.

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Flash, Very Short Story

The Gym

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word
Story Prompt #142
– ‘pain’. Here’s my take.

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Short Story

A Fleeting Dream

Written for OLWG #423.
The prompts are below.
This is my story.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

It’s Just How Guys Talk

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #421
using the word ‘limerence’.
In exactly 91 words, this is my take.

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Flash, Short Story, Very Short Story

The Loser


Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?
#292”
– exactly 30 words using the four required
prompts: ‘note’, ‘dodo’, ‘ski’, and ‘lampshade’.
In 30 words, here’s my take.

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Short Story

Clouds In My Coffee

Written for Only Murders In My Mind
Weekly Writing Prompt #61
. This week’s
inspiration is the photo seen below.
This is my take.

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Short Story

Shattered Reality

This is The Unicorn Challenge
where we are encouraged to write
a story in 250 words or less using
the photo below as inspiration.

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Short Story

Flatlining

Not all broken hearts are caused
by love affairs gone wrong;

many are broken before love even starts.
Written for OLWG #422. The prompts are
shown below. This is my story.

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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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