Fantasy, Flash

The Cure-All

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?
#282”
– exactly 28 words using the three
required prompts: ‘bedraggled’, ‘mask’, and
‘vodka’. In 28 words, this is my story.

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Flash, Very Short Story

From Tiny Seeds

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Story
Prompt #133
– ‘kindness’. This is my tiny story.

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Musing, Short Story

Isn’t It A Pity?

It seemed fitting to bring this one back today.

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Short Story

It Is What It Is

Written for OLWG #412.
The three prompts are shown below.
This is my take.

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Short Story

The Most Unexpected Places

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

Do No Harm

Well, look at that! It’s my turn in the hot seat
 place of honor at Friday Fictioneers as the
lovely Rochelle has chosen my photo as this
week’s head-scratcher inspiration. I’m tingling
with fear anticipation at the ridiculous masterful
100 word stories that await us!  Let’s get the show
on the road, shall we? This is not my photo and my flash.

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Flash, Very Short Story

Nothing But Net!

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?
#280
” – exactly 41 words using the following
five required prompts: ‘mirage’, ‘dunk’, ‘quibble’,
 ‘vault’ and ‘worm’. In 41 words, this is my story.

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Musing

Broken Pieces Revisited

Written for Friday Faithfuls
where the theme is “Instructions”.

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Short Story

Whisked Away

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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Very Short Story

When It Ends

Written for OLWG #411.
The prompts are shown below.
This is my take.

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Music Blog

April’s Fool

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 featured April artist and his song.

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Limerick, Poem

Up In Tall Trees

Written for Sadje’s What Do You See # 282
and Esther’s Laughing Along With A Limerick
with the inclusion of the word ‘chill’.
This is my limerick
response.

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Flash, Very Short Story

Friends

Written for Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts
Wednesday Challenge
(‘screechy’).
This is my response.

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Music Blog

Cool Dry Place

Written for Jim Adams’ Song Lyric Sunday
post entitled ‘Doctor’s Day’ and the theme

of doctors and all the work they do.
Here’s my response to the challenge.

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Story

The Bus Ride

Written for OLWG #410.
The three prompts are shown below.
This is my story.

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Flash, Very Short Story

Technicolor Yawn

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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Flash, Short Story

Is There A Detective In The House?

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..? #279
This week we are faced with one or two challenges:
to write a story in exactly 7 words using the word ‘imposter’
and/or a story in exactly 50 words including the five required
prompts: ‘coat’, ‘pie’, ‘qualify’, ‘Latin’, ‘aunt’ and ‘maze. Never
one to shy away from a challenge, here’s my two-stories-in-one!

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Flash, Very Short Story

Supergirl

Written for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge
(‘forward’) and for
Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts Wednesday
Challenge
(‘ragged’). This is my response.

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Flash, Short Story

Nancy & Bill In 2045

Written for Melissa’s Fandango Flash
Fiction Challenge #312.
Here’s my flash.

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Uncategorized

On The Rocks – Part 5: The Euganean Hills

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

Reflections In The Moonlight

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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Musing

Get Off My Phone!

Written for Friday Faithfuls
theme “Suggestions”

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Short Story

Sunday Morning With Carlo & Marie

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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Short Story

No Way Out

Written for OLWG #408. The three prompt
phrases are shown below. This is my story.

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Flash, Very Short Story

The Argument

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

The Last Violin

Written for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge
(important) and for
Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts Wednesday
Challenge
(fragile). This is my response,
originally written in 2017, my 1st year blogging.

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Poem, Waltmarie

Tuesday’s Child: A Waltmarie

Written for dVerse Poets Meet At the Bar:
The Poetry of Names
. Just last week
the theme at Song Lyric Sunday was
songs that feature our names.
This is my Waltmarie.*

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Flash, Very Short Story

Happy Together

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt #405
using the word “gallant”. In 27 words, this is my story.

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Miscellaneous

Stuck

Sadje asks us What Do You See?
in the image below. This is my response.

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Flash, Very Short Story

Out Cold

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..? #276
exactly 24 words using the three required prompt words:
‘minibar’, ‘squeamish’, and ‘anagram’. This is my 24 word story.

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