Short Story

Punta Cana

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

Summer Fling

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt #404
using the word “tarnish”. In 55 words, this is my flash.

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Flash

The THC Volkswagen Blues

Written for Shweta’s Saturday Six Word Challenge #126.
I have also used one of the great images by Kevin @
The Beginning At Last/No Theme Thursday.
The prompt this week is “lost”. Here is my 6 word story.

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Flash, Very Short Story

So Sue Me!

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?
– #275”
exactly 46 words using the five required
prompt words: ‘deadbeat’, ‘cat’, ‘fiesta’ ‘septic’ and
battery’, for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts –
The One Day Prompt (10)
and for Gerry & Sue’s
Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge – ‘gawking’.
This is my 46 word very short story.

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Short Story

Words Of Love

Written for OLWG #404. The three prompts
for this week are shown below. This my story.

This is a work of fiction, not a political statement.

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Short Story

Catologically Speaking

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt #402
using the word “spook” and Sue & Gerry’s Weekly
Prompts Weekend Challenge
with the required word
“Pookie”. In exactly 32 words, this is my story.

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Short Story

Slow Dancing

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

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Flash, Short Story

Nowhere Land

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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Haibun, Poem

Groundhog’s Lament: A Haibun

Written for dVerse Poets Haibun Monday –
Celebrating Groundhog Day
. This is my Haibun.

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Short Story

The Writing’s On The Wall

Written for OLWG #403. The three prompts
for this week are shown below. This my story.

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Flash, Short Story

Earthman

Written for Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts
Wednesday Challenge
and the word “growth”
and for Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts February
Colour Challenge
and the word “green”.
This is my response.

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Short Story

Mostly Fishing

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

Of All The Days!

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt #400,
prompt word “utter”; Sue & Gerry’s
Weekly Prompts –
The One-Day Prompt; David Stewart’s Muse on Monday;
FOWC “disorder”, FOWC “hate”, FOWC “glance”
and FOWC “reluctance”. In 92 words, this is my story.

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Flash

Cowabunga!

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?”
exactly 15 words using the required two words
‘bucket’ and ‘message’. This is my 15 word story.

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Quadrille

Messin’ With My Frozen Zone

Written for dVerse Poets
Quadrille Monday – #216

where today’s prompt word
is “hint”. Here is my quadrille.

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Short Story

Potty Mouth

Written for OLWG #402. The three prompts
for this week are given below. This my story.

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Short Story

In Dreams

Re-visited, re-read, re-worked and re-written
for The Unicorn Challenge where Jenne & CE
encourage us to get creative in 250 words or less.
The photo below is our inspiration; this is my story.

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Flash

Palisades Park

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

All Twisted Up

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In…..?
exactly 21 words using the required three words
‘fiend’, ‘yoga’ and ‘parrot’. I have also used
Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge
word ‘deep’. This is my 21 word story.

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Short Story

El Paso

Written for OLWG #401-Ojínaga. The three prompts
for this week are shown below. I have also used
one of
Kevin’s great graphics from The Beginning At Last.
This my story.

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Flash, Short Story

He Was Expendable

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

The Raffle

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt #398,
incorporating the word “winner” and for Sue & Gerry’s
Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge using the prompt
word “blanket”. In exactly 95 words, this is my story.

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Poem, Quadrille

Dance With Me: A Quadrille

Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille #215:
“Ready For Liftoff”
. Our host De Jackson,
aka WhimsyGizmo, invites us to “pen a
pithy poem of just 44 words, including
some semblance of the word LIFT”.
This is my quadrille.

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Short Story

Hell, Yeah!

Written for OLWG #400, our three prompts
for this week are shown below. This my story.

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Short Story

Bones Of Steel

Introduction: More Italians have emigrated to the United States than any other people in Europe. When they first arrived, speaking no English, they learned very quickly the only jobs available to them were in sanitation and construction. They took pride in their work. The resulting cathedrals and skyscrapers dotting Manhattan are testaments to their craftsmanship and determination.


I will not lie; this is not a new piece. It’s been
whittled down from its original 746 words to
250 words for The Unicorn Challenge where
we are urged to get creative using the photo
below as our inspiration. This is my story.

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Flash

A Whole Lot Of Nothing

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

Our House

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

Ever Green

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt #396
where we are asked to use the word “beleaguer”.
In exactly 40 words, this is my flash.

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Flash

The Rift

Shweta is our host for the Saturday Six Word Challenge – #118.
This week’s prompt word is “beginnings”. Here is my 6 word story.

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Short Story

Just What I Needed

Written for OLWG #398, our three prompts
for this week are listed below. This my story.

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