Phrase Prompt, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Scene We Never Shot

Written for Fandango’s Story Starter #239 –
“It started with a chance meeting on a film-set” –
and for Missy’s MAD Challenge #085 where the theme is
“A memory you’ve never had suddenly becomes
vivid and real”.  Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Continuing Story, Original Series, Short Story

Housecalls – Part 5: What He Was Like

You can read Part 4 HERE.

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Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

Sunday Gravy

Written for Poetics Tuesday: Comfort Food,
hosted  by our friend, Punam, who asks us
to write a poem focusing on food. This is
my response, dedicated to my mother.

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Flash, Mini Story, Photo Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Last Junction

Our gracious host, Rochelle, is asking us to get
creative in 100 words or less using the photo
seen below. Welcome to Friday Fictioneers.
This is where the prompt took me.

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Micro Story, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Wednesday: stroll

Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
 to get creative with the word “stroll”.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Poetry, Shadorma, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

On Mute: A Shadorma

Written for David’s W3 Prompt #202: Wea’ve Written Weekly

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Flash, Wordle, Mini Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

The Antique Shop

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

cushion, old, turtle, claw, shape, unusual,
chime, music, private, single, shine, and price

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Continuing Story, Short Story

Housecalls – Part 4: What Was Inside

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Haibun, Poetry, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Monday: superficial

Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
 to get creative with the word “superficial”.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Micro Story, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

RDP Friday: symmetry

Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
 to get creative with the word “symmetry”.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Micro Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Prompts

Fabric Of Life

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
where she asks us to get creative in exactly
31 words using the prompt word ‘patchwork’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Short Story

Housecalls Part 2: Back At Home

You may read Part 1 HERE    

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Mini Story, Photo Prompt

Beyond Walberswick

Written in response to Crispina’s
Crimson’s Creative Challenge.

Here’s my take.

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Haibun, Musing, Poem, Word Prompt

RDP Tuesday: peregrination

Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
 to get creative with the word “peregrination”.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s one of my memories.

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Mini Story, Word Prompt

Swingers

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#452
where we’re asked to be creative in
exactly 72 words using the word ‘letter’.
Also for FOWC With Fandango, using the
word “jive”. Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Mini Story, Musing, Word Prompt

RDP Sunday: plaid

Written for RDP, where drkottaway asks us
 to get creative with the word “plaid”.
Thanks, Doc! Here’s my take.

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Mystery, Noir, Photo Prompt, Short Story

The Debt: A Dirk Malone Story

Written for Crispina’s Crimson’s Creative
Challenge #068
. I chose Pic #2.
Here’s where the image took me
.

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Flash, Informative, Mini Story, Musing, Word Prompt

RDP Tuesday: adventure

Written for RDP, where Martha asks us to
 get creative with the words ‘adventure’.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s my take.

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Short Story, Theme Prompt

Like Sugar In Rain

Written for Violet’s Challenge where she has
asked us to include the following quote into
our writing: “
One must be very sure of the
bank before one opens an account.”
Here’s my response to the challenge.

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Flash, Mini Story, Short Story, Word Challenge, Wordle

A Decade Of Us

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle #457.
Our twelve prompt words are shown below.
Here’s where they took me. Thanks, Di!

closed, kind, lights, love, memory, over,
pleasure, presence, smile, time, touch, and whim

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Limerick, Musing, Short Story, Theme Prompt

Fade Into Indigo

Written for Muse on Monday where David
asks us to write a story about a border, either in
space or time. Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Short Story, Word Challenge, Wordle

The Topper

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle #456.
Our twelve prompt words are shown below.
Here’s where they took me. Thanks, Di!

content,
fairy, huge, joyful, look, pretty,
reception, residents,
step, swipe, tinsel, wobble

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Flash, Micro Story, Word Prompt

Frequencies

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#446
where we’re asked to be creative in
exactly 38  words using the word ‘implant’.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Poem, Wordle

Wintry Night

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle #455.
Our twelve prompt words are shown below.
Here’s where they took me. Thanks, Di!

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Short Story

The Word

Written for Melissa’s Fandango
Flash Fiction Challenge #350
.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Mini Story

The Empty Chair

Our gracious host, Rochelle, at Friday Fictioneers
encourages us to be creative by writing a story in 
100 words or less using the photo shown below.
 Here’s where the photo prompt took me.

Happy 54th Anniversary, Rochelle & Jan!

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Music Blog

Novembre

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 November artist and her song.

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Flash, Mini Story

RDP Sunday: snowflake

Today at RDP, drkottaway asks us to get
 creative with the word ‘snowflake’. Thanks, Doc!
Here’s where the prompt word took me.

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Music Blog

November Air

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 November artist and his song.

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Fantasy, Poem

Come Sail Away

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#441
where we’re asked to be creative in exactly
73 words using the word ‘cerulean’. Also for Sue &
Gerry’s Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge
‘bucket’. Here’s where the prompts took me.

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