Mystery, Photo Prompt, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

What’s Left Behind

Written for Sadje’s weekly question:
 What Do You See?

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Phrase Prompt, Short Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

The Good Stuff

Written for “It’s Story Time” with Jolene.
Our four prompt lines are shown below.

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Mystery, Photo Prompt, Scary Story, Short Story, Writing Challenge, Writing Prompts

The Plank

Written for Thursday Doors Writing Challenge 2026.
This week I am writing a story inspired by a photo
by Katy Trail of an abandoned building that
looks like it holds a lot of dark secrets.
Here’s where the image took me.  

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Phrase Prompt, Short Story, Writing Prompts

The Missus

Written for Fandango’s Story Starter
and TN’s OLWG #411; all the prompts are
shown below. Here’s where they took me.

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Continuing Story, Original Series, Recurring Character, Short Story

Housecalls – Part 6: Unknown Memories

For a refresher, you can read Part 5 HERE.

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Mystery, Short Story, Theme Prompt, Writing Prompts

A Civil Matter

I’m recuperating from surgery
and hope to be back tomorrow.

Written for Muse On Monday where David
has asked us to write about someone breaking
into their own house. Here’s my take.

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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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Mini Story, Mystery, Photo Prompt

Secrets

This image of switchboard operators
on Dan Antion’s No Facilities site
caught my eye and interested me
enough to write a story. And here it is.

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Mystery, Short Story

Housecalls – Part 3: What Was Left Behind

You may read Part 2 HERE.

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Mini Story, Photo Prompt, Writing Prompts

American Pie

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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Adventure, Fantasy, Photo Prompt, Short Story, Word Challenge, Word Prompt, Wordle

The Peacekeeper

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle #462 and
for Sadje’s WDYS – What Do You See #326.
Here’s where the image & prompt words took me.

hand, ruby, drum, banquet, lady, box,
food, trouble, dress, cheek, instance, and two

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Photo Prompt, Poem

Transient Traces

Written for Sadje’s “What Do You See” #324.
Here’s where the photo prompt took me.

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Short Story, Mystery, Noir

The Wagging Tail Case: A Dirk Malone Story

Written for Violet’s challenge where she has
asked us to include the following quote
into our writing:
A dog has lots of friends
because it wags its tail and not its tongue.”

Here’s my response to the challenge.

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Fantasy, Short Story, Word Prompt, Wordle

Christmas Visitor

Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle – #735. Our host is
Brenda Warren; this week’s prompt words are shown
below.  Here’s where the prompts took me.

skin, once, third, room, swallows, blink, kindling,
secrets, starless, conjures, dragon, and demons

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Fantasy, Flash, Micro Story

Whispered Secrets

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In” –
#314
, exactly 40 words using these four prompt
words: ‘bonsai’, ‘puddle’, ‘knapsack’, and
‘rejoice’. Here’s my 61-word flash.

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Short Story

The Confession

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle #459.
Our prompt words this week are: front,
thrum, mix, echo, memory, fear, think,
hold, mass, never, ready, and late.
Here’s where the prompt words took me.

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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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Free Verse, Poem

RDP Monday: spill

Today at RDP, we are asked to share a
story, poem, photo, painting, essay, etc.,
centered on the word ‘spill
. Here’s my take.

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Free Verse, Poem

Time Unfolds

Written for Sadje’s What Do You See #291
and Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts –  
The One Day Prompt (13)
This is my response.

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Short Story

Vespers

Written for Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts
Weekend Challenge
, incorporating the word
‘silhouette’. Today’s amazing graphic
is by Kevin @ The Beginning At Last/
No Theme Thursday
. This is my story.

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Short Story

The Burden Of Secrets

Written for OLWG #417.
The prompts appear below.
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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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

Passion

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing
Prompt #411
using the word ‘fierce’ in
exactly 36 words. This is my story.

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Poem

To Fly

Written for Eugi’s Moonwashed Weekly Prompt,
I have chosen her prompt ‘reach for infinity’.

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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

The Thing

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

Between Friends

Written for Esther’s Writing Prompts-50
with the prompt word  “secrets” and
Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts Wednesday
Challenge
with the prompt word “whimsical”.
This is my 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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Short Story

The Letter

Written for Kevin’s No Theme Thursday 10.24.24,
Fandango’s Story Starter #172 (#FSS), Eugi’s
Moonwashed Weekly Prompt (pretend), and
Gerry C & Sue W’s Weekly Prompts Wednesday
Challenge
(fascination). This is my story.

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