Written for Sue & Gerryβs Weekly Prompts –
The One Day Prompt. I have also borrowed
three prompts from TN Kerrβs OLWG #391,
and the reflective image from my amici at
Blog 57. Hereβs where the prompts took me.
Tag: Weekly Prompts The One Day Prompt
Picnic
Written for Gerry & Sueβs Weekly Prompts –
The One Day Prompt. The image is courtesy of
Crispina Kempβs Picture Post Sunday; I have
included her original photo caption into the body
of my story. Hereβs where the prompts took me.
The Last Straw
Written for Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts –
The One Day Prompt and for Sammi’s
Weekend Writing Prompt where we’re asked to
get creative in exactly 100 words using the prompt
word βdefenestrationβ. Hereβs where the prompts took me.
Free Bird
Written for Sammiβs Weekend Writing Prompt
#453 where weβre asked to get creative in
exactly 43 words using the word βmournβ.
Also for Sue & Gerryβs Weekly Prompts –
The One Day Prompt. Hereβs my take.
For What It’s Worth
Written for RDP where Punamβs word of the day
is βchimeraβ and for Sue and Gerryβs Weekly Prompt –
The One Day Prompt. Hereβs where the prompts took me.
The Expedition
Written for Only Murders In My Mind Weekly
Writing Prompt #82 and for Sue & Gerryβs
Weekly Prompts The One Day Prompt #18.
Hereβs where the photo prompt took me.
In Your Dreams
Written for Estherβs βCan You Tell A Story Inβ – #306
in exactly 52 words using these five prompt words:
βsealβ, βgrowlβ, βallergicβ, βhaphazardβ, and βpolkaβ, and
for Gerryβs & Sueβs βWeekly Prompts – The One Day
Promptβ – #17. Hereβs my flash in exactly 52 words.
Goo Goo G’Joob
Written for Muse On Monday where David asks us
to write a story based on a fairy tale. Also for
Sue & Gerry’s Weekly Prompts – The One Day Prompt.
Originally written in 2018, I couldn’t resist a repeat;
I hope you enjoy my story of Humpty Dumpty.
Digital Heartbeats
Written for Only Murders In My Mind
Weekly Writing Prompt #69 and for
Gerry & Sueβs Weekly Prompts The
One Day Prompt #15 . This weekβs
inspiration is the photo seen below.
This is where my imagination went.
Like Magic!
Written for Estherβs βCan You Tell A Story Inβ¦..?
#297β β exactly 41 words using the five required
prompts: βballoonβ, βfancyβ, βtranceβ, βsatchelβ,
and βmonkeyβ. Also for Gerry & Sueβs Weekly
Prompts The One Day Prompt #15.
Hereβs where my thoughts went.
Susie Q.
Written for Estherβs Laughing Along
With A Limerick #238 with the prompt
word βblockβ and Gerry & Sueβs Weekly
Prompts The One Day Prompt #14.
This is my limerick.
Time Unfolds
Written for Sadjeβs What Do You See #291
and Sue & Gerryβs Weekly Prompts β Β
The One Day Prompt (13) This is my response.
Perrier and Caviar
Written for Sammiβs Weekend Writing
Prompt #413 using the word βimpudenceβ
in exactly 84 words and for Gerry & Sueβs
Weekly Prompts The One Day Prompt (12).
This is my 84-word story.
Old Jedediah
Written for Sammiβs Weekend Writing
Prompt #409 using the word βrevelβ in
exactly 69 words. Also for Sue & Gerryβs
Weekly Prompts The One Day Prompt
#11. Gorgeous graphic is by Kevin @
The Beginning At Last/No Theme Thursday.
In 69 words exactly, this is my story.
So Sue Me!
Written for Estherβs βCan You Tell A Story Inβ¦..?
– #275β exactly 46 words using the five required
prompt words: ‘deadbeatβ, βcatβ, βfiestaβ βsepticβ and
‘batteryβ, for Sue & Gerryβs Weekly Prompts β
The One Day Prompt (10) and for Gerry & Sueβs
Weekly Prompts Wednesday Challenge β βgawkingβ.
This is my 46 word very short story.
Of All The Days!
Written for Sammiβs Weekend Writing Prompt #400,
prompt word βutterβ; Sue & Gerryβs Weekly Prompts β
The One-Day Prompt; David Stewart’s Muse on Monday;
FOWC βdisorderβ, FOWC βhateβ, FOWC βglanceβ
and FOWC βreluctanceβ. In 92 words, this is my story.
Devastation
Written for Sammiβs Weekend Writing Prompt #392
incorporating the word βswarmβ in a composition of 10 words.
Also for Sue & Gerryβs Weekly Prompts – The One Day
Prompt (8). In exactly 10 words, this is my flash.
Tout Doucement
Written for Sammiβs Weekend Writing Prompt #387 and
Sue W & Gerry Cβs Weekly Prompts β The One Day Prompt #7,
incorporating the words βunexpectedβ and βone dayβ
written in exactly 15 words. This is my 15-word flash.
The Confrontation
Written for Weekly Prompts – The One-Day Prompt (6)
and The Sunday Whirl – Wordle 673 incorporating the
twelve required words shown below. Here’s my story.
βSecrets, lies, glimpses at your messages, the way you jump for the phone every time it rings. Youβre living a secret life, Kenneth, and itβs destroying us.β Juneβs lips quivered, her eyelashes were wet with tears. She walked across the living room to stoke the slowly dying fire β¦. an ironic symbol of their languishing nine year marriage.
Kenneth stood by the window looking down at the street below. As much as he tried to avoid talking about it, he knew one day it would come to this.
June wondered if he was even listening.
βYou had another dream last night, Kenneth; the bed was soaked with sweat. Donβt you think I have a right to know?β
Slowly Kenneth turned to face June; he let out a ragged breath. βYes, darling. Itβs time you knew the truth. Come, sit with me.β
They sat together on the couch for a few moments in silence. Finally Kenneth turned to June and took her hand in his.
βIβm leaving, June. Iβm going back to the Congo.β
June was stunned; of all the things Kenneth could have said, she never expected that. βAnd back to the arms of your lover Sunda, no doubtβ she spat out bitterly. βHow could you, Kenneth!β
βSundaβs dead, June. The fevers returned with greater intensity and frequency. She didnβt make it.β
βDead?! Then what other reason could you possibly have for going back?β June asked, bewildered.
βThe messages Iβve been getting .β¦ theyβre all from my doctor. Twelve years ago Sunda and I nearly died from the plague in the Congo while doing research. We both miraculously survived. Now sheβs dead and I also have the fevers. I’m dying. The doctor confirmed my fears.β
βNo! It can’t be true! I donβt understand, Kenneth. Why must you return to the Congo? Stay here with me. Weβll find the best doctors and fight this together!β June sobbed.
βOh, darling June. If only it were that easy. Thereβs just one cure and it lies in the Cinchona plant hidden deep in the western swamp forests of the Congo. I refuse to expose you to the danger. I leave tonight.β
NARΒ©2024
This is βJungle Feverβ by Stevie Wonder
All text, graphics and videos are copyright for The Sicilian Storyteller, The Elephantβs Trunk and The Rhythm Section and are not to be used without permission. NARΒ©2017-present.
From Where to Eternity*
Written for Weekend Writing Prompt #379 and
Weekly Prompts – The One-Day Prompt. In exactly
82 words and including the required words
“timepiece” and “one day”, here is my flash.
The Sopranos, Episode 2.09. A post-surgery Christopher Moltisanti frantically pumps his morphine drip.
Those were my thoughts at 4AM after waking up in agony; my 8-Hour Tylenol had worn off two hours early, alerting the pain timepiece in my brain.
Clearly the Tylenol isn’t cutting it, but due to federal guidelines and crackdowns, a doctor’s ability to prescribe necessary painkillers has been seriously restricted and people like me living in the US are getting screwed.
Maybe one day theyβll get it right.
NARΒ©2024
82 Words
*The Sopranos, Season 2, Episode 9
This is the opening theme for The Sopranos, βWoke Up This Morningβ, by Alabama 3.
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A Perfect Couple
Written for Fandangoβs Story Starter #159
where the first sentence is the prompt and
for Weekly Prompts The One Day Prompt,
using the phrase βone dayβ. This is my story.
The sound of laughter drifted up from the street below, making Gregory feel very alone.
Itβs hard to imagine life without her. When the hell did everything start to unravel?
Now he sat alone in the shell of their apartment, baseball game on the tv playing for no one, nursing his second scotch. This place used to be alive with people enjoying one of their famous parties. When he closed his eyes he could hear their friendsβ lively discussions and the sound of her spirited laugh.
Everyone said they were the perfect couple. Theirs was a comfortable, easy marriage β dinner at Gallagherβs, cycling along Riverside Drive, steamy showers after Saturday morning sex. They were in sync in their choices of movies, paint colors and the biggest decision of all .β¦ neither one wanted kids.
He sat there, head in hands while a thousand thoughts went through his mind. When did he begin having second thoughts? Was it when her sister asked them to be godparents for her first baby? Was it watching the kids in the playground across the street? All he could remember was the night he whispered in her ear that he wanted to have a baby.
She was blindsided. What? No! He was just named partner at Central Casting. She was food editor for Country Living magazine. Life was perfect. They had an agreement, dammit!
Would she just consider thinking about it? No! How could he spring this on her now?
Days, weeks went by. She remained adamant, distant. Then one day he came home after work and she was gone.Β
Here he sat alone with his scotch, ballgame long over, thumb rubbing his wedding band while he stared at divorce papers.
It couldnβt have happened to a more perfect couple.
NARΒ©2024
This is βThe Danceβ by Garth Brooks
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