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Woof Woof!

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Informative, Word Prompt

RDP Saturday: plop

Written for RDP, where Punam asks us
Β to get creative with the word β€œplop”.
Thanks, Punam! Here’s my take.

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Short Story, Theme Prompt

The Compass

Written for Muse on Monday where David  
asks us to write a ”David & Goliath” type story,
pitting the underdog against the bully.
Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Mystery, Short Story, Theme Prompt

My Brother’s Keeper

Written for Missy’s Mad Challenge #073.
The prompt appears below. Here’s my take.

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Word Prompt

RDP Friday: emotion

Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
Β to get creative with the word β€œemotion”.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s my musical take.

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Flash, Mini Story, Photo Prompt

Old Park Road

Written for Sadje’s β€œWhat Do You See” #323.
Here’s where the photo prompt took me.

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Mini Story, Photo Prompt

Ascension

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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Informative, Theme Prompt

Route 66: Thursday Inspiration

Written for Thursday Inspiration #315 –
β€œRoute 66”. Here’s my response.

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Flash, Micro Story, Word Prompt

RDP Thursday: alluring

Written for RDP, where bushboy asks us
 to get creative with the word β€œalluring”.
Thanks, Brian! Here’s my take.

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Cinquain, Poem, Word Prompt

Party Hearty!

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #35
where our inspiration word is β€œforeign”.

Here’s where the prompt took me.

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Flash, Photo Prompt, Short Story

Croc King

Written for Melissa’s Fandango Flash Fiction
Challenge #355
using the photo below as our
inspiration. Here’s where the photo took me.

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Limerick, Poem, Word Prompt

See How They Run

Written for Esther’s Laughing Along
With A Limerick #266
. The prompt
word is β€˜farm’. This is my limerick.

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Flash, Informative, Mini Story, Word Prompt

RDP Wednesday: generous

Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
Β to get creative with the word β€œgenerous”.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s my take.

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Short Story, Word Prompt, Wordle

Respect: Inspired by My Mother

Written for MLMM Monday Wordle #459.
Our twelve prompt words are shown below.
Here’s where they took me. Thanks, Di!

beam, cherished,
dark, duplicated, dusted, final,
insult, left, reminiscent, right, top, and world

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Flash, Micro Story, Word Prompt

The Genius

Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt
#450
where we’re asked to get creative in
exactly 12 words using the word β€˜sweet’. Also
for Gerry & Sue’s Weekly Prompts Weekend
Challenge
, using the word β€˜reversible’.
Here’s where the prompts took me.

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Poem, Theme Prompt

What’s On The Verizon?

Written for Living Poetry where
Bart challenges us to write a
β€œclairvoyant” poem. Here’s my take.

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Micro Story, Word Prompt

RDP Tuesday: situation

Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
Β to get creative with the word β€œsituation”.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s my take.

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Poetry, Quadrille, Word Prompt

Lingering

Written for dVerse Poets Quadrille
Monday – #227
where our host,
De Jackson, has offered up the
word β€œsmile”. Here is my quadrille.

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Cinquain, Poem, Word Prompt

Woman Down

Written for Cinquain Poetry Prompt #34
where our inspiration word is β€œdefeat”.
This is my mirror cinquain.

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Informative, Mini Story, Word Prompt

RDP Monday: slinky

Written for RDP, where sgeoil asks us
 to get creative with the word β€œslinky”.
Thanks, Heather! Here’s my take.

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Noir, Word Challenge, Wordle

The Big Scroll Job: A Dirk Malone Story

Written for Sunday Whirl Wordle – #739. Our host is
Brenda Warren; her prompt words for this week are
shown below.  Here’s where the prompts took me.

beambluntworksmomentownshape
ancientenvytruthscrollshift – fluid

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Mini Story, Word Challenge

My Lucky Day

Written for Esther’s β€œCan You Tell A Story In” –
#320
, exactly 63 words using the six prompt words
shown below. In exactly 63 words, here’s my flash.

noodles – clinic – swamp
dungarees – octogenarian – bargain

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Informative, Micro Story, Musing, Word Prompt

RDP Sunday: artificial

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

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Flash, Short Story, Theme Prompt

Salt

Written for Violet’s Literary Quote Challenge
where she asks us to include the following line
into our writing: β€œ
Life without sinning was like
food without salt; pure but tasteless.”
Here’s my
response to Violet’s Literary Quote Challenge.

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Informative, Music Blog, Theme Prompt

Trains, Planes, and Automobiles

Written for Song Lyric Sunday
One if by Land, Two if by Sea, and Three if by Air.
This is my response to the challenge.

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Free Verse, Poem, Word Prompt

RDP Saturday: bloom

Written for RDP, where Punam asks us
Β to get creative with the word β€œbloom’.
Thanks, Punam! 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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Short Story, Theme Prompt

What Happens In Vegas

Re-written for Muse on Monday where David  
asks us to write a story that shows the explicit  
passage of time by noting the points in time as
our stories unfold. Revised from a story I wrote
in 2024, here’s where the prompt took me.

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Fantasy, Haiku, Poem, Word Prompt

RDP Friday: exist

Written for RDP, where Martha asks us
Β to get creative with the words β€˜exist’.
Thanks, Martha! Here’s my take.

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Free Verse, Photo Prompt, Prose

Thresholds

Written for Sadje’s β€œWhat Do You See” #322.
Here’s where the two photo prompts took me.

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