Category: Fiction
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It’s Friday Fictioneers! Click here to learn more and join in. Connie was in the back seat of their car. She desperately searched the streets in hopes of catching someone’s eye, but there were no eyes to catch — stupid rain. Maybe the green bus. Surely someone would be on it. If only they’d have…
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Chloe’s Christmas
Welcome to the Sunday Whirl! Create a story using the words above or as many as you can. Brenda Warren is our host, and you can join in with the wordle challenge HERE. Chloe couldn’t believe it when she opened her gifts that Christmas morning and found Grams had sent her the Junior Alchemist set she’d…
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The Ingrate
It’s time for SammiScribbles again! We’re to write a poem or short story in 27 words, using the word gallant. The gallant knight returned bloody and battle-weary from day of battling ogres. He knelt before his queen, who casually gazed into his faded amber eyes, and yawned.
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Susie
This week for Song Lyric Sunday, Jim has asked us to find a song that mentions our names. After much thought, I decided on Susie Darlin’ by Robin Luke. The Story According to Songfacts, the Los Angeles born singer-songwriter Robin Luke has a sister named Susie who is 11 years younger, but this song is…
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Vulture
It’s Fandango’s Flashback Friday! This little story was originally written for MindloveMisery’s Menagerie in 2018. And here it is again. A cackle of hyenas feasted off fresh carrion near the shoulder of Route 66. Turkey vultures circled high above in the Arizona sky, waiting their turn. Occasionally, one would squawk as if to remind the…
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