Ergo, the Ogre
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Locket Nest
It’s Fandango’s Flashback Friday again. This piece was originally written for Photo Challenge #247 at the Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie blog. The writing prompt is the image below. Hi. My name’s Bethany. Betcha can’t guess what I did today. It’s a secret so if I tell you, you gotta double-dog swear you won’t tell on me. Here’s…
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Empty Adirondacks
It’s time once again for Cyranny’s #1MinuteFiction Challenge. Today’s prompt is the image below. The waiter came out with two Fuzzy Navels perched on his tray. His two customers’ Adirondack chairs were empty. He glanced around for the elderly couple to no avail. Their beach gear was gone too. Where’d they go? he mused. This…
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Of Facades and Oysters
It’s Poetics Tuesday over at the dVerse Poets Pub! Today our writing prompt is to: “Choose an object from your home or outdoors. Look past the obvious characteristics and uses of this object. Spare us the details. Instead, take us to the connection that it has made with you or what it represents. What does…
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Earl’s Favorite
It’s Quadrille Monday over at the dVerse Poets Pub. This week our host is De Jackson of WhimsyGizmo fame and our writing prompt is some form of the word dab. Janelle dabbed a bit of Chantilly (It was Earl’s favorite) behind each ear and smiled at her reflection in the mirror. Two glasses of champagne,…
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The Tapper
It’s time once again for Fandango’s Flash Fiction Challenge. The prompt is the image below. Jeff spent most of the morning getting ready. He’d barely slept at all last night in anticipation of today’s events. He arrived at the park and checked his watch. It told him he was a good 15 minutes early, but…
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