For this weeks Warmup Wednesday we had to risk something priceless in a story about the following prompt: “Roulette–Carnival victory.” CC2.0 photo by Derek Diaz. The Gamble The Dragons roulette sits in the corner of the smoky...
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Here is my Top 10 list of things not to say to a pregnant woman. Don’t say I didn’t...
Read MoreFor this weeks Flash! Friday we had to incorporate the theme of Defeat into a story about the following prompt: Construction of the Statue of Liberty’s Pedestal. CC2.0 photo by National Parks Service, Statue of Liberty ca 1875....
Read MoreFor this weeks Warmup Wednesday we had to incorporate a bad habit into a story about the following prompt: Manchu Ladies of the Palace Being Warned to Stop Smoking. Photo by Frank & Frances Carpenter, ca 1910-1930, donated...
Read MoreFor this weeks Flash! Friday we had to incorporate man vs nature into a story about the following prompt: Victoria Falls. CC2.0 photo by Tee La Rosa. Up the creek It all started when I stepped on that frog. It was an accident,...
Read MoreFor this weeks Warmup Wednesday, we had to include a broken rule in a story about the following prompt: Circus. CC2.0 photo by net_efekt. The last laugh If things went wrong, the door stayed locked. That was the rule. It was a...
Read MoreThis weeks Flash! Friday is actually a big milestone, representing two years since I started writing in the Flash Friday competition. In one of those funny twists the very first story I wrote was about a cowboy name Skinny Pete,...
Read MoreFor this weeks Warmup Wednesday we had to include a prank in a story about the following prompt: Chili sauce. CC3.0 by SA photo by MKAT. Hot Head Frank grinned, “Let’s go water bomb Mr.Jones again!” I groaned, “The joke’s worn...
Read MoreFor this weeks Flash! Friday we had to incorporate a lawyer as a main character in our story about the following prompt: 1943 crash landing on the USS Enterprise. PD photo by the US Department of Defense. Conviction The war...
Read MoreFor this weeks Warmup Wednesday we had to use a song title as the title for our story. I had a lot of fun with this one, who knows one day I may have to expand on the story of Mildred the scholarly ghost 😉 Milton Manor, Sutton...
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