Rochelle is the gracious host of Friday Fictioneers. Rochelle says: PHOTO PROMPT © Ronda Del Boccio “Mama, what’s that smell?” Long before we reached the part of the well-known path that was lit, an odd aroma met our nostrils. We were half-running because it took longer than I thought to get the animals fed. We…
Category: fiction
Yo Ho Ho Oops
image link Fandango’s FOWC is contacts, the Word of the Day Challenge is penitent, Paula’s 3 Things Challenge words are pirate, almonds, frame, and Teresa’s Story Starter Challenge phrase is “What do you mean that’s not spelled correctly?” Part of the “Art in the Field” adult leisure course I was taking involved field trips, where…
What’s Your Story — “I caught a fish … it was THIS big?!”
Rory or A Guy Called Bloke has created this, What’s Your Story writing challenge for interested writers, where the writer has to create a 300-word work of believable fiction, then the readers rate it on a scale of 1-10 on believeability. This seems contradictory as the reader knows it’s fiction going into it, but I’ll…
Til Death do They Part
Fandango’s FOWC is idiosyncrasy, the Word of the Day Challenge is upside, Paula’s 3 Things Challenge words are prank, insurance, orangutan, and Teresa’s Story Starter Challenge phrase is “You’re in the wrong seat.” Everett was known by all to be a man of many idiosyncrasies. He lived in the small community of Kalamazoo, where everybody…
Twittering Tales #130 – 2 April 2019
Kat is the host of Twittering Tales. Kat says: About the challenge: Each Tuesday I will provide a photo prompt. Your mission, if you choose to accept the challenge, is to tell a story in 280 characters or less. Photo by Marc Schäfer at Unsplash.com Volumes could have been spoken between us, page by page,…
Gizmo
image link Fandango’s FOWC is fool, the Word of the Day Challenge is down, Paula’s 3 Things Challenge words are gizmo, champion, parrot , and Teresa’s Story Starter Challenge phrase is “Are you a spy?” Gizmo, my Grand Champion Royal Amazonian Blue Striped Macaw Parrot was many things, but he was no fool. As Gizmo’s…
#FFFC– Wednesday Mornings
Fandango is the host of Fandango’s Flash Fiction Challenge. Fandango says: [I]challenge bloggers to write a relatively short flash fiction piece inspired by the photo. While there are no definitive style or word limits, I suggest trying to keep your posts to under 300 words….So now it’s time for my seventh weekly Fandango’s Flash Fiction…
Tao-Talk 