image link Fandango’s FOWC is watch, the Word of the Day Challenge is fire, Paula’s 3 Things Challenge words are report, nanny, zombies, and Teresa’s Story Starter Challenge sentence is : “Quick! Get in here!” I still remember Darlene, my childrens’ nanny, with love and thanks. Without her we probably wouldn’t be here now. Back…
Category: fiction
Friday Fictioneers — Maybe next time…
Rochelle is the host of Friday Fictioneers. Rochelle wants us to write a 100-word story to the following image: PHOTO PROMPT © CEAyr Only six hours after Monte had picked George up from the inpatient substance abuse treatment facility, he was scouring the macadam streets of the small village for him. They’d gone back to…
Story Starter Challenge — Miracles Afoot
Teresa’s Story Starter Challenge today is: Today’s prompt: “I never thought that was possible.” The world of modern medicine continues to reach new horizons. In the beginning, if a person lost a leg, gangrene was likely to set in and soon after the patient would die. If the patient survived, they would ambulate with crutches,…
Mind your menders
Image link Fandango’s FOWC is empath, the Word of the Day Challege is passion, and Paula’s 3 Things Challenge words are oracle, brunch, volume Every Sunday at 11 a.m., the Oracle Association of Monterey met at Rosine’s Restaurant for brunch. It was an opportunity for socialization, but it was also a chance to do “case…
#50WordThurs — Falling
Teresa at The Haunted Wordsmith alternates with Kristian on Thursdays for 50 Word Thursday. Teresa says: Rules: **Find the muse within the photo or line provided and follow where it leads. It can be a story, anecdote, poem. Anything! **Story must be between 50 and 250 words, in 50 word increments. **Link back to this…
Story Starter Challenge — Justice
Teresa, The Haunted Wordsmith, has her daily Story Starter Challenge of: Today’s prompt: “That was your third strike.” Gianella had been a court officer for thirty years. Over time she learned not to go against what her adminstrators and mid-managers told her, especially when making court recommendations. There had been only two incidents where Gianella…
No More Cannon Fodder
image link Fandango’s FOWC is percolate, the Word of the Day Challenge is bovine, and Paula’s 3 Things Challenge words are: shortbread, cannon, guru Mongo, the guru, rode into the mud streets of the Old West town on a Mount Olympus-sized bovine named Pete. The townsfolk had sent their best rider to find Mongo and…
Tao-Talk 