Open 24 Hours #WriteBravely #Day7

The car park was almost deserted under the welcoming glow of the neon sign. It was mostly a truck stop at this time of night. nondescript sedan swung into a car space. A woman got out and walked purposefully toward the door of the 24 hour diner. A place to rest along the highway. She pushed the...

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The Call #WriteBravely #Day5

Image credit: https://www.pexels.com/search/telephone/ Catherine knew she had to make the call. As soon as she opened her eyes the thought pierced her brain. The surgery would be open at 8.30 so she could get it out of the way. She was due at her Weight Watchers meeting at 10. It was just...

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Ticked Off #WriteBravely #Day4

Image credit: https://www.pexels.com/ Diane Smith had been smug and self important all her life. The fact that her time on earth appeared to be drawing to end had done nothing to change this. She'd delighted in telling everyone who'd pissed her off exactly what she thought of them. First,...

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Together Again #WriteBravely #Day 1

Welcome to the Festival of Words 2018! What on earth is that, you ask? Read about it here. I'm joining in for the first time, because I never really knew about it before. But better late than never, as the saying goes! So let's get this party started, as P!nk says... Or something... For day one,...

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Kiss And Tell: The Decision

Hello again, gorgeous people! I'm back with a quick and dirty* bit of flash fiction for Friday Reflections using the prompt: Kiss And Tell.  Drum roll please... Here it is:  KISS AND TELL: THE DECISION  Rochelle's fingers hovered over the keyboard. Her shoulders...

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Spaghetti And Meatballs: The Sequel

Greetings Earthlings,Another Friday has rolled around. They tend to do this. Predictably, right after Thursday and just before Saturday. Funny about that.  Anyway, this means it's time to join in, yet again, with the fun that is called,  Friday Reflections.  You may recall that...

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Serendipity Is Spaghetti And Meatballs: A Story.

Hello, dear reader! I hope you are enjoying another wonderful weekend. Once again it's time to make an appearance here and join in with the gang over at Friday Reflections. Here's some more stuff I made up, using the prompt: Serendipity. Use the word in your post.  I went with fiction again,...

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Bated Breath

Greetings and salutations, lovely readers! How are you all? I keep pretending that there are so many of you. Why not? It's a lovely little game called Being Delusional that I like to play. No harm done.  So just for shits and giggles I wrote a little made up story for Friday Reflections inspired...

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Imagination

With my imagination I can behold Mysteries, stories, tales to be told Search through the archives of my mind Ask probing questions, transcend time I'm sitting, just staring, so it would seem Dreaming things that make my eyes gleam Thinking up magical words to create Making up characters, deciding their fate Lost in the wonder of words I discover Finding a rhythm, then writing another Sitting...

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Scary Things

Hello again! If you are currently in the land of Oz, I do hope you haven't drowned in a pool of your own sweat.  Lordy, it's HOT. Horrendous, really. Phew! Anyway, pop on the air con on, pour yourself a cool beverage and enjoy a lovely little story I wrote for #FridayReflections.  Alternatively, if you're in another part of the world, where it's frosty and cool, snuggle up with a...

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