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Friday Fictioneers

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Joe looked at the mess, sighing. How many times had he come home, hoping to have a quiet home cooked meal and find this? “Ronda! Where are you? Why did you leave this mess here? I am tired and just want dinner!”

Ronda slithered out from the bedroom wearing discreetly placed globs of dough and whispered, “I spent all afternoon preparing it for you.”

Joe had to smile.

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23 August 2024

Transport

by rugby843, posted in Uncategorized
oh yes, let it happen
my captain, my captain
transport me
across the seas
to a villa sitting above the beach
where billowing white linens reach
the floor near an overstuffed bed
that being said
a romantic vision
might a careless decision
be made on an evening sweet
might never see a repeat
but the ocean waves copy the rhythm
for a brief moment I am in heaven
oh yes my captain
because even then
a different journey will begin
and I am transported.

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Writing Prompts

Simply Six Minutes

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Well here sits my husband in his glee

Eating cereal while wild and free

His favorite pastime is clear to see

He’d rather bathe and eat than sit with me.

I’ve talked to him till I’m black and blue

But he wants all the other colors too

Too much to be satisfied

With whatever I do.

It’s harmless they say, let him be free

When I asked a doc for suggestions for me

So here he sits and I am tired of it

Think I’ll buy gallons of milk, let him drown as he sits

That way at least we’ll both be free

Me in the shower and him in a cereal sea.

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Simply 6 Minutes – Welcome to the Challenge: 08/20/2024

Moonwashed Prompt

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Publish a post on your own blog that responds to the prompt. Copy the URL (the HTTPS:// address on my post) and paste it into your post.
Copy your link into Mr. Linky below (underlined with a hyperlink). You might have to delete your previous entry.
Please click the small checkbox on Mr. Linky about data protection.

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silky blue waters
summer breeze stirring
soft hues highlighted
sunlight accents blue
dip your toes in smooth

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Moonwashed Weekly Prompt – Silken blue

The Writer’s Workshop

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I chose number six:

The worst injury I had as a child was almost drowning. My entire family plus cousins were at a lake in a big picnic get together. I had taken swimming lessons in an ice cold brook and hated it, but I could keep myself above water. My much bigger, not well liked cousin decided to pull me under. I yelled for help and the adults were all talking and didn’t hear me. The ledge I was standing on disappeared and I found myself going deep with my cousin pushing me down on top of me. Finally my oldest brother-in-law saw and jumped in to find me. To this day I don’t care to be over my head in unknown waters. Glub, glub, glub.

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Writer’s Workshop Prompts for August 22, 2024

Fandango’s Story Starter

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This week’s Story Starter teaser is:

“I’m sorry, detective,” the officer said, “but none of the fingerprints found at the crime scene matched those of our primary suspect.”

That never stopped Detective Wronclews. He knew the woman was guilty. He could just tell by her swarthy look, tight dress and big dark eyes. The fact she reminded him of his first wife had no influence on his thinking. He immediately knew she was guilty. And then there was the blood on her hands. She of course said she was trying to give CPR to the victim, but the detective knew better. It reminded Wronclews of his third wife, when he saw her cutting up chickens for their dinner. Then there was the nosy neighbor who thought she saw the victim enter the house…who could forget the woman who lived across from the detective and his second wife when they had those violent arguments? Yes, this woman was guilty alright. It was written all over her.

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https://fivedotoh.com/2024/08/20/fandangos-story-starter-163/