Category: flash fiction
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Carrot Ranch Literary Community ~ #Poetry #StoryChallenge
January 2, 2024, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story using the color red. It can be a descriptor, a setting, a character, or a metaphor. How far can you get in a story by expanding “red”? What’s in a Colour? Some say red is the colour of luck, others the…
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Carrot Ranch ~ Story Challenge ~ Spiders
September 12, 2023, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about the insect nation. You can focus on a particular insect or all insects. Is your story one of acceptance and understanding? Scientific knowledge? Or apocalyptic horror? Get bugged and go where the prompt leads! Seeing as how we have suddenly…
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The Lady Shadow… #ShortStory #Fiction #CarrotRanchLiteraryCommunity
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Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay January 16, 2023, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about a lady shadow. Who is this person and why do they lurk in the shadows. What is the tone and setting for your story? Go where the prompt leads!
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Your Inner Eye… #Poetry
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Your Inner Eye This forest of trees my son Is a tribute to all the great artists who walked the earth many years ago There are those that paint The star filled skies Jewels that dance above our head Like Van Gogh’s Starry Night Monet painted the ground Gardens to dream in So many of…
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The Sunday Whirl ~ Wordle 536 ~ #Poetry
I need to leave this room Any cloud will do To slide past the rock tavern My fist clenched I speak of what I wear As if I am a story A blend of words spoken By a witches circle © AnitaDawes 2022
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MLMM ~ Wordle 270 ~ #Poetry
Do I steal extra days from others? I let my thoughts fly, escape With the lyrics of my favourite song Waiting to crystalise in a new world In the distance a fire pit glows My thoughts thrash back and forward Needing to land where Jasper stands I feel my heart drip cold blood on the…
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Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow…
Yesterday Yesterday my life felt as though it was hanging on a hair. What could go wrong, did. I couldn’t think straight, I dropped things, walked into doorways. One of those days when I should have stayed in bed. Mind you, I probably would have fallen out of that. Thank God yesterday is over. Today…