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Little Sally Decides to be a Dancer
Grandma was watching a documentary, the loud drumming filling the air has caught Little Sally’s attention. “Come in girl, sit up here with me Sally, you might like this.” Little Sally watches the men...
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Fade… 17 Words
“Hey, what’s that Stone’s song, Fade Away or Fade to Black?” “Not Fade Away, fool.” “Oh, thanks.” Want to take part in the WEEKEND WRITING PROMPT? Write a story or poem with just 17...
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Heavens to Murgatroyd!
“I’m thinking tunafish salad sandwiches.”“Why? Ethel, you know I don’t like fish.”“That’s so silly, Cheryl, just because you found a bone once.”“More than once I found bones. They don’t pull them out...
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Little Sally Cooks
Early one morning, a girl is in the kitchen… “Damn toaster!” Grandma enters… “Sally, what language, that’s not lady like.” “Well, I’m not a lady yet.” “With talk like that you never will be. Why are...
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25 in a 25
“I”m in a fine kettle of fish. The nerve of that cop.”“I told you you were going too fast, Ethel, you never listen to me.”“I do too, Cheryl.”“Then why do you have a speeding ticket, and in a school...
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Cavalier… 64 Words
“Don’t take a cavalier attitude with me, young lady,” said mother. Perplexed, Little Sally went to find Grandmother. “Gramma, what’s cavalier mean?” “Oh heavens, where on earth did you hear that,...
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Play Barbie for Me
© Jean L. Hays “Sally!!! If you ask me one more time today what time it’s coming, I’m putting you on a time out!” “It’s on the truck. Supposed to be here today! Why isn’t it here?” “Well today’s not...
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Flower Day
Photo by Kristina Paukshtite Aaron leaves the new flowers for Sara and takes the old ones back home. In a back room, his favorite framed photograph of her attached to the door, he leaves last week’s...
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Hinterland… 87 Words
Near the end of the Zoom class, Sadie took a sip of her white zin and said to her friends, ” I don’t know what to do with this assignment.” “What is it?” I’ve gotta write a flash fiction using the...
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One Photo Prompt ~ Two 100 Word Stories
Unwanted Painting “Sally! Come here this instant!!!” “Don’t you think you’re being a little overly dramatic, Dear? What’s she done now?” “You know what she’s done, Mother. Look at this mess, she let...
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A Story for Little Sally’s Auntie
“Mommy, why would they call a man a penguin?” “Where did you hear that, Sally?” “I was watching TV and they showed a guy with a number eighty-seven on him and said he was a penguin.” “Were you...
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Peristeronic… 53 Words
“Hi Cheryl, I’ve got some bread, it’s going to be a peristeronic kind of day!” “Oh. boy, where’d you get this one?” “What do you mean?” “Your word of the day, Ethel. Merriam-Webster, or that Google...
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Declutter Day
In the basement of a three flat walkup in Wicker Park… “I don’t know why you are tossing perfectly good hair curlers, Cheryl.” “I’ve got no further use for these, Ethel, that’s why.” “Look at this...
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Friday Fictioneers’ House (this week only)
The Fifteen Mile House But first, since Friday Fictioneers is all about fiction, I’ve asked Ula Grace if I could use the play she wrote about this house. For those who have followed my blog, they may...
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Endless… 18 Words
Edwinna glared through her veil, watching the endless line filing by the casket containing her husband’s worthless body. ✤ ✤ ✤ ✤ ✤ ✤ ✤ Want to take part in the WEEKEND WRITING PROMPT#172 Write a story...
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EMBALM… fvr prompt #1 for sept.
Kristy, looking to embalm the air,chose a sandalwood fragrance,knowing it would please him. ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Love a good flash fiction prompt, this is what I got, Kristiana. Thank you the freeversererevolution...
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They are coming!
One by one the lights of the city block winked out, the dark coming ever closer. Do the insect sounds seem louder, you think so as a shroud of anxiety settles over you, bringing worry, it’s happening,...
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The Window One
Brooke DiDonato “Hi, Cheryl, it’s me Ethel.” “Don’t you think I know your voice by now, Ethel, you call me every day. What’s up?” “What’s that Beatle song I like about the window? It’s my favorite”...
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Left or Right
“Which way should we go?”“Why ask me, you’re driving?”“Yes, but you’re the navigator.”“What do you mean I’m the navigator?”“You’re sitting in the navigator’s seat. Use your phone thingy.“I’m sitting...
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New Staff Member at TedBook
TedBook Returning home from Myanmar last year… Last week the Publisher of TedBook sent out the following letter to a recent guest author: Today we received the following reply: Her first assignment...
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