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Decisions, decisions.....

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#fotoflash Jun 14 2019: Afterlife

Here is my contribution to this week's Friday Foto Flash prompt in 500 words or less

Source: https://pixabay.com/photos/pier-jetty-persons-child-kid-801812/

Jenna sighed with relief as they walked down the wooden pier. Everyone had finally left. It was just her and her two year old, Alanna. She hadn't wanted to do it this way but her in-laws had demanded. Full funeral with reception after. They called it a wake but she felt anything but awake.

Friday Foto Flash Fiction: Jun 14 2019

Welcome to Friday Foto Flash Fiction! Each Friday I will post a new picture to be used as inspiration for your flash fiction written in 500 words or less. Be sure to include the photo, the source credit, and a link to this post with your story. Entries will close on Thursday at midnight Eastern Time.

Once your post is live, add your link to the list below. I hope you will visit the other entries (and check back often for new stories). Remember to leave them a comment in appreciation.
Thank you and enjoy! Here's your photo prompt.

Source: https://pixabay.com/photos/pier-jetty-persons-child-kid-801812/

100 Word Wednesday: Privacy #100WW

Image by Bikurgurl

My contribution to this week's photo prompt from Bikurgurl...

It was the only place she would never think to look for him. She knew he hated anything outdoors unless it involved sports. Gardening? Never! Flowers? Heaven forbid! Bird watching? You have to be kidding me!

FridayFictioneers: The Fortuneteller

PHOTO PROMPT © Valerie J. Barrett

My contribution to Rochelle's Friday Fictioneers...
(NOTE: this is an abbreviated version of my story for the letter T for the 2019 A to Z Challenge)

She thrust the tea cup into my hands. "Don't drink all. Leave some."

#FFFC - Paradise

Photo Credit Roberto Nickson@unsplash.com

From Fandango's Flash Fiction Challenge...

Anyone looking in from the outside would call her life paradise, but she knew better. She was a slave. Not in the traditional sense, but a slave nonetheless.

The Four Agreements [by Don Miguel Ruiz]

I have seen this several times in the last couple of years. It's well worth reminding ourselves of how we should be living our lives.

Sunday Photo Fiction: Off Grid

My contribution to Sunday Photo Fiction in 200 words or less:

Photo Credit: Susan Spaulding

"Where is it?" she asked as she plowed through our gear.

"Where's what?" I asked, obviously clueless

She paused, glared at me, then continued pulling out each and every item in the bags. "You said you'd pack for me. I knew I shouldn't have trusted you."

Sunday Snippets: Jun 9 2019

Wow, my third Sunday snippet. Think I can keep it up? I am trying but having added in an every Friday photo prompt writing challenge plus writing my own story for that, things are busy here!


It's been hot here in middle Tennessee. Yes, I know it's been hot in a lot of locations but temps in the 90s aren't the norm for where we live. We are up on the Cumberland Plateau and throughout the entire summer we normally experience no more than 7-10 scattered days in the 90s.

#fotoflash Jun 7 2019: Rituals

My contribution to Friday Foto Flash Fiction...

Photo courtesy of Sheri Waddell

It was time and Nofoto was ready. She'd been ready for months. No, years. She'd been groomed for this moment since birth. The ladies around her bowed and backed away. She'd been pampered, perfumed and dressed. Flowers adorned her hair, her body was encased in a ceremonial robe and multiple scarves.

Friday Foto Flash Fiction: Jun 7 2019

Welcome to Friday Foto Flash Fiction! Each Friday I will post a new picture to be used as inspiration for your flash fiction written in 500 words or less. Be sure to include the photo, the source credit, and a link to this post with your story. Once it's live, add your link to the list below. Be sure to visit the other entries (and check back often for new stories) and leave them a comment in appreciation. Entries will close on Thursday at midnight Eastern Time. Thank you and enjoy!

Be sure to visit all the entries from last week's #fotoflash prompt. 1. Shelley at Quaint Revival  3. Tessa  5. Cay D Hilliard  2. DC Stultz  4. DB McNicol 6. Larry Trasciatti

Photo courtesy of Sheri Waddell

Friday Fictioneers: Fourteen

My contribution to Rochelle Wisoff-Field's Friday Fictioneers...

PHOTO PROMPT © Ceayr

"...twelve, thirteen, fourteen!" he announced proudly. "I'm fourteen and our new home has fourteen steps. Isn't that the best?"

#FOWC: Ludicrous Nonsense

For Fandango's One Word Challenge (FOWC)... Today's word is LUDICROUS and it immediately brought to mind this photo and the little story I wrote to go with it.

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Silly nonsense, that's all it was. Making faces, taunting each other to see who would laugh first. They never paid attention to their mom in the background, admonishing them, “Your face is gonna freeze like that one day.” No, they knew everything. I mean after all, they were four years old now.

Sunday Photo Fiction: Perceptions

My contribution to Sunday Photo Fiction...

Photo Credit: Reena Saxena

He skidded a stop in front of the bench, stopping just in time to avoid the others already in line. His feet were soaked, his umbrella turned inside out and now useless. Not one for small talk, he studied his new companions.