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Grief – Friday Fictioneers Flash Fiction

October 9, 2025 by GHLearner

The Friday Fictioneers is a friendly writing challenge hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. The task of the challenge is to write a microfiction story in 100 words or less for the prompt picture.

All the Fictioneers’ stories will magically appear when you click on the little frog. Reciprocation is the life of this challenge!

It’s been more than a month since I posted last, where does the time go? I haven’t had many ideas lately.

A little blue frog that links to the weekly inlinkz page. © inlinkz.com used with kind permission — Hop to the InLinkz party!

Image © Roger Bultot – Used with permission for this Friday Fictioneers challenge only. Any other use of this image requires the owner‘s permission. Thank you for the image!

Grief

Grief can evoke desperation, hatred, and a passionate wish for revenge.
It can lead to war.
But it can also unite.

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Dear Friend – Friday Fictioneers Flash Fiction

September 5, 2025 by GHLearner

The Friday Fictioneers is a friendly writing challenge hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. The task of the challenge is to write a microfiction story in 100 words or less for the prompt picture.

All the Fictioneers’ stories will magically appear when you click on the little frog. Reciprocation is the life of this challenge!

This is a repost from January 2019, because it’s Rochelle’s birthday and she should celebrate, not give us new prompts. Happy Birthday, Rochelle!

Image © Ted Strutz – Used with permission for this Friday Fictioneers challenge only. Any other use of this image requires the owner‘s permission. Thank you for the image!

Dear FrienD

My dear old car! Remember how we went places together? Flying, always flying high! Those were the days.

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Melting Away – Friday Fictioneers Flash Fiction

August 28, 2025August 28, 2025 by GHLearner

The Friday Fictioneers is a friendly writing challenge hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. The task of the challenge is to write a microfiction story in 100 words or less for the prompt picture.

All the Fictioneers’ stories will magically appear when you click on the little frog. Reciprocation is the life of this challenge!

This week’s prompt has part of an empty wine glass in the right foreground. You can see a candle lighter through the glass. Toward the back is a candleholder with melted candles. There is a cork on the table.

Image © Dale Rogerson – Used with permission for this Friday Fictioneers challenge only. Any other use of this image requires the owner‘s permission. Thank you for the image!

Melting Away

You’ve heard of people being turned to stone, having hearts of stone, frozen hearts, that kind of thing, haven’t you?

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One-way Ticket – Friday Fictioneers Flash Fiction

August 21, 2025August 21, 2025 by GHLearner

The Friday Fictioneers is a friendly writing challenge hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. The task of the challenge is to write a microfiction story in 100 words or less for the prompt picture.

All the Fictioneers’ stories will magically appear when you click on the little frog. Reciprocation is the life of this challenge!

There is a red brick building with what looks like a small courtyard with a couple of small trees in the foreground. There are three roadsigns in the lefthand corner that read “One way, End One Way” and “No Turn on Red.” There are taller buildings behind the brick building. There’s also a flight of stairs beside the red brick building that are painted red and blue.

Image © Lisa Fox – Used with permission for this Friday Fictioneers challenge only. Any other use of this image requires the owner‘s permission. Thank you for the image!

One-way Ticket

“It will all be ready for you on Mars, safe and comfortable. Don’t you worry about a thing.”
Yes, that’s what they told us.

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Into the Void – Friday Fictioneers Flash Fiction

August 13, 2025 by GHLearner

The Friday Fictioneers is a friendly writing challenge hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. The task of the challenge is to write a microfiction story in 100 words or less for the prompt picture.

All the Fictioneers’ stories will magically appear when you click on the little frog. Reciprocation is the life of this challenge!

This story is a rerun from November 2015, it is part of my ‘Mars Mess backstory’. That story is dormant right now, but I want to get back to it. I have too many unfinished projects. Anyway, here it is, unedited, as it was.

The photo is of an old graveyard. It looks like it’s beside a church. At any rate the headstones look to be quite old.

Image © J Hardy Carroll – Used with permission for this Friday Fictioneers challenge only. Any other use of this image requires the owner‘s permission. Thank you for the image!

Into the Void

Daily Martian Online, 2049-11-11-23-13-55

Space Carrier MPCV Bradbury brings two-hundred new settlers and scientists, and a brand-new, state-of-the-art, ship hospital. All personnel required to schedule examination.

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The New Friend – Friday Fictioneers Flash Fiction

July 30, 2025 by GHLearner

The Friday Fictioneers is a friendly writing challenge hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. The task of the challenge is to write a microfiction story in 100 words or less for the prompt picture.

All the Fictioneers’ stories will magically appear when you click on the little frog. Reciprocation is the life of this challenge!

This story is a rerun from February 2015, I was still new to the Friday Fictioneers back then. Here it is, unedited, as it was.

The photo prompt is a grouping of crystals in what looks to be a museum display case. There a flash of light in the right upperhand corner and the crystals sparkle and reflect the light.

Image © Marie Gail Stratford – Used with permission for this Friday Fictioneers challenge only. Any other use of this image requires the owner‘s permission. Thank you for the image!

The New Friend

Dusting this is a pain, Laura thought while cleaning the crystal cluster her new friend Daphne had given her a year ago.

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The Tree Stump – Friday Fictioneers Flash Fiction

July 23, 2025July 23, 2025 by GHLearner

The Friday Fictioneers is a friendly writing challenge hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. The task of the challenge is to write a microfiction story in 100 words or less for the prompt picture.

All the Fictioneers’ stories will magically appear when you click on the little frog. Reciprocation is the life of this challenge!

A large gnarled stump of a tree is in the foreground. Behind it is a stone building with a staircase that leads up to an entrance with double wooden doors.

Image © Dale Rogerson – Used with permission for this Friday Fictioneers challenge only. Any other use of this image requires the owner‘s permission. Thank you for the image!

The Tree Stump

After the storm, I’m lost in a barren place full of human-made structures.
Then I see him. He looks dead. Still, he could give me shelter for the night.

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Consequences – Friday Fictioneers Flash Fiction

July 2, 2025 by GHLearner

The Friday Fictioneers is a friendly writing challenge hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. The task of the challenge is to write a microfiction story in 100 words or less for the prompt picture.

All the Fictioneers’ stories will magically appear when you click on the little frog. Reciprocation is the life of this challenge!

Image © David Stewart – Used with permission for this Friday Fictioneers challenge only. Any other use of this image requires the owner‘s permission. Thank you for the image!

Consequences

The garden center is deserted but someone must have survived long enough in there to water the plants. We need these plants, especially the trees.

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What? – Friday Fictioneers Flash Fiction

June 26, 2025 by GHLearner

The Friday Fictioneers is a friendly writing challenge hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. The task of the challenge is to write a microfiction story in 100 words or less for the prompt picture.

All the Fictioneers’ stories will magically appear when you click on the little frog. Reciprocation is the life of this challenge!

It’s been a while. I’m so out of ideas lately. Explanation for this one see below.

Image © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields – Used with permission for this Friday Fictioneers challenge only. Any other use of this image requires the owner‘s permission. Thank you for the image!

What?

“I saw what you did.”
“Ah! You know, twins, it is said, share a special bond. It’s special, alright. Just not when one tries to kill the other.”

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Forever Young – Friday Fictioneers Flash Fiction

April 30, 2025 by GHLearner

The Friday Fictioneers is a friendly writing challenge hosted by Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. The task of the challenge is to write a microfiction story in 100 words or less for the prompt picture.

All the Fictioneers’ stories will magically appear when you click on the little frog. Reciprocation is the life of this challenge!

This is a sequel to last week’s story, ‘Lord of Monsters’.

Image © Ken Arnopole – Used with permission for this Friday Fictioneers challenge only. Any other use of this image requires the owner‘s permission. Thank you for the image!

Forever Young

The eruption of the underwater volcano is the most amazing sight he’s ever seen and he wants to keep watching, but Celia grabs his arm and drags him away.

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