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Variations on a Theme – Friday Fictioneers Flash Fiction

July 24, 2024 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 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!

Variations on a Theme

I can’t see myself in mirrors nor do I have regrets. There’s no reflection either way.

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Dreams of Yesterday – Friday Fictioneers Flash Fiction

July 19, 2024 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 © 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!

Dreams of Yesterday

The dream woke me up again. The past is haunting me.
Never mind. Time to get up, the sun’ll set soon and I’m hungry.

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Ten years ago today I started this blog. I had no idea what I was doing but wanted a place to write things and maybe connect with a few people. At that time I was very much into massive open online courses (MOOCs) and thought I’d blog about what I learned there. I also wrote a story or two, and a bit about my dog. But I soon learned that posting regularly about personal stuff just isn’t my thing and I hadn’t found a voice. I had just quit writing fanfiction and wasn’t in any fandom any longer, I had no idea what to write about but did want to write.

Eventually I ran across Rochelle Wisoff-Fields’ Friday Fictioneers, and the rest is history. Whenever I could, I participated and I still do. It tickles ideas to the surface and keeps the writing brain flexible.

For your entertainment I’m reblogging my first post. Enjoy

The Shoe Tower Project

Happily Ever After? – Friday Fictioneers Flash Fiction

July 10, 2024 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 © Ronda Del Boccio – 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!

Happily Ever After

“Lost your shoe, Cinderella?”
The young man holds my shoe up and smiles.

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Hippos in the Mississippi – Friday Fictioneers Flash Fiction

July 5, 2024 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 © Nancy Richy – 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!

Hippos in the Mississippi

What were we thinking, trying to preserve genetic variety, keeping endangered species in seedbanks and zoos?

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Raiders of the Lost Book – Friday Fictioneers Flash Fiction

June 28, 2024 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 © 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!

Raiders of The Lost Book

“Give me your phone.”
“What? Is that the price for joining?”

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Temptation – Friday Fictioneers Flash Fiction

June 19, 2024 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 © 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!

Temptation

A spider’s web is a thing of great beauty. Unless you’re the one trapped of course: struggling, working hard to free yourself until the weaver hits you unawares and sucks you dry.

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Glass Blobs – Friday Fictioneers Flash Fiction

June 7, 2024 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 © 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!

Glass Blobs

They appeared ten days after that asteroid missed us by a hair’s breadth.
Glass blobs are everywhere, evenly spread across the planet.

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Community Service – Friday Fictioneers Flash Fiction

May 22, 2024 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 © 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!

Community Service

I’m a lousy cook, but decent at baking, which is why I’m tasked with baking for the village once a month. I don’t mind; everyone has to contribute. I learned from my mother how to work with a wood stove. Yes, I’m that old.

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The Art of Lighting a Candle – Friday Fictioneers Flash Fiction

May 16, 2024 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 © 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!