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Category: For the readers among us

He turned his back on her

March 10, 2024 cheryl 3 Comments

When Sophie arrived at the castle, her cousin Janet greeted her. Naturally, Sophie is very curious about what’s going on.…

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Posted in: For the readers among us, Writing prompts Filed under: cherylswritingprompt, Fantasy, flash fiction, short stories, writing, writing prompts

But now she tired of the drama

March 4, 2024 cheryl 4 Comments

We’re back to Sophie, who has been fetched by Dragon, and agreed to go when told by Fairy this was…

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She stared at the moonlit ceiling

March 2, 2024 cheryl 4 Comments

More Janet and dragons, forests and planners … I might one day go back and pull them together into a…

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Woman in blue raincoat picture prompt

February 24, 2024 cheryl 2 Comments

Woman in blue raincoat is a new twist on Janet. I didn’t mean to go there, it just happened. As…

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She couldn’t remember things

February 21, 2024 cheryl 2 Comments

Continuing Janet still … I think there’s more to come, although it has rather deteriorated into a bit of nonsense!…

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‘What are you doing here?’

February 19, 2024 cheryl

Continuing Janet … and wondering how far this will go. In the district council planning office, two men stood over…

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They exchanged that glance that mingles hope and fear

February 14, 2024 cheryl

Continuing Janet … I promised Daisy, and here’s a little more. Janet needed to digest the news her parents told…

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I waited quite a while to see if he had anything more to say

February 7, 2024 cheryl 2 Comments

My mind is currently on dull to do lists (like updating the front and back pages of my other novels)…

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They put up a parking lot

February 3, 2024 cheryl 2 Comments

Listening on the radio to a conversation about Joni Mitchell, aged 80 and still performing from time to time, led…

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It always happened on the last day of the month

January 31, 2024 cheryl 4 Comments

Jilly woke long before the sun, a sense of expectation simmering inside her. Her mind still full of dreams, her…

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