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Category: Writing prompts

‘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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Life is a chair

January 29, 2024 cheryl 4 Comments

Jamie’s day had not gone well. He’d woken late, tripped over the feet of the bedroom chair digging out what…

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While he was cooking

January 24, 2024 cheryl 3 Comments

While he was cooking, Marie explored his bookcase. She’d offered to help with the meal. Chris had shooed her away,…

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That was before the cat showed up

January 22, 2024 cheryl 5 Comments

The party was a resounding success. Sophie poured herself another wine and glanced around. All her guests were busy chatting,…

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Photographer in the snow picture prompt

January 17, 2024 cheryl 4 Comments

Ella loved the park in all seasons. Two miles from home, she had found a more interesting way to reach…

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So the next week Bob and I walked again

January 15, 2024 cheryl 5 Comments

Village life was new to me. I’m a city girl. I was a city girl, that is. Until circumstances brought…

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