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Tag: short stories

Frogs in a box

March 2, 2025 cheryl 2 Comments

I was finally able to go to a Dean Writers Circle writing workshop last week, puppy waiting patiently at home.…

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Waiting for you

December 8, 2024 cheryl 3 Comments

Waiting for you is a prompt from a writing workshop, and here are two short responses Micro-flash 1The window darkens.…

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

But I still have time

December 4, 2024 cheryl 4 Comments

Julie’s procrastination grew worse as she grew older. Now retired, she gave it free rein. The shopping could wait until…

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The Christmas newsletter

December 1, 2024 cheryl 6 Comments

The Christmas newsletter is a seasonal writing prompt from our recent Dean Writers Circle workshop. This year had to be…

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The longest sentence you can where …

November 1, 2024 cheryl 2 Comments

The longest sentence you can where every word starts with the same letter. The last of the writing prompts from…

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Ten compulsory words

October 30, 2024 cheryl 4 Comments

Written on the fly as the words highlighted in bold caps were read out every ten seconds. A lot of…

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The dining room was empty

October 23, 2024 cheryl 2 Comments

Today’s short extract is from The Herbalist’s Daughters – read more about that here The dining room is empty at…

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You don’t mind do you?

October 16, 2024 cheryl 2 Comments

You don’t mind do you is a bit of nonsense in response to a prompt from a creative writing workshop.…

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SecureYou called but she wasn’t there

October 9, 2024 cheryl 1 Comment

SecureYou called but she wasn’t there. Alice made sure of that. She’d heard whispers that if they had your telephone…

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Marcie thought it over

October 6, 2024 cheryl 2 Comments

It had been years, perhaps shifting into decades, since John and Marcie had treated themselves. Always excuses, Marcie remembered. No…

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