...................Or maybe it would turn out the same as the time I tried to be emo…..........
A sequel to Experimental Ficlet No. 12
Mistress Elsha Hawk's inspiration
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Experimental Ficlet No. 13 used:
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Experimental Ficlet No. 13 used:
... What if I can come out of this slum? Could I get my life back together after what happened?...
A prequel to Experimental Ficlet No. 14
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Nightmare Shadows used:
Tucked up in bed, Hannie couldn’t stop thinking about the woods. How it felt to be out there, alone in the dark.
She could …
A sequel to What's In The Woods
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Motivational Speech used:
I don’t remember how I spent the next day. I paced around from one lab to the next without direction.
Everyone seemed to get…
A sequel to Hopeful and Anxious in Space
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Hopeful and Anxious in Space used:
We waited for what seemed like hours, listening to silence. No one wanted to voice their fears, concerns, and hypotheses alou…
A sequel to Disappointment
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Hopeful and Anxious in Space used:
I woke up determined to do my job! I went to the cafeteria, ate quickly, then stood and cleared my throat to get everyone’s a…
A prequel to Motivational Speech
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What Does Your Bookshelf Say About You? (bookshelf challenge) used:
I have two bookshelves, standing guard at opposite corners of my room. One by my desk, rich fake cherry from Target, holds my…
A prequel to Sentries (bookshelf challenge)
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What Does Your Bookshelf Say About You? (bookshelf challenge) used:
I am literally surrounded by books. I have so many books, they spill over onto my floor, fill numerous boxes in my house, and…
A prequel to These Are a Few of My Favorite Things... [bookshelf challenge]
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What Does Your Bookshelf Say About You? (bookshelf challenge) used:
My book shelf, stands at almost five feet tall. It is a sturdy structure that is of some wooden material. Be it oak or chest…
A prequel to My life if it were a Bookshelf
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What Does Your Bookshelf Say About You? (bookshelf challenge) used:
There is not a room is my house that is not touched by the writings of an author of some sort. Be they well know or not. Tech…
A prequel to On the Brink of Bibliomania {Bookshelf Challenge}
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What Does Your Bookshelf Say About You? (bookshelf challenge) used:
The shelf itself is little, by grownupstandards (one word)
but when i was a kid it was huge. When the lime green paint was n…A prequel to I Hate Bookshelves(Bookshelf challenge)
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What Does Your Bookshelf Say About You? (bookshelf challenge) used:
My bookshelf is nearly always empty.
No, it’s not because I don’t own many books.
It is because every crack and crevice of m…A prequel to My Bookshelf (bookshelf challenge)
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What Does Your Bookshelf Say About You? (bookshelf challenge) used:
I actually have two bookshelves.
The first does not contain books, but it’s where I keep supplies I use for altered books, ...
A prequel to Pens' Shelf (Bookshelf Challenge)
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What Does Your Bookshelf Say About You? (bookshelf challenge) used:
I do have two bookshelves. One big one, one little one. But I usually don’t read the books on them.
My inspirational books a…
A prequel to Who Needs Bookshelves (Bookshelf Challenge)
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What Does Your Bookshelf Say About You? (bookshelf challenge) used:
Jack Sparrow stands on the shelf, looking out for a yard-long ship to suit his miniature 2-inch form. But I think he likes it…
A prequel to Words Read and Words Unwritten {Bookshelf Challenge}
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What Does Your Bookshelf Say About You? (bookshelf challenge) used:
I don’t have bookshelves in the traditional sense, but the walls of my basement are lined with wire cubes, stacked in various…
A prequel to Cubes
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Disappointment used:
Our silence was broken by a crackle out of the speakers. We all ran to the control room, tripping over each other.
“Space St…
A sequel to Achieving Communication
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Disappointment used:
I don’t remember how I spent the next day. I paced around from one lab to the next without direction.
Everyone seemed to get…
A prequel to Hopeful and Anxious in Space
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Love Conquers Fear used:
“Nobody cares…” Hannie sniffed and wrapped her arms around herself. She wondered how long she could stay out here. Would th…
A sequel to The Fear
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Love Conquers Fear used:
Tucked up in bed, Hannie couldn’t stop thinking about the woods. How it felt to be out there, alone in the dark.
She could …
A prequel to What's In The Woods
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Achieving Communication used:
We had anticipated this moment for hours. Soon the Earth would give us a view of the North America. We could check to see if …
A sequel to Hypothesis
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Achieving Communication used:
We waited for what seemed like hours, listening to silence. No one wanted to voice their fears, concerns, and hypotheses alou…
A prequel to Disappointment
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At Grandma's (summer vacation challenge) used:
My speech was excellent, the colorful pictures were pasted in place, the quoted monetary amounts were close enough approximat…
A sequel to Counter Offer (summer vacation challenge)
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Counter Offer (summer vacation challenge) used:
Brochures, pamphlets, atlases, and torn magazine pages littered the floor in my bedroom. My little sister and I had collected…
A sequel to Fool-Proof Plan (summer vacation challenge)
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Counter Offer (summer vacation challenge) used:
As it turned out, Grandma had plans of her own.
“Oh I’m so glad to see you! Look how much you’ve grown! We’re going to have …
A prequel to At Grandma's (summer vacation challenge)
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Fool-Proof Plan (summer vacation challenge) used:
In celebration of me reaching 700 Comments I propose a challenge! I have not done one in a while, but I thought this was ca…
A sequel to Summer Vacation Challenge
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Fool-Proof Plan (summer vacation challenge) used:
My speech was excellent, the colorful pictures were pasted in place, the quoted monetary amounts were close enough approximat…
A prequel to Counter Offer (summer vacation challenge)
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Stupid Science Symposium (scavenger hunt challenge) used:
This very ficlet marks my 600th. But I’m proudest of my amount of comments – I recently got to 1400. Thanks to the supremely …
A sequel to The Scavenger Hunt Challenge!
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Summertime Memories (unexpected twist challenge) used:
Ok, I know there are a few open challenges right now, and we really don’t need another one, but too bad. The stars align.
To…
A sequel to Unexpected Twist Challenge [Results Posted]
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Virtually Unknown (google challenge) used:
Ok, here’s the idea. type in your screen name on google then copy whatever the first link says. It’s great fun!! check it out…
A sequel to Googler challenge!!! (Oy's make ur own Challenge challenge!!)
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Teen Sensation (supporting characters challenge) used:
Many moons ago, I worked at UPS, loading and unloading packages onto trucks. It was an ordinary and monotonous job, but while…
A sequel to Great Supporting Character(s) Challenge (The Big 250)
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Gipetto's Marionette (paint a picture challenge) used:
Hey, all. I’m relatively new and I have to try to pose a challenge, just so that my fellow League of Awesomeness members can …
A sequel to Paint a picture challenge
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Identity Crisis Resolved (out-of-order challenge) used:
The conference was packed! After checking in to the HoJo, and signing in to the conference, we tried to find our seats. Every…
A sequel to Conference Revelations (out-of-order challenge)
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Conference Revelations (out-of-order challenge) used:
“Officer bates! I’ve found two IDs. They were both locked in the trunk.”
The ID presented to him first was for Leslie Gosnel…
A sequel to Not Sure (out-of-order challenge)
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Conference Revelations (out-of-order challenge) used:
“Nurse! She’s trying to talk!” Brit’s mom was almost shouting in her excitement. The nurse looked annoyed and began checking …
A prequel to Identity Crisis Resolved (out-of-order challenge)
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Conference Revelations (out-of-order challenge) used:
“Nurse! She’s trying to talk!” Brit’s mom was almost shouting in her excitement. The nurse looked annoyed and began checking …
A prequel to Identity Crisis Resolved (out-of-order challenge)
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Not Sure (out-of-order challenge) used:
The phone rang.
“Hello?”
“Mr. Gosnell?”
“Yes.”
“This is Mercy General. I’m calling in regards to your daughter, Leslie Gosnel…A sequel to Positive ID
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Not Sure (out-of-order challenge) used:
The conference was packed! After checking in to the HoJo, and signing in to the conference, we tried to find our seats. Every…
A prequel to Conference Revelations (out-of-order challenge)
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Positive ID used:
I left my dorm with my small overnight bag packed and my laptop zipped into its satchel.
This leadership conference was goin…
A sequel to Leadership Conference Group (out-of-order challenge)
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Positive ID used:
“Officer bates! I’ve found two IDs. They were both locked in the trunk.”
The ID presented to him first was for Leslie Gosnel…
A prequel to Not Sure (out-of-order challenge)
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Leadership Conference Group (out-of-order challenge) used:
“Unit 56” the dispatcher’s nasally voice crackled over the CB.
“56” I responded.
“Accident on the Interstate, Eastbound, mile…A sequel to Identity Crisis (out-of-order challenge)
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Leadership Conference Group (out-of-order challenge) used:
The phone rang.
“Hello?”
“Mr. Gosnell?”
“Yes.”
“This is Mercy General. I’m calling in regards to your daughter, Leslie Gosnel…A prequel to Positive ID
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Identity Crisis (out-of-order challenge) used:
Incredibly, I’ve now reached the big 500. This is all thanks to the many series I’m a part of with thebetweenspace, *Never …
A sequel to The Out-of-Order Challenge!
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Identity Crisis (out-of-order challenge) used:
I left my dorm with my small overnight bag packed and my laptop zipped into its satchel.
This leadership conference was goin…
A prequel to Leadership Conference Group (out-of-order challenge)
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So, Like Angry At My Sister! used:
I awoke the next day. The day I was suspended from school.
Not only was a I grounded, no TV, no phone, no friends, but I was…
A sequel to Punishment Befitting
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Hypothesis used:
As the Colonel was there every day to bark orders and share embellished war stories, so the wonderful Peggy was there to prov…
A sequel to Eco-tistical
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Hypothesis used:
Our silence was broken by a crackle out of the speakers. We all ran to the control room, tripping over each other.
“Space St…
A prequel to Achieving Communication
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In The Dark (number challenge) used:
10:1
Those who know in what I tend to take pride will probably have a good guess to what that ratio refers. But it’s numbers…
A sequel to Challenge by Numbers
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Eco-tistical used:
Since it is always a night sky in outer space, it’s hard to know when to sleep and when to rise. With the sun illuminating As…
A sequel to Resolve
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Eco-tistical used:
We had anticipated this moment for hours. Soon the Earth would give us a view of the North America. We could check to see if …
A prequel to Hypothesis
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Simple Idea used:
Pick a Duck by Waldo Jaquith
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Thanks Kevin! (join the farewell chain!) used:
Dear, dear Kevin,
I’m just one of the multitude here who are so very grateful this place exists. I don’t think I can ever ex…
A sequel to Thank you Kevin! (Farewell chain)
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Thanks Kevin! (join the farewell chain!) used:
Dear Kevin,
Thank you so much!! Again!! I know I said this in the comment, but I’m gonna say it again. These past few months…
A prequel to Thank you!!! (joining the chain...)
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Thanks Kevin! (join the farewell chain!) used:
Kevin-
best of luck with your new job. My best friend (kermit) suggested I write on here. I was nervous at first because of…
A prequel to A million Thanks (Fairwell chain)
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Punishment Befitting used:
I don’t know how long we were in there together. Some little second grader came in and Trevor hopped up on the stool to hide …
A sequel to Busted!
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Punishment Befitting used:
I was so mad at my sister! Who does think she is, my MOM?
I mean sitting there painting her toenails while I took care of…
A prequel to So, Like Angry At My Sister!
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Busted! used:
I went first, raising my hand and asking to use the restroom almost as soon as class began. As I passed Trevor’s desk I smile…
A sequel to A Plan in Action
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Busted! used:
I awoke the next day. The day I was suspended from school.
Not only was a I grounded, no TV, no phone, no friends, but I was…
A prequel to Punishment Befitting
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A Plan in Action used:
I focused on the window sill. It didn’t have the answers to the unspoken questions in my head. It didn’t even care about how …
A sequel to Trevor's New Plan
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A Plan in Action used:
I don’t know how long we were in there together. Some little second grader came in and Trevor hopped up on the stool to hide …
A prequel to Busted!
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Resolve used:
It was not uncommon to lose a signal from Earth out here in space. It happened a couple of times during flight as we moved to…
A sequel to Uncomfortable Silence
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Resolve used:
As the Colonel was there every day to bark orders and share embellished war stories, so the wonderful Peggy was there to prov…
A prequel to Eco-tistical
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Trevor's New Plan used:
I didn’t feel like I owed him anything!
At my house my sister was home. She was carrying her baby on her hip.
“Where have y…
A sequel to She Goes Home Instead
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Trevor's New Plan used:
I went first, raising my hand and asking to use the restroom almost as soon as class began. As I passed Trevor’s desk I smile…
A prequel to A Plan in Action
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She Goes Home Instead used:
I couldn’t believe what I was seeing! I mean on the one hand, I’d never see anything like this at home! And on the other, wel…
A sequel to She Doesn't Take the Bait
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She Goes Home Instead used:
I focused on the window sill. It didn’t have the answers to the unspoken questions in my head. It didn’t even care about how …
A prequel to Trevor's New Plan
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She Doesn't Take the Bait used:
I began to wonder how far I could get today.
Her lips were soft against mine. They parted a little. She pulled back.
“You w…
A sequel to Reeling Her In Further
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She Doesn't Take the Bait used:
I didn’t feel like I owed him anything!
At my house my sister was home. She was carrying her baby on her hip.
“Where have y…
A prequel to She Goes Home Instead
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Reeling Her In Further used:
She came over to my house after school. She had a nice face, nice smile, and big innocent eyes.
I wished I could find someo…
A sequel to Reeling Her In
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Reeling Her In Further used:
I couldn’t believe what I was seeing! I mean on the one hand, I’d never see anything like this at home! And on the other, wel…
A prequel to She Doesn't Take the Bait
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Reeling Her In used:
She was as blank as canvas and less absorbent than a waxed floor. For a fifth grader, she’d better figure out how to get it t…
A sequel to Easy Target
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Reeling Her In used:
I began to wonder how far I could get today.
Her lips were soft against mine. They parted a little. She pulled back.
“You w…
A prequel to Reeling Her In Further
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Uncomfortable Silence used:
The Colonel’s voice crackled over the intercom, “People, check and cross-check.”
We looked at one another, a look of befuddl…
A sequel to Something About Duty
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Uncomfortable Silence used:
Since it is always a night sky in outer space, it’s hard to know when to sleep and when to rise. With the sun illuminating As…
A prequel to Resolve
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Space Station used:
I looked out into deep space. It was so vast! It was overwhelming! The darkness went on and on, stars sparkled like little di…
A sequel to Earth Gazing
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Space Station used:
The Colonel’s voice crackled over the intercom, “People, check and cross-check.”
We looked at one another, a look of befuddl…
A prequel to Something About Duty
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Stunned Silence used:
I was part of a group of college students studying in Japan. It was my first trip out of the country. I was nervous about liv…
A sequel to Radioactive Vending Machine
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Radioactive Vending Machine used:
Stunned, I stood with my mouth open. The woman turned and looked very angry. I decided to continue in the direction I was hea…
A prequel to Stunned Silence
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Earth Gazing used:
It’s the next day and I am walking toward the shuttle until a few of my friends came by.
“Good luck out there dude!”
“Be sure…A sequel to Promise (Part 2)
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Earth Gazing used:
The final pieces of the space station were in place.
We pressurized it, started the oxygen and filtration systems, and cross…
A prequel to Space Station
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Safari Mishap (invisible's challenge) used:
Well, this is a challenge.
Actually, it’s a huge challenge to come up with a good challenge. Has anyone ever noticed that?.....
A sequel to Invisible Challenge.
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Thief in The Night [make me laugh challenge] used:
It was bound to happen sooner or later. Today I wrote my 150th ficlet. So, it seems that it’s about time for another challeng…
A sequel to Make Me Laugh Challenge
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I Was Mature For My Age Then [When I Grow Up challenge] used:
nearly 12 months.
more than 900 comments.
finally 100 ficlets.
and always the 1 author.I must say, this definetly for a cha…
A sequel to Saint Chuck's When I Grow Up Challenge [100 Ficlets]
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Easy Target used:
She came over to my house after school. She had a nice face, nice smile, and big innocent eyes.
I wished I could find someo…
A prequel to Reeling Her In
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Punk Rocker Alter Ego [J.B. dream challenge] used:
Hey everybody! I have a brand new challenge for you guys. This one is so basic but it’s kinda complicated. Well then, let’s n…
A sequel to Dreams
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A Revelation Over Cereal [Realization challenge] used:
Holy celery! 200 FICLETS! It has been great! I never thought that I would be this noticed for my writing on here. Never. I ha…
A sequel to Realization! (MY 200 FICLETS CHALLENGE!) Challenge on!
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It Must Have been A Dream [Deja vu] used:
Most of my challenges are dry, sorry to say, and I thought I’d take a crack at this one…Well, here it is:
Challenge!
Ev…
A sequel to A New Challenge, You Say?
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Stuff of Fairy Tales (silly story) used:
I’m very pround of my self that I’ve gotten to my 100th ficlet. Its time to “Celebrate, good times, uh huh”
For my 100th fic…
A sequel to !00th Ficlet Challenge. (Silly Story)
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Royal Interference [Hear Ye challenge] used:
HEAR YE, HEAR YE
LOUISE MADISON’S FIRST-EVER CHALLENGEAs my first challenge, I know it’s gotta be a good one. So it’s g…
A sequel to NewChallenge [[Hear Ye Challenge]]
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Newborn Hope used:
dragon flight by a & k
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Mirror Challenge Winners used:
Mirrors. Do they reflect what we want to see? Do they reflect only what’s there? Do we want to see what’s there?
I challenge…
A prequel to Mirror: Reflection of what? [Elsha's Mirror challenge]
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What More Nightmares May Come used:
In my slumber my heart began to race. He was grotesquely withered and sinewy in the face, but his bones under the water had b…
A sequel to What Nightmares May Come (cont.)
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What Nightmares May Come (cont.) used:
I was afraid to close my eyes, but sometime during the night, I did. I knew the dreams would come, as surely as I knew I woul…
A sequel to What Nightmares May Come
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What Nightmares May Come (cont.) used:
I didn’t know what to do about the nightmares. I couldn’t do what the creepy dead pirate seemed to want me to do, find his tr…
A prequel to What More Nightmares May Come
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What Nightmares May Come used:
In my slumber my heart began to race. He was grotesquely withered and sinewy in the face, but his bones under the water had b…
A prequel to What Nightmares May Come (cont.)
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It's What's Inside That Counts [BARomero nameless challenge] used:
Okay, so this challenge was inspired by Melia’s Ficlet, Mmmmmm… (6 m’s? yeah), hence I’m prequeling it with this challeng…
A sequel to What is the Challenge?
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Free At Last! [escape challenge] used:
I couldn’t bear to think about being separated with Kitty and the boys anymore. Even Ms. Dodson would be welcome company at t…
A sequel to The Nail That Guided Me
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Innocent Fun [apology challenge] used:
NPR ran a program today about the William Carlos Williams poem, “This Is Just To Say,” and had people reading their own versi…
A sequel to "This Is Just To Say..." [The Apology Challenge]
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Innocent Fun [apology challenge] used:
This is just to say
You have written in crayon
All over my world
My walls were built
With footholds for you.
Blank to al…
A prequel to Prequel... randomised
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School Journal: Day 1 [OTOC's 303rd challenge] used:
Alrighty. I sorta missed the 300 mark, so this is the:
303rd Ficlet Challenge!
..yeahhhh..=]
The challenge?! Okay….
A sequel to OTOC's 303rd Challenge=]
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Big Trouble, Big Lies [One More Word Challenge] used:
This one isn’t easy. Each consecutive sentence must be one word longer than the previous sentence. You can start with as many…
A sequel to One More Word Writing Challenge
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Jenny's Taxi (Devon and Trazelli series) used:
Det. Walsh had been busy.
He was able to pull Jenny in to look at some pictures. She ID’d “Hulk” and had her charges droppe…
A sequel to Interesting Developments
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A Hectic Mom Moment used:
Here we are in the future and the boys are growing up faster than we can pencil mark the doorframe of their bedroom with the …
A prequel to And It Doesn't Get Any Better as They Grow: But it Sure is Fun
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Mirror: Reflection of what? [Elsha's Mirror challenge] used:
Firebird, reflection by Tammy Green
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Mirror: Reflection of what? [Elsha's Mirror challenge] used:
I look at myself in the mirror. I look horrible with tears rolling down my face. This doesn’t even look like me. This is not …
A prequel to Tears and a Monster (Elsha's Mirror Challenge)
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Mirror: Reflection of what? [Elsha's Mirror challenge] used:
I fix up my suit at a mirror. I am everything I wanted to become. In my army suit I look strong. The way I stand makes me loo…
A prequel to Be Proud (Elsha's Mirror Challenge)
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Mirror: Reflection of what? [Elsha's Mirror challenge] used:
Kieran slams the door behind me to a chorus of snarls and snapping jaws. We’re both breathing hard. My lungs are burning.
Me…A prequel to Mirror Mirror... [Elsha's Mirror Challenge]
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Mirror: Reflection of what? [Elsha's Mirror challenge] used:
The needle on the speedometer rose sharply as I floored the pedal. Speed limit signs flashed past, but I ignored them; the po…
A prequel to Objects In Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear [Elsha's Mirror Challenge]
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Mirror: Reflection of what? [Elsha's Mirror challenge] used:
Zoned out, I stare at myself in the bathroom mirror. I don’t like looking at me. Honestly, I don’t even like me period. The f…
A prequel to Putting Things Off in Mirror Land [Elsha's Mirror Challenge]
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Mirror: Reflection of what? [Elsha's Mirror challenge] used:
I check my tie in the mirror and realise that I’ve put the red tie on instead of the blue one. I should pay more attention in…
A prequel to Mirror Image
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Mirror: Reflection of what? [Elsha's Mirror challenge] used:
A crisp wind pierced my skin as I strode down a narrow side road, quickly so I wouldn’t miss the bus. I closed my eyes, tryin…
A prequel to Barely There [Elsha's Mirror Challenge]
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Mirror: Reflection of what? [Elsha's Mirror challenge] used:
Celia is staying at her grandmothers house for a week. The hot summer sun keeps her inside. She would burn easily if she stay…
A prequel to Secret Room (Elisha's Mirror Challenge)
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Mirror: Reflection of what? [Elsha's Mirror challenge] used:
The littlest mirror in the room of mirrors never had anyone look into it. Then one day a Pixie came along and looked into the…
A prequel to The little one (Elsha's Mirror Challange) (Emily's Pixie Challenge)
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Mirror: Reflection of what? [Elsha's Mirror challenge] used:
Marcellus was combing his hair in the mirror like he did everyday of his life. Less and less hair as he approached his fortie…
A prequel to Mirror, Mirror{Elsha's Mirror Challenge}
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Mirror: Reflection of what? [Elsha's Mirror challenge] used:
The faces glared at me, reflecting my image. They were all sad, all bleak. Our grandfather had just died. All us kids were ve…
A prequel to A Mirror Image {Elsha's Mirror Challenge}
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Mirror: Reflection of what? [Elsha's Mirror challenge] used:
I walked through yet another hall in this dilapidated house, wanting to get out.
I walked by a yet another mirror. Something…
A prequel to Always
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Mirror: Reflection of what? [Elsha's Mirror challenge] used:
Eight months since this mirror had become her enemy. Eight months since the usual things had ceased to exist, and she had beg…
A prequel to Fading
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Mirror: Reflection of what? [Elsha's Mirror challenge] used:
You’re standing so close I can see myself distorted in the mirror-like finish of your sunglasses. We’re walking side by side …
A prequel to Miles Apart (Mirror Challenge)
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Mirror: Reflection of what? [Elsha's Mirror challenge] used:
Every morning she seeks me out. What is she looking for in my depths? Her eyes reflect back at her, two black holes vacant of…
A prequel to Skin Deep [Elsha's Mirror Challenge]
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Mirror: Reflection of what? [Elsha's Mirror challenge] used:
She struggles to find her features in the mirror, squinting, bobbing and weaving in front of my bathroom sink. Her eyes betra…
A prequel to The Dance (mirror challenge)
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Mirror: Reflection of what? [Elsha's Mirror challenge] used:
The mirror was blank. Well, actually you can see behind me. Just not me. There was something seriously wrong with a) the …
A prequel to Mirror, Mirror On The Wall, Who's the...the...Where's My Reflection?!{mirror challenge}
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Mirror: Reflection of what? [Elsha's Mirror challenge] used:
Mirrors have become my enemy
When ever I look into a mirror
I see nothing
I feel nothing
I hear nothing
And I never look in …A prequel to Sequel to Elsha's mirror challange
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Mirror: Reflection of what? [Elsha's Mirror challenge] used:
I stared at the mirror.
In it, I saw a person, not unlike myself.
He had bags under his eyes from lack of sleep. They puffe…
A prequel to Good Morning, Sunshine! (Mirror Challenge)
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Mirror: Reflection of what? [Elsha's Mirror challenge] used:
“No, I didn’t break the mirror.” Jane said absently as Robby chuckled hysterically.
He asked, “Then how did it end up broken…
A prequel to Broken Mirror (Mirror Challenge)
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Mirror: Reflection of what? [Elsha's Mirror challenge] used:
I can see myself reflected on all sides as I hold onto the barré, my leg extended straight out to the side, my toes pointed t…
A prequel to Reflections of A Girl
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Mirror: Reflection of what? [Elsha's Mirror challenge] used:
The mirror tells the truth.
All my life, I’ve been taught to lie. “Don’t tell anyone,” whispered into the dark, night after …
A prequel to Lie
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Mirror: Reflection of what? [Elsha's Mirror challenge] used:
I don’t see myself in a mirror. At least, not in the one that’s all shiny and shows my face.
I see it in others. I see it in…
A prequel to Mirror Challenge: My reflections.
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Mirror: Reflection of what? [Elsha's Mirror challenge] used:
Arie stared at herself. She stared hard. And yet… _no matter how hard she stared at that stupid pimple, it wouldn’t go away…
A prequel to Mirrors are Mirrors
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Mirror: Reflection of what? [Elsha's Mirror challenge] used:
Why don’t you see me?
I’m calling to you. Can’t you hear me? Don’t you see me? I can see you. I can see you clearly as dayl…
A prequel to Don't you see me? - Part 1 (Elsha's Mirror Challenge)
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Mirror: Reflection of what? [Elsha's Mirror challenge] used:
I sit down, and look into the mirror; the person staring back at me is someone familiar, but is almost always locked away les…
A prequel to Two Sides of the Mirror [Mirror Challenge]
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Mirror: Reflection of what? [Elsha's Mirror challenge] used:
She woke up with a start. Another day, another look, she thought. Her heart filled with dread. And loathing. She didn’t lik…
A prequel to Mirror Death
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Mirror: Reflection of what? [Elsha's Mirror challenge] used:
One day, I looked in a mirror
And whatever did I see?
All of my failures, all my faults
Looking straight back at me.Lust la…
A prequel to Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall, What is My Greatest Fault of All?
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Mirror: Reflection of what? [Elsha's Mirror challenge] used:
When I look in the mirror, I see myself. But, I have to wonder, what does the mirror see as it looks at me? Does it see the e…
A prequel to Invisible
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Mirror: Reflection of what? [Elsha's Mirror challenge] used:
With so many entries, I had to put them in categories! Some entries were cute or comical, most were disturbing or eerie, a co…
A sequel to Mirror Challenge Winners
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Morning Ritual [OM's word challenge] used:
yeah, so this is my 60th ficlet. i wanted to do a 50th ficlet, but i totally passed that one without notice, so i got to 60 a…
A sequel to OM's WORD CHALLENGE!! 60th ficlet cuz i totally missed the 50 mark!!!!
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Where The Stairwell Leads [escape challenge] used:
Excited now, I frantically put the key into the lock. A small gasp escaped me as I realized that it fit. After a faint click…
A sequel to Stuck With The Stuffed [Escape Challenge]
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Where The Stairwell Leads [escape challenge] used:
I couldn’t bear to think about being separated with Kitty and the boys anymore. Even Ms. Dodson would be welcome company at t…
A prequel to The Nail That Guided Me
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Interesting Developments used:
Mr. Crawford sat at his desk. He glanced at the photo of his family taken while on vacation at the ocean. His two strapping y…
A sequel to Mr. Crawford Gets A Phone Call
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Interesting Developments used:
She knew she was free. Her name was cleared. She felt pounds lighter, the birds sang cheerier, the sun shone brighter, and th…
A prequel to Jenny's Taxi (Devon and Trazelli series)
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Mr. Crawford Gets A Phone Call used:
Detective Walsh’s head was spinning as he left the starkly bright basement room and wandered into the darkness of the city. H…
A sequel to Dawning
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Mr. Crawford Gets A Phone Call used:
Det. Walsh had been busy.
He was able to pull Jenny in to look at some pictures. She ID’d “Hulk” and had her charges droppe…
A prequel to Interesting Developments
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She Just Hates Busses used:
Okay, I hit 200 like two days ago… and this is 210. I was gonna give my challenge a miss, but I changed my mind. Soooo…. ...
A sequel to Set Sentence Challenge ~It's my 210th ficlet!~
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Dawning used:
“Wait a minute,” Detective Walsh interrupted, “why did giving up the girl keep Trazelli favorable?”
“You call yourself a det…
A sequel to Jenny Tells All
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Dawning used:
Mr. Crawford sat at his desk. He glanced at the photo of his family taken while on vacation at the ocean. His two strapping y…
A prequel to Mr. Crawford Gets A Phone Call
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[Living Descrip. challenge] Sign Language (or otherwise known as Useful Until Useless) used:
Have you heard? Today is a very special day. It is for me, anyway. Because I have written two hundred ficlets since I start…
A sequel to uselessness's LIVING DESCRIPTIONS Challenge!
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Jenny Tells All used:
“Psst.” Someone hissed from behind Detective Walsh as he left the nightclub. “You looking for that manager lady?”
An arm beck…A sequel to Speaking of Skeletons.....
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Jenny Tells All used:
Detective Walsh’s head was spinning as he left the starkly bright basement room and wandered into the darkness of the city. H…
A prequel to Dawning
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Speaking of Skeletons..... used:
Detective Walsh was still skeptical.
“What was your relationship to Miss Petunia?”
“I met her long ago on a business trip. ...
A sequel to Shrugged Off
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Speaking of Skeletons..... used:
“Wait a minute,” Detective Walsh interrupted, “why did giving up the girl keep Trazelli favorable?”
“You call yourself a det…
A prequel to Jenny Tells All
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Shrugged Off used:
As it was, Trazelli was in fact, in his nightclub the night Detective Walsh paid a visit and was tipped off by his bouncers a…
A sequel to Trazelli Meets the Detective
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Shrugged Off used:
“Psst.” Someone hissed from behind Detective Walsh as he left the nightclub. “You looking for that manager lady?”
An arm beck…A prequel to Speaking of Skeletons.....
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Trazelli Meets the Detective used:
So what happened a month ago that would cause a woman running a successful business to hole up in her office and drink? Detec…
A sequel to The Calm Before the Storm
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Trazelli Meets the Detective used:
Detective Walsh was still skeptical.
“What was your relationship to Miss Petunia?”
“I met her long ago on a business trip. ...
A prequel to Shrugged Off
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The Calm Before the Storm used:
Detective Walsh had driven all over the city and county visiting with children. He now sat at his desk looking over his notes…
A sequel to The First Pages of Det. Walsh's Notes
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The Calm Before the Storm used:
As it was, Trazelli was in fact, in his nightclub the night Detective Walsh paid a visit and was tipped off by his bouncers a…
A prequel to Trazelli Meets the Detective
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The First Pages of Det. Walsh's Notes used:
Something just didn’t set right with Detective Walsh about that orphanage with the missing manager
He muses:
_First of all,...
A sequel to Unsettled Thoughts
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The First Pages of Det. Walsh's Notes used:
So what happened a month ago that would cause a woman running a successful business to hole up in her office and drink? Detec…
A prequel to The Calm Before the Storm
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Unsettled Thoughts used:
Mr. Trazelli called the Rollins brothers after watching the news.
“Good work boys. Lay low, take a trip. Just disappear unti…
A sequel to Mr. Trazelli Still In Control
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Unsettled Thoughts used:
Detective Walsh had driven all over the city and county visiting with children. He now sat at his desk looking over his notes…
A prequel to The First Pages of Det. Walsh's Notes
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Elsha's Funny How Challenge (edit) used:
Its funny how people are shy in front of people that they hardly know. They will meet these people, what, maybe twice in thei…
A prequel to Silly Shyness
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Elsha's Funny How Challenge (edit) used:
Its funny how a parents way of accepting their child has won an arguement is to send them off to do some sort of house-chore….
A prequel to Losing Parent
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Elsha's Funny How Challenge (edit) used:
It’s funny how you can go through life thinking something is normal, that it’s the same for everyone. Then, when you least ex…
A prequel to Funny Things at Parties (Elsa's Funny How Challenge)
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Elsha's Funny How Challenge (edit) used:
It’s funny how rubber duckies squeak.
Really, what type of duck squeaks? No, squeaking is reserved for toys of the dog and s…
A prequel to It's Funny that I Notice (challenge)
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Elsha's Funny How Challenge (edit) used:
Its funny how people don’t see themselves as they really are. Not the majority, anyway. Sometimes I can go a whole day withou…
A prequel to Mad World
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Elsha's Funny How Challenge (edit) used:
It’s funny how that important pieces of computer equipment for the office decide to die only on the days I take a vacation.
A prequel to Computer Equipment (Elsha's Funny How Challenge)
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Elsha's Funny How Challenge (edit) used:
It’s funny how musicians “with an attitude” use gun-shot and gun-loading sounds in their tracks, thus advertising the weapons…
A prequel to Weapon advertizement (Elsha's Funny How Challenge)
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Elsha's Funny How Challenge (edit) used:
It’s funny how sometimes when you miss someone, you pretty much refuse to tell someone. Then when you see them, it’s always a…
A prequel to Observance (funny how challenge)
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Elsha's Funny How Challenge (edit) used:
It’s funny how people just think that, since I’m adopted, I want to go back to China. I don’t. I want to go to London, or som…
A prequel to It's Funny How They Automatically Think That
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Mr. Trazelli Still In Control used:
“Well, your mother and I can’t have our own babies,” Dad finished. I looked at both of them, something began to click, but I …
A sequel to Pieces Fall into Place
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Mr. Trazelli Still In Control used:
Something just didn’t set right with Detective Walsh about that orphanage with the missing manager
He muses:
_First of all,...
A prequel to Unsettled Thoughts
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Pieces Fall into Place used:
Mr. Crawford called that night during dinner and told my parents to watch the news.
“Police took 25 orphans into custody tod…
A sequel to The News Reaches Devon's House
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Pieces Fall into Place used:
Mr. Trazelli called the Rollins brothers after watching the news.
“Good work boys. Lay low, take a trip. Just disappear unti…
A prequel to Mr. Trazelli Still In Control
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The News Reaches Devon's House used:
“Then the kids stormed in and chased us, caught us, tied us up, and hooted and hollered. Miss Petunia never came!”
“Miss Pet…
A sequel to What Happened At Pine Ridge
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The News Reaches Devon's House used:
“Well, your mother and I can’t have our own babies,” Dad finished. I looked at both of them, something began to click, but I …
A prequel to Pieces Fall into Place
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What Happened At Pine Ridge used:
“562 in progress, Pine Ridge Adoption Agency, corner of Oak and 12th, be advised, 25 youth suspects, all units report,” the d…
A sequel to The Next Morning at Pine Ridge
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What Happened At Pine Ridge used:
Mr. Crawford called that night during dinner and told my parents to watch the news.
“Police took 25 orphans into custody tod…
A prequel to The News Reaches Devon's House
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The Next Morning at Pine Ridge used:
I watched the detective talk to Mr. Trazelli at the end of the hall. I watched him leave. I thought it was odd that he would …
A sequel to Laney's Unanswered Questions
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The Next Morning at Pine Ridge used:
“Then the kids stormed in and chased us, caught us, tied us up, and hooted and hollered. Miss Petunia never came!”
“Miss Pet…
A prequel to What Happened At Pine Ridge
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Laney's Unanswered Questions used:
The brothers had no trouble breaking in to the basement window of the Agency. It simply fell into their gloved hands.
They f…
A sequel to One Bullet Was All It Took
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Laney's Unanswered Questions used:
“562 in progress, Pine Ridge Adoption Agency, corner of Oak and 12th, be advised, 25 youth suspects, all units report,” the d…
A prequel to The Next Morning at Pine Ridge
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One Bullet Was All It Took used:
The Rollins brothers owed Mr. Trazelli a lot. He had seen their potential at a young age when they tried to rob him. He caugh…
A sequel to Phone Call
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One Bullet Was All It Took used:
I watched the detective talk to Mr. Trazelli at the end of the hall. I watched him leave. I thought it was odd that he would …
A prequel to Laney's Unanswered Questions
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Phone Call used:
The Pine Ridge Adoption Agency sat on the corner of two very busy streets. There wasn’t a pine tree within 500 miles of the r…
A sequel to Pine Ridge Adoption Agency
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Phone Call used:
The brothers had no trouble breaking in to the basement window of the Agency. It simply fell into their gloved hands.
They f…
A prequel to One Bullet Was All It Took
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Pine Ridge Adoption Agency used:
The trial began to get bumpy. Devon’s papers were sound. The judge adjourned for recess.
“Don’t worry Mr. Trazelli, these th…
A sequel to Trazelli Enacts Plan B
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Pine Ridge Adoption Agency used:
The Rollins brothers owed Mr. Trazelli a lot. He had seen their potential at a young age when they tried to rob him. He caugh…
A prequel to Phone Call
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Trazelli Enacts Plan B used:
The courtroom was green and brown. It reminded me of the duck, Melvin, that I made Laney take a picture of at the park. I rem…
A sequel to Devon's Point of View
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Trazelli Enacts Plan B used:
The Pine Ridge Adoption Agency sat on the corner of two very busy streets. There wasn’t a pine tree within 500 miles of the r…
A prequel to Pine Ridge Adoption Agency
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Devon's Point of View used:
The serious looking gentleman spoke first. He claimed the handsome guy was Devon’s real Dad!
I looked at her. Her eyes grew …
A sequel to Recounting the Opening Statements
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Devon's Point of View used:
The trial began to get bumpy. Devon’s papers were sound. The judge adjourned for recess.
“Don’t worry Mr. Trazelli, these th…
A prequel to Trazelli Enacts Plan B
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Recounting the Opening Statements used:
I got up early. I just couldn’t sleep in any longer. I dressed and went downstairs for breakfast. Mom and Dad were dressed to…
A sequel to Thursday
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Recounting the Opening Statements used:
The courtroom was green and brown. It reminded me of the duck, Melvin, that I made Laney take a picture of at the park. I rem…
A prequel to Devon's Point of View
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Thursday used:
That night we had a party. After I stopped crying and the three of us wiped our tears of frustration away, my Mom suggested t…
A sequel to Making Lemonade Out of Lemons
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Thursday used:
“Who is that? Why is he waving? Do you know him?” Devon whispered to me.
“Shh. I don’t know!” I snapped back even quieter. S…
A prequel to Court
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Thursday used:
The serious looking gentleman spoke first. He claimed the handsome guy was Devon’s real Dad!
I looked at her. Her eyes grew …
A prequel to Recounting the Opening Statements
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Making Lemonade Out of Lemons used:
“Who was that dear?” Mom sounded worried. She heard the defensive tone of Dad’s voice, even if the words were too low to make…
A sequel to Falling Apart
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Making Lemonade Out of Lemons used:
I got up early. I just couldn’t sleep in any longer. I dressed and went downstairs for breakfast. Mom and Dad were dressed to…
A prequel to Thursday
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Falling Apart used:
I watched their lawyer leave in his expensive black Jaguar. I had arrived back from my ‘meeting’ with that bum and gotten a s…
A sequel to Delivering the Package
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Falling Apart used:
That night we had a party. After I stopped crying and the three of us wiped our tears of frustration away, my Mom suggested t…
A prequel to Making Lemonade Out of Lemons
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Delivering the Package used:
The lawyer came as the last dishes were cleared from the table. Devon went to watch her favorite show, while I had dish duty….
A sequel to The Ominous Lawyer
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Delivering the Package used:
“Who was that dear?” Mom sounded worried. She heard the defensive tone of Dad’s voice, even if the words were too low to make…
A prequel to Falling Apart
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The Ominous Lawyer used:
I sat outside on the swing, dragging the end of my shoe across the sand. Devon giggled and sang beside me as she swung as hig…
A sequel to Reflecting on Sisterhood
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The Ominous Lawyer used:
I watched their lawyer leave in his expensive black Jaguar. I had arrived back from my ‘meeting’ with that bum and gotten a s…
A prequel to Delivering the Package
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Reflecting on Sisterhood used:
I didn’t want to give him any large amount of money. I began considering what amount would be big enough to satisfy a homeles…
A sequel to A Transaction
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Reflecting on Sisterhood used:
The lawyer came as the last dishes were cleared from the table. Devon went to watch her favorite show, while I had dish duty….
A prequel to The Ominous Lawyer
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A Transaction used:
My phone rang. I jumped, knocking it to the floor of the car. It was the boss.
“Yeah?”
“I have called in Preston, my best a…
A sequel to Homeless Contact
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A Transaction used:
I sat outside on the swing, dragging the end of my shoe across the sand. Devon giggled and sang beside me as she swung as hig…
A prequel to sisters
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A Transaction used:
I sat outside on the swing, dragging the end of my shoe across the sand. Devon giggled and sang beside me as she swung as hig…
A prequel to Reflecting on Sisterhood
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Homeless Contact used:
The morning sun slowly dissolved the dew clinging to every blade of grass, leaf, spider web, and vehicle along Harmony Waye. ...
A sequel to Chocolate Chip Pancakes?
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Homeless Contact used:
I didn’t want to give him any large amount of money. I began considering what amount would be big enough to satisfy a homeles…
A prequel to A Transaction
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Chocolate Chip Pancakes? used:
He was the most feared and hated man in six big cities. He owned warehouses, ranches, companies, cabins, and undeveloped prop…
A sequel to What He Wanted
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Chocolate Chip Pancakes? used:
My phone rang. I jumped, knocking it to the floor of the car. It was the boss.
“Yeah?”
“I have called in Preston, my best a…
A prequel to Homeless Contact
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What He Wanted used:
I sat outside in a last minute rental car, black sedan, seat all the way back, resting until the neighborhood quieted. Devon’...
A sequel to Watching Them
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What He Wanted used:
The morning sun slowly dissolved the dew clinging to every blade of grass, leaf, spider web, and vehicle along Harmony Waye. ...
A prequel to Chocolate Chip Pancakes?
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Watching Them used:
When it seemed that my parents would find me silently crying in the hall if I stayed curled up there a moment longer, I went …
A sequel to A Last Long Look
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Watching Them used:
He was the most feared and hated man in six big cities. He owned warehouses, ranches, companies, cabins, and undeveloped prop…
A prequel to What He Wanted
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A Last Long Look used:
I thought I’d seen him following us around the park. I brushed him off as just a creepy guy who happened to be going the same…
A sequel to Decisions
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A Last Long Look used:
I sat outside in a last minute rental car, black sedan, seat all the way back, resting until the neighborhood quieted. Devon’...
A prequel to Watching Them
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Decisions used:
The park provided many photo opportunities. I sent dozens of photos from my phone to her father. He texted back the go ahead …
A sequel to Meeting the Family
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Decisions used:
When it seemed that my parents would find me silently crying in the hall if I stayed curled up there a moment longer, I went …
A prequel to A Last Long Look
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Meeting the Family used:
I’d been to libraries, hospitals, and adoption agencies, in cities all over the country. I’d knocked on doors, plastered up s…
A sequel to Locating the Child
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Meeting the Family used:
I thought I’d seen him following us around the park. I brushed him off as just a creepy guy who happened to be going the same…
A prequel to Decisions
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Locating the Child used:
“Look!” She squeals. “A duckie, it’s a duckie!”
_I nod and smile, knowing how much she loves ducks, laughing at how silly …
A sequel to Maybe She Knew
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Locating the Child used:
The park provided many photo opportunities. I sent dozens of photos from my phone to her father. He texted back the go ahead …
A prequel to Meeting the Family
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Autumn and Justin: Meeting used:
I found the books and handed him one. He held it willingly, as if it were going to give him the confidence to speak to me. It…
A sequel to Autumn and Justin: The Beginning
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Autumn and Justin: The Beginning used:
“Great!” I was happy about his suggestion, the sooner the better. I looked at my watch. 20 minutes left.
“Umm let’s start h…
A sequel to Autumn and Justin: Closer Together
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Autumn and Justin: The Beginning used:
The next morning, it was easy to get out of bed. I was going to the library with Justin. Alone. YES!
I almost cursed the bus…
A prequel to Autumn and Justin: Meeting
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Autumn and Justin: Closer Together used:
The school wanted parental permission for students to have internet access. I guess so there were more people to blame if a s…
A sequel to Autumn and Justin: Study Plans
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Autumn and Justin: Closer Together used:
I found the books and handed him one. He held it willingly, as if it were going to give him the confidence to speak to me. It…
A prequel to Autumn and Justin: The Beginning
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Autumn and Justin: Study Plans used:
“I don’t work. I don’t have a car. School is my job now….I guess.” I smiled. I hoped it was encouraging.
He nodded, slowly…
A sequel to Autumn and Justin: Overthinking things
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Autumn and Justin: Study Plans used:
“Great!” I was happy about his suggestion, the sooner the better. I looked at my watch. 20 minutes left.
“Umm let’s start h…
A prequel to Autumn and Justin: Closer Together
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Autumn and Justin: Overthinking things used:
I knew he would blush easily, with his bronze hair and fair complexion, so I didn’t read much into it. When the teacher ended…
A sequel to Autumn and Justin: First Words
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Autumn and Justin: Overthinking things used:
The school wanted parental permission for students to have internet access. I guess so there were more people to blame if a s…
A prequel to Autumn and Justin: Study Plans
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Autumn and Justin: First Words used:
The teacher passed out a deck of cards supposedly randomly shuffled and fair.
I saw what HE was dealt as we left the room to…
A sequel to Autumn and Justin: The Assignment
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Autumn and Justin: First Words used:
“I don’t work. I don’t have a car. School is my job now….I guess.” I smiled. I hoped it was encouraging.
He nodded, slowly…
A prequel to Autumn and Justin: Overthinking things
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Autumn and Justin: The Assignment used:
I knew he would blush easily, with his bronze hair and fair complexion, so I didn’t read much into it. When the teacher ended…
A prequel to Autumn and Justin: First Words
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Un-Gridlock used:
I was just cruising along, fingers tapping on the steering wheel to the songs on the radio, when I come upon traffic stopped …
A sequel to Gridlock
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Gridlock used:
2 hours
I stopped playing the radio game to hear songs, instead looking for news. Finally I hear a report. “Traffic is back…A prequel to Un-Gridlock
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A Place for a Challenge: Winners! used:
I feel inclined to write a challenge. Why? Maybe it’s because I have underdeveloped ideas, festering, not willing to break th…
A prequel to A Place for a Challenge
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Food Smells Good When I'm Hungry used:
(I’m going to do several because I have the room)
Monster back there? Oh crap! RUN!
Born in Arizona, Grew up everywhere.
L…
A sequel to Six Word Monster
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Hypnosis [six word challenge] used:
Six-word-memoirs Challenge
37signals (http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/846-six-sells) is running a story about “six word m…
A sequel to Six Word Memoirs CHALLENGE
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Nothing is Sacred [Possession challenge] used:
I thought of an idea for a challenge, this one I think should be a lot of fun.
The challenge is to write a story about your …A sequel to (New Challenge) Prized personal Posession (New Challenge)
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Parade used:
All right, it’s been a long time since I’ve made a challenge. Also, most people reading this are new enough they don’t even r…
A sequel to Now, when Was the Last Time You've Had a Good 'Ol Stovohobo Challenge?
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Beheaded [Doll challenge] used:
...maybe even 1,024 characters!
The occasion: I’m celebrating having written my 150th ficlet. I love being a ficleteer (Is…
A sequel to Challenge: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Characters...
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Beheaded [Doll challenge] used:
Had the head screamed as it fell into the furor of the ocean, its cries would have been lost to the rolling crashes of each w…
A prequel to Broken doll
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Why Bob Is In The Doghouse used:
Despite the title (and picture) my challenge has absolutely nothing to do with kittens (unless you really wish it so.)
Oka…
A sequel to kittens for mittens CHALLENGE!
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You Never Appreciate What You Have Until It's Gone [place challenge by me] used:
I feel inclined to write a challenge. Why? Maybe it’s because I have underdeveloped ideas, festering, not willing to break th…
A sequel to A Place for a Challenge
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A Place for a Challenge used:
It wasn’t much.
It wasn’t much at all.
But I won’t ever forget it…
It was the summer going into 5th grade. And it went b…
A prequel to Not Much (Mistress Elsha Hawk's challenge)
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A Place for a Challenge used:
Ahhh so many memories…
I’ve had my room for eight years now, and boy, if only walls could talk. There would be so many st…
A prequel to My room (A place for a challenge)
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A Place for a Challenge used:
My mom used to take me to front of our neighborhood when I was little, where I’d play on a giant rock while we waited for my …
A prequel to The Really Big Rock (Mistress Elsha Hawk's Place Challenge)
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A Place for a Challenge used:
The warm Carolina breeze kisses my cheek as I walk down the familiar road, now grown unfamiliar with intervening years. This …
A prequel to Places Gone By
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A Place for a Challenge used:
I parked my car in front of Claire’s house. 5234. Wiping salty tears from my cheeks, I looked at myself in the rear-view mirr…
A prequel to A place for a challenge: Mother number two
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A Place for a Challenge used:
North Cape May,
my home someday.I hear the seagulls as they soar
taste the salt air in my mouth,
The Cape May shore,
in New…A prequel to North Cape May, My Home Someday : Places;Mistress Elsha Hawk's Challenege
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A Place for a Challenge used:
I enter the park. I first hear the CLANG CLANG CLANG…AHHH!!! coming from the front coaster as I walk in. I hear the whoosh …
A prequel to The Place for Thrill (A Place for a Challenge, Challenge)
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A Place for a Challenge used:
The one place that holds a special significance for me is nothing so lofty as the top of the Eiffel Tower, nor as astounding …
A prequel to The Park, part 1 [Place Challenge]
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A Place for a Challenge used:
The best things, and places, are the ones you don’t spend hours looking for, but the ones that happen upon you accidentally.
...A prequel to It Happened Upon Me (Place Challenge)
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A Place for a Challenge used:
I shivered. It was out of pleasure, out of love—out of a million tiny joys exploding inside me as my uncle’s speedboat round…
A prequel to A Moment to Call Home
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A Place for a Challenge used:
The subways doors popped open with a hiss and the hustle and bustle of people as they shuffled off the train reveberated thro…
A prequel to Where Dreams Go ( Place Challenge)
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A Place for a Challenge used:
“A special place all my own,” I thought grudgingly, “everyone else has one.” I kicked at the ground as I trudged along.
Spo…
A prequel to My Very Own Special Place: Place for a Challenge Mistress Elsha Hawk's Challenge
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A Place for a Challenge used:
The drumbeat resonated from a quarter mile away. We could feel the steady rhythm in our feet as we stepped onto the ground fr…
A prequel to Tsalagi Nation: A Gathering of Descendants Mistress Elsha Hawk's Place Challenge
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A Place for a Challenge used:
Everyday when I go to school I look forward to my third period class, Choir. I walk from the second floor, curving my way aro…
A prequel to The Music Wing Part 1 (Place Challenge)
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A Place for a Challenge used:
A tear fell from my eye as I grasped the doorknob with my gloved hand. My tears had been collecting in my goggles; they felt …
A prequel to Hope Was Lost. {Miss Elsha Hawk's Place Challenge}
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A Place for a Challenge used:
I closed my eyes and felt the breeze on my face, blowing my hair back. I could hear Kelly’s joyful shouts from several rocks …
A prequel to My Place
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A Place for a Challenge used:
It’s not a celebrated place among most, I have to admit. Normally, people dread going there. They hate the obnoxious sound of…
A prequel to My Place of Security and Predictability [The Place Challenge]
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A Place for a Challenge used:
School. Ah. How I would like to strangle the person who created it. But, it is there, existing, nonetheless.
A weekly routin…
A prequel to An Educational Death [place challenge]
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A Place for a Challenge used:
You never appreciate what you have until it’s gone.
In my car, the seats are covered with velvety black seat covers decorate…
A prequel to You Never Appreciate What You Have Until It's Gone [place challenge by me]
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A Place for a Challenge used:
Oh that lovely sharp hiss as the train arrives at Marylebone. I know you’re anxious to get off but do mind the gap at the pla…
A prequel to My London (Place for a challenge)
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I could see my breath in the air as I exhaled; it was that cold. I shivered, wrapping my vintage Burberry coat around me. I…
A prequel to Central Park (Mistress Elsha Hawk's Place for a Challenge)
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I sit cross legged on my unkempt bed, looking around, I realize just how familiar my room is to me. I see it everyday, and it…
A prequel to My Place{mistress elsa Hawk's challenge}wait, i think it's hers is it?
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I used to walk the halls at school and I would see him standing by his locker, chatting with a friend or just standing there …
A prequel to Where He Is ~Misstress Elsha Hawk's Challenge~
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Its not even noon yet, but the sun is thrashing down on the open water splayed out in front in front of me, making it sparkle…
A prequel to Where It Ends (Mistress Elsha Hawk's Place Challenge)
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The waves lick gently at my bare toes, and soak the warm, glistening sand. The sun warms my back gently; its gentle rays wrap…
A prequel to Sunlight on a Sparking Lake
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It was the same place she walked into everyday for her entire life. The same place where she did her homework, ate dinner, an…
A prequel to Home
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Going outside to get the mail. Spring is creeping up on us, I can smell it. Inhale deeply, take in the scent that the earth g…
A prequel to Do you remember? (place challenge)
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Whether your place was your room, your head, or a nature escape outdoors, you took me there. I am going to award winners in c…
A sequel to A Place for a Challenge: Winners!
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Uncommon Love: Fritz and Cindy [challenge] used:
50 Ficlets!
So, according to tradition, I must devise a challenge.
For my fiftieth ficlet challenge I want you to write a lo…A sequel to `crayola.'s 50 ficlet challenge: A Unique Love Story
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Enrollment used:
The school campus was huge. There were quiet rooms, art. rooms, music rooms, play rooms, and classrooms. The playground was f…
A sequel to Maybe I'm Not Ready
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Coat Closet [smell challenge] used:
Close to aproaching 100 ficlets, I have decided to post a challenge. This one I think will be a lot of fun.
Take a scent, a…
A sequel to This Reminds me of... Ficlet Challenge
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Maybe I'm Not Ready used:
If I only had someone to talk to. Well, not just anyone, someone who’s been there. Someone who has weighed these particular p…
A sequel to A Mother's Internal Monologue
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Maybe I'm Not Ready used:
I left the school with a stack of forms in one hand and a happy son in the other. I was so proud of him! I wanted to take him…
A prequel to Enrollment
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A Mother's Internal Monologue used:
He never smiles. He never speaks. He looks at me with distrust, as if I were not his mother, as if I had not fed him, clothed…
A sequel to The Only Son
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The school campus was huge. There were quiet rooms, art. rooms, music rooms, play rooms, and classrooms. The playground was f…
A prequel to Maybe I'm Not Ready
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My Favorite Flower used:
Spiral by Dawn Endico
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Evening on the Magical Lake used:
The tinted windows make everything outside look unnaturally bluer; blue fog, blue trees, blue frost.
I love working from my…
A sequel to Something Magical About That Lake
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Whirlwind of Events [quiz challenge-mostly in reverse] used:
when i can’t think of what to write i make a challenge. sooo…im making a challenge.
its really easy ~ so just answer the…
A sequel to quiz challenge
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Something Magical About That Lake used:
Another Office Window Shot by Kyle Flood
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Something Magical About That Lake used:
Finally! Friday’s work is finished! I feel like trying to solve My Mystery.
I can’t get the draw of the lake out of my head….A prequel to Evening on the Magical Lake