Morris Buys a Watermelon: The Continuing Adventures Only on Friday Fictioneers

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Morris schlepps Gertie to a seedy part of town for a bargain. But will it be more than he bargained for?

When You Need Some Time Away to Think, a Barn is not the Place: Friday Fictioneers

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Gertie books a place for them so that Morris can get away and think. But, boy, does it go awry!

The Puddling Rain (in tribute to Leonid Afremov’s painting Friends Under the Rain)*

Two women, one umbrella, and a puddling rain make for the perfect poetic pose…

Four Dead Mah-jongg Players: Friday Fictioneers

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When you’re dead and you have nothing really to do…

Brothers: Friday Fictioneers

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Brothers, siblings, rivals. Always teasing, testing the limits, manipulating. Like some adults we know? Even countries? Presidents, too? OK. So how will this one end?

Third Poem Accepted

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While I am awaiting notification of the publication of my second accepted poem, I’ve received notification that a third poem has been accepted

The Adventures of Jim and Henrietta and Her Amazing Bone Crushing Headache Machine: Friday Fictioneers

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Love means helping one another. Sometimes, preferably, from far away…

Fear

Fear faces us every day whether we acknowledge it or deny it.

The First Day in the Life of Moishe and Geetel in Their New Apartment in The Bronx: Friday Fictioneers

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Nothing like a long standing love affair in a new residence ….

There Is No Word That I Can Speak: The Sunday Whirl – Wordle

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Love may go unrequited, but it always rises from the ashes….

Love: The Sunday Whirl – Wordle

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Love calls, touches, resounds, dreams, and threatens, but is it enough to save us….

You and I: The Sunday Whirl – Wordle

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Relationships are always in flux. People change. Things and ideas and desires come and go. Conflict is inevitable…

Solutions; Or, What Jon Does When Sandra Prattles Forever On About Something or Other … Friday Fictioneers

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Love and marriage. The world and casual couple conversations. Politics and practical polemics. Solutions and ….

Hard Wired for Life: Friday Fictioneers

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Although I wrote the story about being hard wired, as an afterthought my guess is that kids nowadays would opt to network, so cutting the wire would not be a problem for them…

One Fine Mess: The Sunday Whirl – Wordle

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How come we always find ourselves in this situation?

To My Love: The Sunday Whirl – Wordle

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For you, Deb, always…

An Artist’s Path to the Sea: Friday Fictioneers

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Some people see things where others don’t, some people create things where others don’t see them, and then some people just don’t create or see, but they like to go to the sea…

The New “Leaf Rider” Roller Coaster Ride at Caterpillar Park: Friday Fictioneers

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Relationships are like a roller coaster ride. Up and down. New and exciting. Challenging and… more challenging.

A Bedtime Story: Friday Fictioneers

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Here’s a little bed time story between this lovely couple to warm your hearts. Each week Rochelle Wisoff-Fields posts a pic to write a 100 word story about. This week it’s a chilling little conversation with a little added spice… … Continue reading →

A Climate Change Ready Apartment: Friday Fictioneers

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Getting ready for climate change is important, but how important is it for this couple? We’ll just have to see…

The Crosses of Jack’s Mind: Friday Fictioneers

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Jack never had a deceitful thought, or deceitful intentions, but if he did, he certainly didn’t get a chance to act on them. Evie caught on well before he could…

Weekly Photo Challenge: Gone, But Never Forgotten

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This week’s photo challenge from The Daily Post is: Gone, But Never Forgotten. You can’t see my father in his wheelchair here. We took this shot obviously from behind. My father had Alzheimer’s and was being cared for in an … Continue reading →

In Regards to the Email

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Do we know each other anymore? Do we really know each other?…

So It Ain’t Exactly Heaven: Heavenly Friday Fictonaires

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Lou and Bud are at it again. This time it’s hell for Lou. But then again, with Bud, everything is hell for Lou.

A Subtle Mix of Toasty Souls: The Sunday Whirl – Wordle

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Sunday mornings are a great time to, well, you know…

Empty Chairs for Empty Heads: The Friday Chaironeers

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I doubt if you’ve ever had a conversation on your cell phone like this one. Maybe not.

Struggle Song (A Duet): The Sunday Whirl – Wordle

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The struggle is eternal. Father and son. Brother against brother. Age enlisting youth. Idealism pulling at pessimism. Hope fighting off despair.

Some Girls Want to Have Fun, Some Girls Only Want a Taste: Limerick Off Monday

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Limerick Post (Limerick-Off Monday) of MAD KANE’S HUMOR BLOG challenges readers/writers to write, obviously, LIMERICKS!

Fright or Flight: The Wings of Man (Friday Fictioneers)

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Overcoming fear is never easy. I’ve heard it said that you can fight FEAR by:  “Facing Everything And Relaxing”.  Easier said than done…

I Placed a Ha Inside Your Envelope

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This man grabbed some laughter and the results were…see for yourself.

Falling For Her (Love Knows No Limits): Five Sentence Fiction

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Does your love have limits? Read on about this relationship’s limits…

FTM: A Transgender Sonnet… The Sunday Whirl “Wordle”

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A difficult subject; a plethora of emotions and thoughts and opinions. Gender and sexuality and love and what is right and what is true is very messy… and requires time, patience, understanding, and a hope and faith in doing the … Continue reading →

Sam and Martha Debate Environmental Issues at Home: Friday Fictioneers Served Up Luke Warm on Monday (Better Late Than Liver)

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Home is where the heat is…

Loving You – My response to “Mwah” by fortyoneteen

Words are joy, are love, are connections…

The Bush

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You just got to take this for what it is…

Our First Date —————————- Five Sentence Fiction

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I never wanted to bring this up again, but…

A Weekend Quickie ————– Picture It and Write

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Oh dear, there are some dares you should not take…

A Project Named Desire: The Sunday Whirl “Wordle”

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Hot stuff! Stanley Kowalski Rides Again – this time with a laptop and a website…

You Are So Revered: The Friday Fict-revere

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Out of work? There’s always the midnight shift….

The Window of Intimacy: A Study in Stalking – Sunday Whirl “wordle”

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It is an illness, it is illegal, it is a terrible obsession/compulsion, and it wrecks the lives of its victims and the victim’s friends and families…

The Daily Double: Five Sentence Fiction

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Did you whisper, “Order me a double”? Well, I whispered back, “You got it.”

Some Kisses are Divine

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You must remember this – a kiss is still a kiss… The fundamental things apply – as time goes by (“As Time Goes By” music and words by Herman Hupfeld)

Jesus at a Doorway II

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If Jesus came to your door, would you be ready?

What Matters: 100WCGU

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You know what really matters and you don’t need a precept to point the way – or a hemorrhage either.

This Was a No Dream, Becky Friday Fictioneers

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With ten uncles and aunts, I was part of a large Jewish family. Fortunately, I grew up in New York City; they, for the most part, lived in a small coal mining town in Pennsylvania. An unlikely place for a … Continue reading →

An Adult Smoking and Coping (A Fantasy): Picture it and write

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Smoking is a mature way to cope with our feelings about life… a little kid inside a grown-up’s body. Let’s watch the little kid…

The Fire Burning: Wordle

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Do you have a fire burning within you?

New Year’s Eve with the Steinfelds: Friday Fictioneers

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So, waddya think, money grows on trees?

The New Year’s Missed Kiss: 100WCGU

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This was the kiss that needed to be missed…

Two Old Humorists Feeding the Birds and Talking in the Park

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Sometimes people shut you out of their lives, and sometimes writing is a way to work it out for yourself…