March 28, 2017 12:05 am
About the challenge: Each Tuesday I will provide a prompt, and your mission, if you choose to play along, is to tell a story based on that prompt in 140 characters or less.
If you accept the challenge, be sure to let me know in the comments with a link to your tale. A final note: if you need help tracking the number of characters in your story, there is a nifty online tool that will count for you at charactercountonline.com.
I will do a roundup each Tuesday, along with providing us a new prompt.
Have Fun!
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from Willow at Willowdot21
We saw her every day
Rain, dry she made her way
Never knowing what she carried
Moving fast she never tarried.
Once she smiled at us,like the sun
(140 Characters)
From Mick at Mick E Talbot Poems
Located one thousand one hundred and eighty eighty miniatures. Miss Johnsons satchel is getting extremely heavy. Only eight more then home.
(139 Characters)
From Vaidehi at Young Mind
“There’s still half way to go”-The matron who was acutely into trekking said.Only some have the courage to chase their dreams in senescence.
(140 Characters)
From Michael at Morpethroad
She labours her way to and from the shop.
In all weathers, she plods her way along.
Carrying all that is dear to her.
Head down, mind focused.
(140 Characters)
From Lady Lee at Lady Lee Manila
A woman with a song
And all her belongings
Lost and feeling desperate
She’s searching for love
No more pain
No more heartache
Just love
(129 Characters)
From Ramya at a Logophile’s Corner
The old lady visited the faraway market daily to buy strawberries from the poor girl.Her backyard strawberry garden smiled at her secret.
(Character Count:138)
From Kathryn at Another Foodie Blogger
Best get this week’s delivery over with, Ol’ Nellie muttered to herself. It’s a thankless task, but who else would feed her prisoners?
(134 Characters)
From Di at Pensitivity101
He’d been ill he said, unable to get out.
Could she possibly get him a few things.
Approaching his tent, she understood why he wanted seed.
(137 characters)
From Sangbad at Thoughts of Words
It’s being two years her son and two months her only grandson was taken. A surpassed growl made her smile. The hunter on machan take aim.
(137 Characters)
From Francine at Woman Walking Max
“must tell Kalinka, don’t you marry that boy. His family it’s tainted, bring shame on ours. Stubborn girl she loves him…”
(99 characters)
From Reena at Reinventions
Ugh! The print on your backside, and the patterns on your shape… No wonder, your walk is labored. You need a stylist, before you hitchhike
(140 characters)
From Jane at Jane Dougherty Writes
Baba Yaga dragged the bag into the bushes & scattered the contents. ‘That’ll learn ’em,’ she said to her house on chicken’s legs & cackled.
(139 Characters)
From Susmitamukherjee at Uniquesus
The old gypsy fortune-teller
She trotted back home gloomy holding her satchel. What she prophesied today was ill-fated.”Fancy a better day of luck tomorrow,” she hoped.
(140 characters)
From Martin at Martin Cororan
‘I don’t understand it,’ said the Russian doll, ‘These shopping bags are getting bigger and home is getting further away!’
(123 characters)
From Kirst at Kirst Writes
Humans saw our alpha-numeric system as floral patterns, my map as eccentric clothing. The portal was around the corner. I was nearly home.
(138 characters)
From Peter at Peter’s Ponderings
Hildegard scanned the track again. Yesterday she found 27. Today maybe more. If she could find just 35 she’d be able to escape at last!
(136 characters)
From Irena at Books and Hot Tea
Every day she walks through their words.
Witch! Hag!
Misplaced hate. Her herbs healed, never caused pain. Witches are misunderstood healers.
(138 characters)
And my weird tale…I added the title after first posting it so as not to confuse anyone. My take on this interesting lady was bright and joyful helping souls pass from this life to the next. ❤
Eternity’s Midwife (Dedicated to some compassionate Hospice volunteers I have known.<3)
Miss Nellie had a way with birthin’. “Laboring takes long as it takes,” she’d say. When time came she’d sigh, “go on now, heaven’s awaitin.”
(140 Characters)
There were some interesting tales this week. A few of you told me that this one was a bit more challenging. Thank you so much for jumping in and giving it a try. If this prompt challenged you, I could not tell. Well done!
For the coming week, I found this interesting photo on Pixabay. These things can be seen and heard buzzing overhead everywhere. I’m thinking there a quite a few tales just waiting to be told. What do you think? Is it an alien canvassing device or it a spy’s tool of the trade. Maybe it’s just some guys very expensive “toy”. Of course there is more. What image is it capturing? Oh the possibilities! Tell me what you think in 140 characters or less, of course. And have fun! Alas, I am droning on…(I hear you groaning!) I’ll let you get to it! Here’s mine…
Drone – Photo From Pixabay.com
After the coup each person was assigned a tracking drone. Privacy was a novel concept from the past, hidden in the footnotes of history.
(131 Characters)
kat – 28 March 2017
Posted by Kat Myrman
Categories: Challenges and Writing Prompts, Essays, Flash Fiction, Twitter Tales
Tags: 140 characters, Challenge, drone, Photo Prompt, twittering tales
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By Twittering Tales(#2) – The Logophile's Corner on March 28, 2017 at 12:31 am
Loved your story! I find this challenge very intriguing.Continue the good effort!
https://bibliophilecornerblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/28/twittering-tales2/
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By Ramya on March 28, 2017 at 12:34 am
Reblogged this on ladyleemanila and commented:
twittering tales 🙂
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By ladyleemanila on March 28, 2017 at 12:34 am
What a great collection of stories! Looking forward to tackling the next one…
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By kirstwrites on March 28, 2017 at 2:23 am
Nice prompt. Here’s a link to my tale https://kittysverses.wordpress.com/2017/03/28/the-poser
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By kittysverses on March 28, 2017 at 3:05 am
Nice story Kat. Have a look at mine at https://kittysverses.wordpress.com/2017/03/28/the-poser
Thank you
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By kittysverses on March 28, 2017 at 4:40 am
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By Twittering Tales #23 – 28 March 2017 | Morpethroad on March 28, 2017 at 4:55 am
Hi Kat, my thoughts this week
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By Michael on March 28, 2017 at 4:56 am
Great stories all of them, just wondering are my links not reaching you, i do a story each week but not seen my link for a while. Not a problem but perhaps I need to put my link in your comments instead of using Pingback.
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By willowdot21 on March 28, 2017 at 5:53 am
Oh my! So sorry I missed it. I’ve corrected the issue. You are now in the line up. You were there in plain sight when I looked back. Your pingbacks are working just fine. I’m afraid my brain isn’t!😳
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By Kat Myrman on March 28, 2017 at 6:27 am
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By The poser – kittysverses on March 28, 2017 at 6:42 am
Oh! No worries Kat ☺, thanks for putting me in xxx💜
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By willowdot21 on March 28, 2017 at 6:42 am
❤❤❤
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By Kat Myrman on March 28, 2017 at 7:03 am
I had given a link to my post on the comments section here. But I’m unable to view the same. Should I be doing it some other way?
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By kittysverses on March 28, 2017 at 6:43 am
It is showing now. For new posters, I need to approve before they show in the comments. But after the first time, you should be able to comment without approval. I loved your tale BTW. 🙂
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By Kat Myrman on March 28, 2017 at 9:24 am
Thanks a lot Kat.
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By kittysverses on March 28, 2017 at 9:25 am
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By Treasure hunt – Uniquesus on March 28, 2017 at 10:11 am
Hi Kat,
Here is my entry for this week:
Thanks
Susmita
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By susmitamukherjee on March 28, 2017 at 11:48 am
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By Twittering Tales: Drone no more – Jane Dougherty Writes on March 28, 2017 at 11:51 am
Here you go Kat, with added plug
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By Jane Dougherty on March 28, 2017 at 11:53 am
Plug away Jane! Hope it serves you well. I keep thinking I need to do something with all this Microfiction and poetry. Maybe one day. 😊
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By Kat Myrman on March 28, 2017 at 6:42 pm
Thanks! I need paid work, and I enjoy editing, so, why not?
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By Jane Dougherty on March 29, 2017 at 3:13 am
Reblogged this on All About Writing and more.
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By Henrietta Watson on March 28, 2017 at 12:25 pm
Thanks for the reblog Henrietta! 😊
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By Kat Myrman on March 28, 2017 at 6:38 pm
You are welcome
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By Henrietta Watson on March 29, 2017 at 8:52 am
[…] Thanks Kat for this week’s challenge. You can check it out here and join in the fun! https://katmyrman.com/2017/03/28/twittering-tales-23-28-march-2017/ […]
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By Twittering Tales #23 – 28 March 2017 | pensitivity101 on March 28, 2017 at 2:04 pm
Hi Kat. here’s my offering this week:
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By pensitivity101 on March 28, 2017 at 2:05 pm
Another Terrific round of storytelling. 🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
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By dornahainds on March 28, 2017 at 2:08 pm
Yes indeed!
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By Kat Myrman on March 28, 2017 at 6:35 pm
[…] response to Twittering Tales #23 […]
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By Scribble (A Twittering Tale) – Thoughts of Words on March 28, 2017 at 3:06 pm
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By Twittering Tales: Prey of Bird… | Martin Cororan on March 28, 2017 at 3:29 pm
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By Martin Cororan on March 28, 2017 at 3:30 pm
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By Twittering Tales #23 – 28 March 2017 – Mick E Talbot Poems on March 28, 2017 at 9:25 pm
My entry and a link
Alien transmission:
*”£!” $%+=u) (*&^ ~}{+_K & ^% $£”!
IIU& (“!|Z|¬ ¬ !
^% )( *) (* ) )*^ % $ +_(_) ( *@ #~> <!+_ &^ % $ £”! &^%$£”! “£$%^ &*()_!
Translated:
Come in mother ship,
Got you drone.
We’ve got less than a 100 year before the next mass extinction, then were moving in, for now lets go home.
140 characters
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By micketalbot on March 28, 2017 at 9:30 pm
Haha! That is crazy! 😜
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By Kat Myrman on March 28, 2017 at 9:31 pm
He he took me hours to translate 😉
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By micketalbot on March 28, 2017 at 9:51 pm
I don’t doubt it! I had a feeling there was method to your madness on this one! 😉
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By Kat Myrman on March 28, 2017 at 10:59 pm
Thanks Kat, it pay s to let the madness out, (sometimes), don’t you think?
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By micketalbot on March 29, 2017 at 5:26 am
Absolutely! Sanity is a bit overrated if you ask me! 😉
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By Kat Myrman on March 29, 2017 at 10:54 am
Ha ha, many a true word, as they say.
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By micketalbot on March 29, 2017 at 12:00 pm
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By UnRomanticization of Love – Reena Saxena on March 29, 2017 at 5:26 am
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By Reena Saxena on March 29, 2017 at 5:27 am
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By Twittering Tales #23 : party up | in 25 words more or less on March 30, 2017 at 1:03 pm
I like the idea of you doing something with these micro-bursts of fiction. Like Jane, I could use some work. I’ve been an assistant editor of an academic journal — just a plug for me. Besides that I think you really should put together something with these twittering tales.
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By Lorraine on March 30, 2017 at 1:08 pm
Thank you. I have a few weeks of vacation from my 9-5 that will likely be a stay-cation and I am thinking of working on assembling a few collections. After over 1000 posts I am hoping to have a handful of print worthy material. 😉
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By Kat Myrman on March 30, 2017 at 1:11 pm
I think you will have more than enough print worthy material. Good luck with assembling your collections — I look forward to hearing about the journey and reading the results.
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By Lorraine on March 30, 2017 at 1:57 pm
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By Twittering Tales #23: 28th March 2017 | kirstwrites on March 30, 2017 at 3:36 pm
Well hell’s bells, I plumb almost forgot to submit an entry for this one! Here is mine:
The excited boys launched their school project drone. Seconds after the video came in, they realized their error in camera placement. DOH!
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By anotherfoodieblogger on March 31, 2017 at 12:31 am
Haha! You had me at DOH! I learned a new internet slang/acronym. After a quick google search scan of the possibilities…Department of Herpetology, Destroyers of Heaven, Dropped on Head, Department of Hell, Defenders of Heaven, Department of Health, Dukes of Hazzard….I finally figured it out ….DOH must mean Deliriously Overcome with Hilarity. (Though I was leaning toward Dropped on Head!) 😜 good one Kathryn!
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By Kat Myrman on March 31, 2017 at 6:45 am
You are too funny, and I swear I can’t tell if you are pulling my leg. Just google DOH Homer Simpson. It even has its own Wikipedia page!
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By anotherfoodieblogger on March 31, 2017 at 11:13 am
Oh yeah, there was that reference too. Haha! 🙂
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By Kat Myrman on March 31, 2017 at 11:25 am
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By Twittering Tales #23 – 28 March 2017 – Peter's pondering on March 31, 2017 at 11:09 am
francineangelcakes.com Twittering Tales#23 April 2 2017
Here’s my take on this weeks photo
Church Brothers agree: our flock has strayed, they have lost the path. Duty calls us to gather them into the fold. We need data (100 characters)
Ping back doesn’t seem to show photo on my page, not sure why.
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By Woman walking Max on April 2, 2017 at 4:43 am
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