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December 27, 2016

Twittering Tales #10 – 27 December 2016

By Kat Myrman

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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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Here are the results for Twittering Tales #9 based on this photograph from last week:

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Photo from Pixabay.com

We had some great stories this week and a few new entries as well. Thanks to everyone who joined in the fun! Here’s the roundup!

First to join in was Lorraine from the blog frilly freudian slip:

Seeking to bust the myth that no two waves were the same, they braved the tsunami forgetting it’s snowflakes that are unique.
(126 Characters)

New to the bunch is Joy from the blog Poetry Joy.

Impervious to choppy seas
sun-dappled breeze and
waves crashing around
they smiled blissfully
knowing all back home
would seethe with jealousy
(140 Characters)

From Elsie at Ramblings of a Writer:

Got that one, perfect picture of that windsurfer surfing that wave. Viewed only another wave coming in. Laziness photographing doesn’t pay.
(139 Characters)

From Kathryn at Another Foodie Blogger:

Because we were so focused on the selfie stick, we didn’t see the ominous fin rising out of the water. His foot was never found.
(128 Characters)

From Sonali at Howling With The Wolf:

Shivering.
Fear of the ocean
His eyebrows raised
Selfie?
Arm around her shoulders,
A quiet whispered “You’ll be fine”
Camera flash
Love replaces Fear
(150 Characters)

From Michael at Morpethroad:

On holiday we love a selfie. Seconds later we were engulfed. She disappeared under the foam. Emerged bedraggled, but I saved the camera.
(136 Characters)

From The Bag Lady, another new face at the table:

Caption: Boyfriend pretends to take a photo with selfie stick, but actually getting the nude bathing beauty on shore.
(117 Characters)

From Pat at Black Cat Alley:

Dental floss is for my teeth, not up my ass crack, she fumed.

Crabs in my crotch, he spumed.

Sand between the toes?

Smile! Smile! Smile!
(139 Characters)

…and from me:

It seemed like a good idea. They would wait for the perfect moment to snap a selfie. But the waves were larger than they thought!
(129 Characters)

Some of you were VERY creative! I loved these stories! See you next week!

This week’s prompt photo is below:

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Twittering Tales #10 – 27 December 2016

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Photo from Pixabay.com

“She got away, dad.”

“Well son, years from now you’ll remember her bigger than life when you tell it.”

“I doubt it. She wasn’t the one.”

kat ~ 26 December 2016
(138 Characters)

 

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December 7, 2016

Antique Camera

By Kat Myrman


vintage celluloid
memories in shades of gray
iris shuttered dark

kat – 7 December 2016

A three line tale in the form of a Haiku for Sonya’s Three Line Tale Challenge based on the photo above by Grant McCurdy.

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November 30, 2016

Twittering Tales #6 – 30 November 2016

By Kat Myrman

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Bet you thought I forgot! Nope. Well maybe just a little, until today. So let’s get to it!

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! 🙂

Here are the results for Twittering Tales #5 based on this photograph from last week. We have some new folks joining the fun!

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From Kathryn at another foodie blogger:

What are the chances of running out of gas next to an identical car and packs on top that also ran out of gas in the middle of nowhere?
(135 Characters)

Kiwinana at Ramblings of a Writer:

Racing across the desert heading towards the skyline who’s going to make it before the fuel runs out?

Winner is the one who finds the exit.
(138 Characters)

and from me:

“Siri said to turn right.”

“Great! Since Siri is so smart, try asking her where we are!”

“Siri, where are we?”

Siri Answered: “Hell if I know!”
(140 Characters)

Thanks to everyone who played last week! See this week’s prompt photo below:

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“Rosé” by cyclonebill from Copenhagen, Denmark at Wikimedia Commons.

After an hour Sue realized she’d been stood up. She ordered more wine, noticing an attractive stranger at the bar. “You’ll do,” she thought.

kat ~ 30 November 2016
(140 Characters)

 

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November 15, 2016

Twittering Tales #4 – 15 November 2016

By Kat Myrman

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Please forgive my lapse last Tuesday. I’m afraid I mistakenly thought that the WORLD HAD ENDED! Just kidding! (Maybe…:/)

A little 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! 🙂

But here are the results for Twittering Tales #3 based on this photograph from last week:

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Photo From Pixabay.com

“So how does this dueling thing work? Oooh pretty sunset! Let’s just chill instead in the meantime….”  -Kathryn at Another Foodie Blogger

“1….2….3….
their count was ON, as the were firing the shots..and for me an absolute fantastic click for “Diwali” photography contest…” –Sri Sudha K at her blog HERE.

and here’s mine:

They were an unlikely duo, often mistaken for “deplorables”, but they were “nasty”, no doubt about it, staking their claim on Election day.   kat

Geesh…you can call me delusional…it’s okay I can take it! Along those lines, since we already know I am crazy I thought I’d have a bit of fun with this week’s photo prompt. 🙂

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If you’d like to join in the fun this week, here is another photo prompt from Pixabay.com:

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My Twittering Tale for this week:

“The new administration’s energy saving’s plan involves replacing full-sized automobiles with golf carts. It is expected to save billions.”

kat – 15 November 2016
(137 Characters)

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October 25, 2016

Twittering Tales #2 – 25 October 2016

By Kat Myrman

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The results are in for Twittering Tales #1 based on this photograph from last week:

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Thanks to Kathryn and Sudha for submitting their flash of twittering fiction.

Excavators toiled hours hoping to find more specimens for history to preserve and to get some DNA for ancestors. A good day for Pompeii.
-Kathryn  at Another Foodie Blogger

They sat down for dinner, unaware of the result. With their first take, they turned to stones forever. Touchstone soup casted its spell.
–Sri Sudha K  at her blog HERE.

and here’s mine:

It was a grim sight. The first victims of the plague had turned to stone, ghosts who held too tightly to the past, now doomed to repeat it. ~kat

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If you’d like to join in the fun this week, here is the photo prompt from Pixabay.com:

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Boardwalk Crowd of People Walking – Pixabay.com

A little 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 round up each Tuesday, along with providing us a new prompt.

Have Fun! 🙂

My Twittering Tale for this week:

He lost her number, so he scanned each face in the crowd where they met, hoping to find her. He wouldn’t have cared, but she was “the one”.

kat ~ 25 October 2016
(140 Characters)

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