Cdcraftee Stories

The 2020 collection of my weekly 500 word 'flasher' creations. Based from a randomly chosen single prompt word, I attempt to meet the challenge each week.

A new dimension has been added to the weekly 'prompt' word challenge - to produce a Drabble - an exactly 100 word 'flasher' using the word as intelligently as possible...

***21 July 2020 **AWARDED 1ST PLACE in Children's Fiction Contest 2020: 'Diversity' theme A children's story about the need for teamwork to achieve the best possible...

A collection of transcripts of podcasts made especially for a group of Wattpad Weekend Write-in authors of weekly flash fiction stories to meet the challenge of a 'promp...

Hallo again, I withdrew this story from Wattpad when I entered an anthology outside of this writing platform. It is published there now, with all proceeds going to char...

My 2019 collection of flash fiction and non-fiction stories inspired by a weekly prompt word begins. And who better to feature first than an Aussie achiever extraordinai...

There have been countless heroes in wars throughout history. These are the stories of some ordinary Europeans who found extraordinary courage to survive WWII.

A chance meeting on a lake leads two ducks into unexpected enlightenment and life journeys they never suspected were possible. A charming story designed for a middle-sch...

In 2018, here's another collection of flash fiction (and non-fiction) tales written for the purpose-designed 'Weekend Writein prompts', challenging writers to produce ar...

A collection of memes, tales and quotes I have collected in the last couple of years. Older ones have come from my 'A Miscellany of Meme-oirs' and 'Seeking Serendipity'...

A collection of short stories inspired initially by a wide array of prompts from various places. Sometimes it's one word; maybe a phrase or a saying; sometimes a particu...

***Fantastic News*** AWARDED 2ND PLACE in the following competition - Entry in Wattpad Children's Fiction Contests and Challenges, Challenge 5 https://www.wattpad.com...

Last decade, before we moved back to our present farm in the country we love so dearly, I was a careworker for a few years. This story is about one of my most frustratin...

A collection of tales of growing up in a working class suburb of South Australia in the 1950's. My Dad was the butcher, next door was the grocer. Milk and bread were del...

**THIRD PLACE WINNER** Summer enjoys daydreaming on a sunny afternoon in the apple orchard, and especially loves sharing her imaginings with her Grandfather - her 'Papp...

There are those who tell stories, and those who are talebearers. There are those who are scribes, and write down the tales. When talents like these are combined, it's in...

As the title suggests, my second book of memoirs encompasses tales from our decade of dairying on our own farm, back in our home State of South Australia. A different le...

A collection of flash fiction (and non-fiction) tales written for the purpose-designed 'Weekend Writein prompts', challenging writers to produce around 500 word stories...

'Moodling' - it's all about mental doodling. This time it's looking at and loving many so-called 'material' things in my life. Read about my much beloved possessions...

A collection of tales I wrote to meet the challenges of the Weekend write-in Prompts on Amazon's writing platform, (the soon to close) WriteOn for Kindle. At around 500...