Writeonrefugees Stories

Every weekend the WriteOn (by Kindle) team challenged us to create a 500-word short story from a given prompt. This is a collection from my brief time there.

I'm back from a cross-country RV trip--it was full of wonder! I played with old memories during the long hours on the road. This memory is special to me, it's tweaked a bit to fit the prompt and word count. Weekend Write-In for 6th April 2018 "full": In 500 words, tell what happens when it's full

Reconciliation in the family

Just breakfast with the guys. Written for the 28 Sept prompt "Slow"

Weekend Write-In for 28 July 2017 "decision": In 500 words, tell what happens when the decision is wrong. My husband is my favorite person in the whole world, but I know when to stand clear.

The Planet Parmean is expecting visitors (Aliens) from another world, how do they deal with the situation. Should they attack or run?

Story Cubes from Writeon.

I don't know just yet but I'll clue you in shortly. When she woke up in an alley to find a tomcat in her face she started to wonder if she was in Kansas anymore.

Rose Doyle has lived a normal, quiet life in Vordrim, Georgia. She's a normal high school with normal parents--and a not-so normal cousin named Rich. However, when Rose is accused of murdering an old woman she's never met, Vordrim turns against her and the eccentric Rich takes her case. Rose and Rich must investigate staff, search for clues, and keep themselves from getting killed as they search for the real killer. Can they find Mrs. Graham's murderer, or will Rose be convicted of a crime she didn't commit?

"The Show Must Go On" is one of those cliches that still has meaning for countless people who make it their life's work to entertain us. It might seem glamorous but behind that velvet curtain are real people with real life adventures and problems.

Baloney Ahoy!!! When I run into this messy state of not being able to write something worthy of being called 'writing' (which is most of the time) and want to get out of the rut, I pin all my hopes on drivel. BaloneyOpus will be my writer's block baloney haven. Stuff to read when one is in a mood to drown in drivel for the heck of it, and/or have nothing better to do with life. No logic, no message nothing - Just pure mindlessness. No vulgarity though.

Written for mediocrebrit's weekend writein challenge, 'trip.' The Prophet has shown us the way to Salvation. Death to the Unbelievers.

In 500 words, tell a story in which love is unrequited. Written or the WriteOn Weekend Write-In prompt "Unrequited", 12-14 February 2016. Young Catherine begins the maturing process.

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-school reader, or could equally be shared by an adult reader - a parent, grandparent, sibling, baby sitter or teacher maybe - to entertain and help younger listeners to appreciate the nuances and humour of this delightful family tale.

A menagerie of flash fiction, hatched from ideas of many colors from here, there, and elsewhere: mostly fantasy but a sprinkling of sci-fi and contemporary.

"You two become farmers? You must be kidding!" How little our friends really knew us. Sure, that's how life had been for the Secretary and the Building Supervisor... but those were the keywords - "had been". An opportunity had arisen to learn farming, working for a friend for 18 months on a 6,000 acre cropping and sheep farm he'd inherited... our 'apprenticeship'. Once our rural sojourn began, it continued until today on our small retirement farm. Here are the tales of our journey, filled with humour and pathos; joy and a few sorrows, too; and woven throughout, our absolute love for the land and the animals we have shared our lives with. Each chapter is a 'stand alone' providing a choice for a quick read 'on the move' - or a more leisurely and relaxed involvement with my words. Enjoyed this first book in my 'Old McLarsen had some Farms' series? Now there's 'everything you wanted to know but were afraid to ask' about a decade of dairy-farming in South Australia in my second book - 'The Milky Way'. This first book is available in ebook format at Amazon, and through Smashwords and their outlets, and I have been pre-recording excerpts for local radio. These are to be broadcast soon and I will be able to share them on Soundcloud in far superior quality than my amateurish sampling there just now. I have also begun a couple of different kinds of memoirs - 'Just Moodling About... My Favourite Things', and another - 'Growing up in the Fifties' And - 'Wishful Thinker' - my first collection of short/short stories and anecdotes . My writing skills don't extend to the creation of deeply hidden allegories or metaphors. I like it this way and hope you understand my simplicity of choice. I welcome your thoughts on my stories. This way I can learn and write in the future, so please don't be afraid to express 'the good and the bad' (maybe not any 'ugly'). And please don't hesitate to share and/or vote to show your enjoyment.

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 inspirational... or so these two would have you believe.

"Deadline": In 500 words, write a story where somebody misses a deadline

It's time for Ram to write on time, It's time for Ram to write on time, For the prompts are right now hot, And soon, they will be not, May Ram henceforth write on time!

A routine day takes a detour when an airliner is hijacked. And there's not enough fuel to get there. Warning: Crude language