TUESDAY TALES - WORD PROMPT "STRONG"

 

Howdy Doodles! Welcome to Tuesday Tales where talented writers write stories to word prompts. This week the word is "strong". Click on each author's name to go to their blog and read their story. Don't forget to visit them all. Thanks so much for stopping by. 

JEAN JOACHIM (Women's Fiction) 

Chewing a nail, she kept checking her watch. Even though it was only eight thirty, she hurried down the sidewalk.

V. L. LOCEY (M/M Contemporary Romance)

 The feel of water sprinkling my face woke me up.

TRISHA FAYE (Historical Fiction)

“It can’t wait? You can’t run over tomorrow and talk to her?”

FLOSSIE BENTON ROGERS (Cozy Mystery)

A soft laugh tinkled out into vacant spaces.

JILLIAN CHANTAL  (Contemporary Mystery)

 He was on the floor with a vast amount of blood near his head. 

SUSANNE MATTHEWS (M/F Contemporary Paranormal Romance)

There was something magnetic about the man that drew her to him.

TRICIA ANDERSEN (Greek God M/F Paranormal Romance)

I’m a vestal virgin. I have no offspring.

Tuesday Tales - Foolish

 

Welcome to Tuesday Tales, where a group of talented authors write to a word prompt. This week the word is "foolish" in any form. I hope you'll read all the stories and leave comments. The authors love to get feedback. 

V.L. Locey (M/M Romance)

I chewed on my orange as I tried to decipher if she were being sincere or sarcastic. 

Trisha Faye (Historical Fiction)

Fourth of July festivities. Sarah hadn’t even been thinking about that.

Tricia Andersen (Greek God/Paranormal Romance)

But I’m her little brother.

Flossie Benton Rogers (Cozy Romance) 

“Go to the library.”

Jean Joachim (Women's Fiction)

Anger steamed through his veins. The more he obsessed, the madder he got. 

Susanne Matthews (M/F Contemporary Paranormal Romance) 

There was no damn way she’d fallen asleep on a public bench after one glass of beer.

 

Tuesday Tales - Meet

 

Welcome to Tuesday Tales, where ongoing stories incorporate word and picture prompts. Our word today is "meet." Click on an author's name to read the excerpt. Make sure to visit all the authors. Comments make our day!

V.L. Locey (M/M Contemporary Romance)

Donvino, he of the biceps and thighs and sparkling eyes.

Flossie Benton Rogers (Cozy Mystery)

I swiveled to where the spirit had been standing. 

Trisha Faye (Historical Fiction)

Both women were emmeshed in the stitchery circle of friends. Which one should she go talk to?

Jean Joachim (Women's Fiction)

“What did the doctor say,” snapped a female voice from the doorway. 

Jillian Chantal (Contemporary paranormal)

She sat back on her heels and let out a small moan of pity for the deceased.

  

Susanne Matthews (M/F Contemporary Paranormal Romance)

“It isn’t a big deal,” she lied. “Is there anyone who can come and get me?”

Tuesday Tales- November 14, 2023

 

Welcome to Tuesday Tales, where ongoing stories incorporate word and picture prompts. Our word today is "Narrow." Click on an author's name to read the excerpt. Make sure to visit all the authors. Comments make our day!

V.L. Locey (M/M Contemporary Romance)

  We hit some pretty nasty air pockets then.

Tricia Andersen ( Greek god/Paranormal Romance) 

Zeus is fortunate that I didn’t just go back to Olympus so I could be left alone.

Trisha Faye (Historical Fiction)

As soon as the pastor uttered his final ‘Amen’ and turned to leave the pulpit, Sarah left her pew and beelined for James Scott.

Flossie Benton Rogers (Cozy Mystery) 

“No, we’d have two corpses instead of one.”

Jillian Chantal (Contemporary) 

“I didn’t think that far ahead.”

Jean Joachim (Women's Fiction)

“What bachelor thing? I’m still a married man.”

Susanne Matthews (M/F Contemporary Paranormal Romance with Paranormal Elements.) 

It was impossible for her to be wrong.

TUESDAY TALES - RUN #amwriting #freereads

 

Welcome to Tuesday Tales, where ongoing stories incorporate word and picture prompts. Our word today is "RUN." Click on an author's name to read the excerpt. Make sure to visit all the authors. Comments make our day!

FLOSSIE BENTON ROGERS (Cozy Mystery)
Detective Pelier pointed emphatically toward the inn.

V.L. LOCEY (M/M Romance)

The crews in my great-grandfather's day would have used ladders, moving from tree to tree, picking each olive by hand. 

TRISHA FAYE (Historical Fiction)

That boy’s going to be the death of me. Never still for a moment and can’t stay clean for longer than five minutes.

JEAN JOACHIM (Women's Fiction)

“If you expect to get excused from every challenging assignment, Miss Carter, perhaps you’d better transfer to journalism,” he’d said.

SUSANNE MATTHEWS (M/F Contemporary Paranormal Romance)

“So what happened to my uncle?”

JILLIAN CHANTAL (Contemporary/paranormal/murder mystery)

As soon as she was over the seawall, she saw the person floating in the water.

Tuesday Tales - Scary

 

Welcome to Tuesday Tales, where a group of talented authors write to a word prompt. This week the word is "scary" in any form. I hope you'll read all the stories and leave comments. The authors love to get feedback. 
 

Tricia Andersen (Greek god/paranormal romance)

You know you’re scary, right?

Flossie Benton Rogers (Cozy Mystery)

If I’d known I’d be hiking into the woods chasing a spirit, I’d have pulled on boots.

Susanne Matthews ((M/F Contemporary Romance with Paranormal Elements)

Sighing, she found a place to sit and wait. What else could she do?

Jillian Chantal (Contemporary) 

I didn’t want to get near that puddle of blood. 

Jean Joachim (Women's Fiction)

“When is she coming back?”

TUESDAY TALES - WORD PROMPT "CLEAN"

Welcome to Tuesday Tales, where a group of talented authors write to a word prompt. This week the word is "clean" in any form. I hope you'll read all the stories and leave comments. The authors love to get feedback. 
 

JEAN JOACHIM (Women's Fiction)

Hell, sure he was jealous.

V. L. LOCEY (M/M Hockey Romance)

 “Dude, haggis is good!”

FLOSSIE BENTON ROGERS (Cozy Mystery)

Once a person murders, what happens when someone else gets in his way?

SUSANNE MATTHEWS  (M/F Contemporary Romance with Paranormal Elements)

Where was everyone?

TRISHA FAYE (Historical Fiction)

The tomatoes were coming in like gangbusters and she was trying to get them canned up as fast as she could.

Tuesday Tales: From a Picture!

 

Welcome to this week's Tuesday Tales. It's been a while since we based our selections on a picture prompt, and when we do, we are limited to 300 words. Here are the pictures used this month.

Take the time to read each post by clicking on the author's name. Feel free to leave comments. We all love feedback.

JILLIAN CHANTAL (Contemporary Romance)

Tonight, it was as if there was no moon at all.

 FLOSSIE BENTON ROGERS (Cozy Mystery)

I sipped apple tea and thought things over.

TRISHA FAYE (Historical Fiction)

“Close your eyes and go to sleep, you rascal,” Frank said as he fought back a chuckle.

 SUSANNE MATTHEWS (M/F Contemporary Romance with Paranormal Elements)

Maybe it was the magic of the stones making him so loquacious.

Tuesday Tales – Writing to the word ‘curly’ #amwriting #freereads #excerpt

 

Welcome to Tuesday Tales, the place for weekly FREE READS! Click on the author's name and go to their blog. When you finished reading, return and move on to the next one.

 

This week we’re writing to the prompt ‘curly.’ Thank you for stopping by!

 

TRISHA FAYE (Historical Fiction)

“Not gonna go pack the lunch up yet though. I know they’re still a long way from being done.”

 

V.L. LOCEY (M/M Hockey Romance)

“Did you two want food?” he enquired with an accent thickened with a Slavic flavoring.

 

FLOSSIE BENTON ROGERS (Cozy Mystery)

I witnessed an orange blob of light hovering low to the ground.

 

TRICIA ANDERSEN Greek god/paranormal romance

You all? Loyalty is a foreign concept to you.

 

JILLIAN CHANTAL (Contemporary)

I wasn’t convinced this was a hoax.

 

SUSANNE MATTHEWS (M/F Contemporary Romance with paranormal elements)

If this was the same man, how had he followed her here?

 

JEAN JOACHIM (Women’s Fiction)

“Yeah. Your husband. Remember me?”

Tuesday Tales - from the word ICY

 Welcome to Tuesday Tales, where ongoing stories incorporate word and picture prompts. Our word today is "Icy." Click on an author's name to read the excerpt. Make sure to visit all the authors. Comments make our day!

V.L. Locey (M/M Hockey Romance) 

  I worked the ice with my skates, scraping it up into small mounds.

Flossie Benton Rogers (Cozy Mystery)

An interesting exchange occurred not long after Bon Bon left.

Trisha Faye (Historical Fiction)

“Well, I’ll be jiggered. I must be tired for that to be so funny to me.”

Jillian Chantal (Contemporary/Halloween)

While it was nice not to have my brains splattered on the staircase, I was a bit freaked out. 

Jean Joachim (Women's Fiction)

Terry stood in the shadows and watched Jen walk away. 

Susanne Matthews (M/F Contemporary Romance with Paranormal Elements.)

The stranger’s icy eyes froze him in place.

Tricia Andersen (Greek god/paranormal romance)

She only had a brother for a short while but if anything ever happened to Freddy, she would burn the world to the ground then collapse in the ashes.

Tuesday Tales - Sweet

 

Welcome to Tuesday Tales, where ongoing stories incorporate word and picture prompts. Our word today is "Sweet." Click on an author's name to read the excerpt. Make sure to visit all the authors. Comments make our day!

Tricia Andersen (Greek god/Paranormal Romance)

Cerberus apparently was their gang’s mascot.

Trisha Faye (Historical Fiction)

“And? This is something that none of us don’t already know?” Sarah prodded.

Flossie Benton Rogers (Cozy Mystery)

Or was it to ward off evil?

Jean Joachim (Women's Fiction )

Suddenly, Willie jerked the leash from her hand and took off.

Jillian Chantal (Halloween)

On the sixth step, I heard a big crack and leapt to the seventh just in time to watch a big gap crater in where I’d just been standing.

 

SUSANNE MATTHEWS (M/F Contemporary Romance with Paranormal Elements)

“I’m so sorry,” he said. “I thought you were with them.”

Tuesday Tales: From the Word SMART

 Welcome to this week's Tuesday Tales. The Autumnal Equinox, also known as the first day of fall, is right around the corner. You can smell the pumpkin spice in the air. This week, our word prompt is SMART.  Read the various scenes by clicking on the author's name. Feel free to comment. We love feedback.

TRISHA FAYE (Historical Fiction)

“While I was in France during the War our boys used to call the United States ‘God's country’.

 

FLOSSIE BENTON ROGERS (Cozy Mystery)

A quick glare came and went on the face of one of the women.

 

JILLIAN CHANTAL (Halloween)

“I guess Monte is still bewailing the choices he made this evening,”

 

JEAN JOACHIM (MF Women’s Fiction)

Staring at her smart, handsome husband, she longed to crawl into bed with him.

 

SUSANNE MATTHEWS (M/F Contemporary Romance with Paranormal Elements)

“Someone’s going to get the bill for that credit card.”

TUESDAY TALES - WORD PROMPT "SILLY'

 

Welcome! This week we're writing to the word prompt 3

JEAN JOACHIM (M/F Women's Fiction)

Two hours later, Jen opened her eyes.

V. L. LOCEY (MM Hockey Romance)

Love was crazy chaotic.  

TRISHA FAYE (Historical Fiction)

With a shrug, Sarah cut off her thoughts and turned her attention to the quilt square sitting in her lap.

TRICIA ANDERSEN (Greek God/Paranormal Romance)

How was she going to get out of here without her power?

SUSANNE MATTHEWS (MF Contemporary Romance w/Paranormal Elements)

She would finally get to see both the Aurora Borealis and the midnight sun.

FLOSSIE BENTON ROGERS (Cozy Mystery)

Naomi Upshaw’s scowl had not receded.

Tuesday Tales - Foolish

 

Welcome to Tuesday Tales, where ongoing stories incorporate word and picture prompts. Our word today is "FOOLISH." Click on an author's name to read the excerpt. Make sure to visit all the authors. Comments make our day!

V.L. Locey (M/M Hockey Romance) 

“Okay good, so Basky, you’re not giving me enough panache.”

Susanne Matthews (M/F Contemporary Romance with Paranormal elements)

He might be the eldest and the Fraser heir, but she chose his younger brother.

Trisha Faye (Historical Fiction)

Sarah half tuned the President's words out as she stood by the sink and slowly sipped her glass of water.

Jean Joachim (M/F Womens Fiction) 

It had been foolish to hope. 

Tricia Andersen (Greek God/MF Paranormal Romance) 

Why would Michael choose a moody, temperamental goddess with an attitude over someone as gorgeous as her?

 

Flossie Benton Rogers (Cozy Mystery)

Kitty sashayed into the room.

Tuesday Tales: From the Word PITCH

 

It's Tuesday again and the authors from Tuesday Tales have their selections all ready for you. This week, the writing prompt is PITCH. Click on the author's name to find their selection for this week. Check out each of these talented author's selections. Leave a comment. We love hearing from you. 

V.L. LOCEY (M/M Hockey Romance) 

 This is what happens when one gives in to one’s desires.

 FLOSSIE BENTON ROGERS (Cozy Mystery)

 He obviously liked playing knight errant.

TRISHA FAYE (Historical Fiction)

“I’m sure of it,” Frank answered. “Why, just look at all the man has done so far for our country."

JEAN JOACHIM (Women’s Fiction)

 When he arrived late to work, questioning looks and raised eyebrows greeted Terry.

 JILLIAN CHANTAL (Halloween)

 “Why in the ever loving hell did you agree to come in the first place?”

 TRICIA ANDERSEN (Greek god/paranormal romance)

 “Finish what you have to say, goddess.”

 SUSANNE MATTHEWS (M/F Contemporary Romance with paranormal elements)

 He’d stumbled across these years ago while hiking on the island.

Tuesday Tales – Writing to the word ‘confident’ #amwriting #freereads #excerpt

 

Welcome to Tuesday Tales, the place for weekly FREE READS! Click on the author's name and go to their blog. When you finished reading, return and move on to the next one.

This week we’re writing to the prompt ‘confident’. Thank you for stopping by!

TRISHA FAYE (Historical Fiction)

Frank finally got the radio tuned in time to hear the announcer’s voice cut through the static.

 

FLOSSIE BENTON ROGERS (Cozy Mystery)

She wore a starchy vintage pencil dress.

 

JEAN JOACHIM (Women’s Fiction)

It was her fault. Wasn't it?

 

JILLIAN CHANTAL (Halloween)

“Don’t be ridiculous,” Jacques said.

 

SUSANNE MATTHEWS (M/F Contemporary Romance with paranormal elements)

"This is going to turn your life upside down, Marina."