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100 words for Friday Fictioneers, a mixed bag of writers who each week produce flash fiction based on a photo prompt. This week’s picture was graciously provided by Lora Mitchell. (Get well, my… more →

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Tears in Rain — 51 comments

dmmacilroy wrote 2 months ago: 100 words for Friday Fictioneers, a mixed bag of writers who each week produce flash fiction based o … more →

Tags: Writing #2, time, seize the day, the moment, an end in sight, Blade runner, Roy Batty, Tears in rain, Phillip K. Dick

Departure Clearance — 125 comments

dmmacilroy wrote 3 months ago: 65 words of mainstream fiction for Friday Fictioneers. Please forgive me. I ran out of time and loan … more →

Tags: Writing #2, reincarnation, time, Love 2, more love, seize the day, the moment, an end in sight, You buys your ticket

Memories — 121 comments

dmmacilroy wrote 3 months ago: 800 years of life. What would you remember? Friday Fictioneers is a large electric kool-aid acid tri … more →

Tags: The Sea, My son, Writing #2, time, Love 2, the moment, they are despoilers, and will find no welcome in heaven, Humans are not special

Pearl of the Orient - Chinese New Year, 1976 — 78 comments

dmmacilroy wrote 4 months ago: 100 words of Autobiographical Fiction for Friday Fictioneers. Is that even a genre? In political cir … more →

Tags: The Sea, Writing #2, time, Love 2, more love, seize the day, abandon, loneliness, hamlet

No Longer Eligible for the Census — 81 comments

dmmacilroy wrote 5 months ago: Below please find my 100 word story for Friday Fictioneers, a grand and growing group of writers in … more →

Tags: ANGELS, Promises, use your time wisely, later than you think, Elevators go both ways

Future's So Bright... — 72 comments

dmmacilroy wrote 6 months ago: Crosses to bear. Some are heavier and more visible than others. Some of the heaviest are  invisible … more →

Tags: the answer's always no, the moment, Depression, Grief, loneliness, an end in sight, A Waste, cure worse than the disease, Carnival. Shadows and light

A Case of You — 52 comments

dmmacilroy wrote 7 months ago: An interlude, as promised to a friend, before an eruption on the island of Santorini. 100 words insp … more →

Tags: The Sea, If you don't ask, Guy's got skills, time, Love 2, more love, seize the day, the moment, abandon

Empty the clear path to Heaven, crowded the dark road to Hell. — 59 comments

dmmacilroy wrote 7 months ago: Enjoy yourself, it’s later than you think. 100 words for Madison Woods’ Friday Fictionee … more →

Tags: Writing #2, time, Love 2, more love, seize the day, Love, time's passage, Thanks, love and death

Croatan Summer — 48 comments

dmmacilroy wrote 9 months ago: 100 words for Madison Woods and the gang at FridayFictioneers. Thank you to Susan Wenzel for the fin … more →

Tags: The Sea, time, Love 2, more love, wild abandon, seize the day, the moment, Shucked and..., Oh

The Landscape of my Heart — 6 comments

dmmacilroy wrote 9 months ago: Two Postcards; one from, one to, for Karen B. Nelson’s Reason2Rhyme poetry prompt. Second time … more →

Tags: The Sea, Writing #2, time, Love 2, perseverance, Postcard to the Landscape, standing watch alone, wayfinding, Navigation

McMurdo Countdown: Objects in Mirror... — 46 comments

dmmacilroy wrote 9 months ago: Before you dismiss this 100 word story for Madison Woods’ FridayFictioneers as the usual scien … more →

Tags: time, seize the day, spores, aspergillus, The Future, GMO, Food for Thought, life is fragile

Roadkill — 47 comments

dmmacilroy wrote 10 months ago: 100 words for Madison Woods’ FridayFictioneers, whose excellent stories for your consideration … more →

Tags: reincarnation, Old Billy was right, Lawyers, a good start, ease up on the brakes, haste makes waste

Mind of Peace — 18 comments

dmmacilroy wrote 10 months ago: Stumbled across this and thought I’d try my hand at it. Here is the result. Thanks Karen. Aloh … more →

Tags: Writing #2, Poetry, The Three Toed Tree Toad, Mind of Peace

Kaleidoscope — 44 comments

dmmacilroy wrote 11 months ago: Latest work for Madison Woods’ FridayFictioneers. 100 word story inspired by one of her photog … more →

Tags: Writing #2, Kaleidoscope, Damselflies, Ephemeral


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