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Jul. 19th, 2009

book - Jasfoups dribbles

[info]leatherdykeuk

Challenge #298

Posted early because I'm away on Monday. You can still post stories from challenge #297 until mid-day, Monday 20th July

Challenge #298 (July 20th 2009)

Today's prompts:

OPTION 1

* Graveside flowers
* the flowering of youth
* youth is wasted on the young
* young man, old grave

OPTION 2:



Image: ‘Texas Renaissance Festival’ by PhotographLayne
URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/photographlayne/

OPTION 3:

Warning: £4 Fee required

Literary Fiction )

OPTION 4:

The WEbook Poetry Vote )
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Jul. 13th, 2009

Amazon

[info]leatherdykeuk

Challenge #297

Challenge #297 (July 13th 2009)

Today's prompts:

OPTION 1

* Waiting for the 37
* broken promise
* backyard dispute
* cumulonimbus

OPTION 2:

12-07-09 PHONECAM 011

OPTION 3:

Child Fiction )

OPTION 4:

WARNING: $3 Entry Fee

Dog Oil Press Extreme Bodily Harm Humor Contest  )
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Jul. 6th, 2009

Amazon

[info]leatherdykeuk

Challenge #296

Challenge #296 (July 6th 2009)

Today's prompts:

OPTION 1

* technically innocent
* insurance claim
* Contested Will
* Unexpected storm

OPTION 2:

MM 296

Found on FFFOUND!

OPTION 3:

Tonto Short Story Competition  )

OPTION 4: US RESIDENTS ONLY

Three Minute Fiction  )
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Jun. 29th, 2009

Amazon

[info]leatherdykeuk

Challenge #295

Challenge #295 (June 29th 2009)

Today's prompts:

OPTION 1

* Ceremonial blade
* Secret marriage
* testing the water
* chopped up into small pieces and buried in the garden

OPTION 2:

27-06-09 Birmingham

OPTION 3:

Finding the Right Words Flash Fiction Contest  )

OPTION 4:

Guardian Weekend short story competition  )
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Jun. 22nd, 2009

Amazon

[info]leatherdykeuk

Challenge #294

Challenge #294 (June 22nd 2009)

Today's prompts:

OPTION 1

* A Moment of Pleasure
* Leisures and Travails
* The Travelling Life
* Life and Love in Moments

OPTION 2:

07-06-09 pictures 098

OPTION 3:

Suggestion by [info]spacedlaw

A small piece of blue cardboard

100-2000 words
(Not a competition)

via a discussion on Omnivoracious: Leave an Idea, Take an Idea by China Mieville

OPTION 4:

Hypersonic Tales )
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Jun. 15th, 2009

eye clock

[info]leatherdykeuk

Challenge #293

Challenge #293 (June 15th 2009)

Today's prompts:

OPTION 1

* Unexpected death
* A little prick
* mirrored viewpoint
* A moment lost

OPTION 2:



Image: ‘Design Chimera’ by intermayer
URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/intermayer/

OPTION 3:

Paper Bag Erotica )

OPTION 4:

Red Ravine ENVY )
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Jun. 8th, 2009

Halcyon Days

[info]leatherdykeuk

Challenge #292

Challenge #292 (June 8th 2009)

Today's prompts:

OPTION 1

* A triumph of racism
* Brimstone and tears
* bright defeat
* trails of saliva

OPTION 2:

07-06-09 pictures 076

OPTION 3:

Conflict )

OPTION 4:

A 100 word story in Six Sentences
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Jun. 1st, 2009

Amazon

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Challenge #291

Challenge #291 (June 1st 2009)

Today's prompts:

OPTION 1

* Vacant table
* Teapot glory
* Over the fence
* Granite tribute

OPTION 2:



Image: old picture: schoolgirl... by JoesSistah
URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/27805557@N08/


OPTION 3:

Crossed Genres )

OPTION 4:

55 word stories )
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May. 25th, 2009

Amazon

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Challenge #290

Challenge #290 (May 25th 2009)

Today's prompts:

OPTION 1

* Door knocker
* Easy Street
* The Keenness of Two Alike
* The last Saturday of July

OPTION 2:



Image: ‘Cat and Bubbles by K, © Nancy Berry (used with permission)
URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nancyberry/


OPTION 3:
Pick A Story

Blog story competition (250 words) )
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May. 22nd, 2009

rain and tree

[info]leatherdykeuk

Publication success

My 'Tea, Just a little too Hot' (from challenge #284) has found its way into the 'Tea Memories' anthology here

May. 18th, 2009

Amazon

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Challenge #289

Challenge #289 (May 18th 2009)

Today's prompts:

OPTION 1

* freak show
* gentle reminder
* lady with a calculator
* left palm uppermost

OPTION 2:



Image: ‘Ganesha’ by Euregio-thingstodo.eu.
URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/poldiri/

OPTION 3:

FIFTY WORD miniSTORIES )
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May. 11th, 2009

Amazon

[info]leatherdykeuk

Challenge #288

Challenge #288 (May 11th 2009)

Today's prompts:

OPTION 1

* true intentions
* investigation
* home-improvement project
* emotional state

OPTION 2:



Image: ‘Glendalough 13’ by Shadowgate
URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/shadowgate/

OPTION 3:

Drabble - British wildlife )
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May. 4th, 2009

Amazon

[info]leatherdykeuk

Challenge #287

Challenge #287 (May 4th 2009)

Today's prompts:

OPTION 1

* Talking nonsense
* Listening to Jesus
* Fashioning shadows
* A woman’s tears

OPTION 2:



Image: “Agdz, Morocco [2009]” by Rosino
URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosino/

OPTION 3:

Erotic Flashes  )
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Apr. 27th, 2009

Amazon

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Challenge #286

Challenge #286 (April 27th 2009)

Today's prompts:

OPTION 1

* Pet monkey
* yellow dandelions (or purple? or…)
* half-century
* Read that part

OPTION 2:



Image: “Garden Lights” by Rachel Green
URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/leatherdykeuk/

OPTION 3:

Monster Bites and Fiction

Innsmouth Free Press )
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Apr. 20th, 2009

book - Jasfoups dribbles

[info]leatherdykeuk

Challenge #285

Challenge #285 (April 20th 2009)

Today's prompts:

OPTION 1

* The Bride Wore Red
* a little nurturing
* physical manifestations
* dubious value

OPTION 2:



Image: “Locked Entrance” by tj.blackwell
URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tjblackwell/

OPTION 3:

All About Eve )
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Apr. 13th, 2009

Amazon

[info]leatherdykeuk

Challenge #284

Challenge #284 (April 13th 2009)

Today's prompts:

OPTION 1

* Serendipity
* Of little consequence
* Good advice, not taken
* A dash of common sense

OPTION 2:



Image: “More Walkies” by The Hills are Alive
URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hills_alive/

OPTION 3:

Non Fiction
Tea Memories  )
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Apr. 6th, 2009

Amazon

[info]leatherdykeuk

Challenge #283

Challenge #283 (April 6th 2009)

Today's prompts:

OPTION 1

* Budding
* Self-made man
* Body butter
* peppermint

OPTION 2:



Image: Carnivale in Venice Lady by Alaskan Dude
URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/72213316@N00/

OPTION 3:

North of…  )
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Mar. 30th, 2009

Amazon

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Challenge #282

Challenge #282 (March 30th 2009)

Today's prompts:

OPTION 1

* forsaken memory
* news from abroad
* the end of it
* little red dress

OPTION 2:



Image: ‘New Diamond’ by vidalia_11
URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/56832361@N00/

OPTION 3:

One for the poets:

Poems of the Dead  )
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Mar. 23rd, 2009

Amazon

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Challenge #281

Challenge #281 (March 23rd 2009)

Today's prompts:

OPTION 1

* plastic sheets
* a blanket and the dog
* delicately honest
* vegetable patch

OPTION 2:



Image: ‘Angel’ by Pareerica
URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/8078381@N03/

OPTION 3:

Unmasked Erotica )
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Mar. 16th, 2009

Amazon

[info]leatherdykeuk

Challenge #280

Challenge #280 (March 16th 2009)

Today's prompts:

OPTION 1

* Butterscotch yumyum
* From a cell
* onions at lunchtime
* Fingerblade

OPTION 2:



Image: crow to share by lavandarfields
URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lavandarfields/

OPTION 3:

One for the poets )
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Mar. 9th, 2009

Amazon

[info]leatherdykeuk

Challenge #279

Challenge #279 (March 9th 2009)

Today's prompts:

OPTION 1

* added shadows
* breathless haste
* unknown party
* background scan

OPTION 2:


Image: “horizontes” by manuel h (mholm)
URL: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mholm/

OPTION 3:

miniWORDS 2009 )
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Mar. 2nd, 2009

Amazon

[info]leatherdykeuk

Challenge #278

Challenge #278 (March 2nd 2009)

Today's prompts:

OPTION 1

* Creative Works
* Nothing required
* Under the Rainbow
* Coltsfoot Drive

OPTION 2:



Image: 20080222_53 by Treivilo
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dansephoto/ (not all are worksafe)

OPTION 3:

Chicken Soup for the Soul: What I Learned From the Cat  )
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Feb. 23rd, 2009

Amazon

[info]leatherdykeuk

Challenge #277

Challenge #277 (February 23rd 2009)

Today's prompts:

OPTION 1

* Hand-made
* Pennies for the pot
* memento
* talking of shoes ...

OPTION 2:



Image: Eastern State Penitentiary by Whitney GH

OPTION 3:

The Fourteenth Sam's Dot Drabble Contest )
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Feb. 16th, 2009

Amazon

[info]leatherdykeuk

Challenge #276

Challenge #276 (February 16th 2009)

Today's prompts:

OPTION 1

* Couldn't care less
* weasel words
* all in white
* true soul

OPTION 2:



Image by Lucy Sweetrepeats, used with permission

OPTION 3:

Weird Shit up to 750 words  )
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Feb. 9th, 2009

Amazon

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Challenge #275

Challenge #275 (February 9th 2009)

Today's prompts:

OPTION 1

* medical file
* muddy waters
* toothless grin
* absinthe

OPTION 2:



OPTION 3:

Mirror Mirror )
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Feb. 2nd, 2009

Amazon

[info]leatherdykeuk

Challenge #274

Challenge #274 (February 2nd 2009)

Today's prompts:

OPTION 1

* That defining moment
* Flossy
* new meaning to life
* bad advice

OPTION 2:



OPTION 3:

Some (myself included) have already entered this one:

Short story up to 2K )
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Jan. 26th, 2009

Amazon

[info]leatherdykeuk

Delayed prompt

computed keening
lost and corrupt .dll files
evil in transistors.



Today's prompts:

OPTION 1

* liegeman
* a mile down the tracks
* the carver's mark
* a use for herbs

OPTION 2:

One of the images from a google image search of your, or your main character's name.

OPTION 3:

http://www.thefirstline.com/


Fiction: All stories must be written with the first line provided. The line cannot be altered in any way, unless otherwise noted by the editors. The story should be between 300 and 3,000 words. The sentences can be found on the home page of The First Line's Web site, as well as in the prior issue. Note: We are open to all genres. We try to make TFL as eclectic as possible.


Non-Fiction: 500-800 word critical essays about your favorite first line from a literary work.


All Stories: Writers should include a two- to three-sentence biography of themselves that will appear in the magazine should their story run.

Due February 1st

Thanks, curiosity

OPTION 4:

A previous prompt you didn't finish.
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Jan. 19th, 2009

Amazon

[info]leatherdykeuk

Challenge #272

Challenge #272 (January 19th 2009)

OPTION 1:

* hell for leather
* the drift of time
* blue Monday
* sunfish crucible

OPTION 2:



Photograph (NY Renaissance fair) by Del Far, used under a creative commons licence

OPTION 3

Belong  )
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Jan. 12th, 2009

Amazon

[info]leatherdykeuk

Challenge #271

Challenge #271 (January 12th 2009)

OPTION 1:

* wooden halls
* the naming of things
* on the run
* before the birds

OPTION 2:

discarded rose

OPTION 3

Highland Fling – Short Story Competition  )
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Jan. 5th, 2009

Amazon

[info]leatherdykeuk

Challenge #270

Challenge #270 (January 5th 2009)

OPTION 1:

* The family way
* On thin ice
* walnut implanted
* nocturnal surgeon

OPTION 2:





OPTION 3

Clarity of Night  )
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Dec. 31st, 2008

1

[info]dubaiyan

MMM: Posting Requirement Changed

From the userinfo:

Members must post at least once [1+] a month to remain in the community. If removed for inactivity, please wait at least one month before applying to rejoin ...

TRANSLATION: every member must post 100+ words to [info]musemuggers in January i.e. by 31 Jan.

Etc )

As usual: to resign, please comment here.




ETA: 4 reminders given; 06 Jan, 12 Jan, 19 Jan, 26 Jan.

2009-Feb-01 21:55 REMOVED THOSE INACTIVE IN JAN:
[info]amaya_aneko
[info]curiosity
[info]eyeslikeplanets
[info]falloutgurl666
[info]gypsy_nightfire
[info]ink_and_quill N
[info]primal_shout
[info]quinanne N
[info]terredancer
[info]vermudo N

RESIGNED
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ABLE TO REAPPLY FROM: March




2009-Mar-01 00:15 REMOVED THOSE INACTIVE IN FEB:
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[info]bloodrebel333
[info]boldly_go
[info]courante
[info]gingertwinkle
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ABLE TO REAPPLY FROM: April




2009-Apr-01 05:25 REMOVED THOSE INACTIVE IN MAR:

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ABLE TO REAPPLY FROM: May




2009-May-01 16:35 REMOVED THOSE INACTIVE IN APR:

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2009-Jun-01 12:23 REMOVED THOSE INACTIVE IN MAY:
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ABLE TO REAPPLY FROM: July




2009-Jul-01 21:41 REMOVED THOSE INACTIVE IN JUN:

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[info]book_maven
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[info]evulkoneko
[info]gingertwinkle
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2009-Aug-xx yy:zz REMOVED THOSE INACTIVE IN JULY:

ABLE TO REAPPLY FROM: Sept


Dec. 29th, 2008

Amazon

[info]leatherdykeuk

Challenge #269

Challenge #269 (December 29th 2008)

OPTION 1:

* fifth birthday
* double boiler
* Agent of Chaos
* White Knight

OPTION 2:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3198/3144671766_e272d4ea16.jpg

OPTION 3

Bylines 2010 )
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Dec. 22nd, 2008

Amazon

[info]leatherdykeuk

Challenge #268

Challenge #268 (December 22nd 2008)

OPTION 1:

* Mr. Moos' grand adventure
* Kill the lights
* Make me proud
* Silent nights.

OPTION 2:

gennel

OPTION 3

NOISE )
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Dec. 15th, 2008

Amazon

[info]leatherdykeuk

Challenge #267

Challenge #267 (December 15th 2008)

OPTION 1:

* Tower
* Shorthand
* mouldy old dough
* wild world

OPTION 2:

sarah wilmer photo

Image by Sarah Wilmer

OPTION 3

ACW Competition )

OPTION 4
(requested by [info]smwright)

Any piece for a previous prompt you didn’t get to finish.
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Dec. 8th, 2008

Amazon

[info]leatherdykeuk

Challenge #266

Challenge #266 (December 8th 2008)

OPTION 1:

* No room for an old man
* The worst kind of torture
* elegant neurosis
* birth

OPTION 2:

Snow globes

OPTION 3

The Lady Short Story Prize

The Lady Short Story Prize  )
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Dec. 1st, 2008

Amazon

[info]leatherdykeuk

Challenge #265

Challenge #265 (December 1st 2008)

OPTION 1:

* A heavy blanket
* Where there's smoke, there's ...
* A disturbance in the force
* A bag of bones

OPTION 2:

roccoco bathroom

OPTION 3

via Susan Humphries

Travel Writing Comp )

OPTION 4

A piece for a previous prompt you never finished on time.
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Nov. 24th, 2008

Amazon

[info]leatherdykeuk

Challenge #264

Challenge #264 (November 24th 2008)

OPTION 1:

* the other side of the river
* terminal
* take the blue pill
* social misfit

OPTION 2:

Ayoub road

Photo by [info]ayoub

OPTION 3

Drops of Crimson ~ Call for Submissions )

OPTION 4

For those participants of NaNoWriMo: A snippet from your work in progress

OPTION 5

There is no option 5. I will brook no arguments.
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Nov. 17th, 2008

Amazon

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Challenge #263

Challenge #263 (November 17th 2008)

OPTION 1:

* girl on a bicycle
* necktie
* Prison phase
* Dissolve phase

OPTION 2:

musemuggers prompt pic NOT MY PHOTO

OPTION 3

Three Crows Press ~ Call for Submissions )

OPTION 4

For those participants of NaNoWriMo: A snippet from your work in progress

OPTION 5

http://writeyourmessages.blogspot.com

Respond to a daily prompt in EXACTLY 300 words
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Nov. 10th, 2008

Harold & Jasfoup

[info]leatherdykeuk

Challenge #262

Challenge #262 (November 10th 2008)

OPTION 1:

* vanished from a long parade
* alone in her weirdness
* do the unthinkable
* whistling in the dark

OPTION 2:

by Michal Karcz

found here

OPTION 3

Time in a Bottle Anthology )

OPTION 4

For those participants of NaNoWriMo: A snippet from your work in progress

OPTION 5

http://writeyourmessages.blogspot.com

Respond to a daily prompt in EXACTLY 300 words
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Nov. 3rd, 2008

Harold & Jasfoup

[info]leatherdykeuk

Challenge #261

Challenge #261 (November 3rd 2008)

OPTION 1:

* Tight Green Uniform
* longing to give
* deviant art
* patchwork quilt

OPTION 2:

conserve the coffee

OPTION 3

Silly Western Antho ~ Call for Submissions )

OPTION 4

For those participants of NaNoWriMo: A snippet from your work in progress

OPTION 5

http://writeyourmessages.blogspot.com

Respond to a daily prompt in EXACTLY 300 words
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Oct. 27th, 2008

Harold & Jasfoup

[info]leatherdykeuk

Challenge #260

Challenge #260 (October 27th 2008)

OPTION 1:

* A hallowed evening
* Moth to a flame
* on the cusp
* the Medusa effect

OPTION 2:

stewardesses


OPTION 3

J A Konrath’s Super Flash Contest

Flash! Flash! )
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Oct. 20th, 2008

Harold & Jasfoup

[info]leatherdykeuk

Challenge #259

Challenge #259 (October 20th 2008)

OPTION 1:

* slipping again
* encrusted dresses
* To escape again
* Aged directions

OPTION 2:

young spider man


OPTION 3

Obituaries

Obituary for the Uncommon Um…  )
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Oct. 14th, 2008

book - Jasfoups dribbles

[info]leatherdykeuk

Challenge #258

Sorry! I forgot to post the new prompts! Thank [info]spacedlaw for reminding me!

Challenge #258 (October 13th 2008)

OPTION 1:

* itinerant artist
* elephant ears
* get out, fast
* a yellow hummingbird

OPTION 2:

15837-fullsizeIwishtomeetyouinonehundredyearsbyMargheritaVitagliano

OPTION 3

Send us your moving, inspiring or funny short stories

Prima  )
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Oct. 6th, 2008

your parents lied

[info]leatherdykeuk

Challenge #257

Challenge #257 (October 6th 2008)

OPTION 1:

* What you fancy
* It always ends this way
* Next life
* Next day delivery

OPTION 2:

sand filled temple

OPTION 3

Don’t Look  )

http://community.livejournal.com/specficmarkets/207962.html
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Sep. 29th, 2008

Amazon

[info]leatherdykeuk

Challenge #256

Challenge #256 (September 29th 2008)

OPTION 1:

* tired from typing
* her little miseries
* a very full petticoat
* Man in the Moon

OPTION 2:

MM prompt 256

OPTION 3

Cafe Doom writing competition  )
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Sep. 21st, 2008

book - Jasfoups dribbles

[info]leatherdykeuk

Challenge #255

NOTE - You still have until tomorrow to post for challenge #244 - This posted early because I'm away from today.

Challenge #255 (September 22nd 2008)

OPTION 1:

* a warm green dressing gown
* polished granite
* artificial flowers
* shattered feet

OPTION 2:

MM prompt 255


OPTION 3

Fall of 2008 Short Stories and Essays  )

OPTION 4

Any story you started from a prompt for MuseMuggers but didn’t manage to complete during the original week.
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Sep. 15th, 2008

devil- death angel anime

[info]leatherdykeuk

Challenge #254

Challenge #254 (September 15th 2008)

OPTION 1:

* head honcho
* rodents
* secret doorway
* professional exploits

OPTION 2:

yellow dress


OPTION 3

Ghost

Ghost )

OPTION 4

Crime Scene
Crime Scene )
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Sep. 8th, 2008

Amazon

[info]leatherdykeuk

Challenge #253

Challenge #253 (September 8th 2008)

OPTION 1:

* small hours
* Tchaikovsky’s sixth symphony
* sharpened pen
* Crossing the Line

OPTION 2:

0654_my_first_polaroid_emulsion_lift

Image originally from HERE


OPTION 3

"A Mysterious Holiday" - Deadline Nov 15

A Mysterious Holiday  )
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Aug. 31st, 2008

book - Jasfoups dribbles

[info]leatherdykeuk

Challenge #252

NOTE: You can still post for challenge #251 until 10AM September 1st - I'm just out tomorrow morning.


Challenge #252 (September 1st 2008)

OPTION 1:

* painting a portrait
* driving fast
* household box
* something wilder

OPTION 2:

old kitchen - polaroid - fffound


OPTION 3


Love is in the Air )
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Aug. 25th, 2008

Fish in bottle

[info]leatherdykeuk

Challenge #251

Challenge #251 (August 25th 2008)

OPTION 1:

* Imprisonment
* Obsession
* Lights Out
* Travelling Light

OPTION 2:

stumbled by michelle oshen



OPTION 3

Twisted Tongue  )
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