J.F. Juzwik's Blog

Moving into a new house is a very exciting experience. You plan how each room will be furnished, and where you will store all of your personal treasures. Your goal is to do everything you can...

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  Turner Hahn and Frank Morales are two detectives who work out of the South Side Precinct in the Homicide Division. Turner resembles a movie star from the days when Hollywood was golden, an...

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  Residing in a small community creates its own atmosphere of comfort and security. Having neighbors makes each one of us feel as if we’re one part of thew hole picture of the neighborhoo...

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  Roland of the High Crags. A Bretan monk. A warrior. A wizard. Once honored. Now, disgraced. An apostate. A traitor to his faith. Loathed and reviled. Yet, he continues with all that is in...

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It was going to be just another ordinary day. Same old, same old, for Lily Russell, a recently divorced single mother with a young daughter named Maisie. Lily had custody of Maisie, and a res...

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Eight friends – four couples, get together one evening for some food, some wine, and some conversation. This is not the first time they have gathered for a dinner party. They have known ea...

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The prompt this week was as follows: The genre was fantasy, the setting was an antique shop, and the item was a gold fish. Love begins in many ways, and for my character Sarah, it started with a...

https://jfjuzwik.blogspot.com/2019/09/flash-fiction-friday-week-38-perfection.html

The prompt this week was about the start of school, and sending someone (or something?) to school. We were to write from the viewpoint of the sender, not the sendee. Those first days can be exci...

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The prompt this week was to write about a needy pet. The pet is adorable, but wants a lot of attention. We couldn’t use a dog or a cat, which would have been great for me since I have the need...

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The prompt this week was to do zombies, but with a twist. Mine’s just trying to find his way… A Real Home “Young man, excuse me for bothering you. I normally avoid speaking to stranger...

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Story coming soon!

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The prompt this week was to use a specific location in our story: a cottage. Also, we were to pick a random song (one of the top two from the link provided) as our inspiration. One of the top tw...

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The prompt this week was one used by Furious Fiction for August. They provided six pairs of adjectives, all to be included in your story. Also, you had to make sure that one of the pairs was inc...

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The prompt this week was heat – lots of it. Heat in a random location, with a random object. We were given six choices of location and six choices of things. LOCATION:              �...

https://jfjuzwik.blogspot.com/2019/07/flash-fiction-friday-week-31-its-gonna.html

The prompt this week was as follows: “It’s a birthday, with a cake, and candles. Someone makes a wish and there are consequences.” ‘I wish I may, I wish I might, have the wish I wish ton...

https://jfjuzwik.blogspot.com/2019/07/flash-fiction-friday-week-30-be-careful.html

The prompt this week was to use the genre of mystery, the location of a surveillance vehicle, and include a helmet. I don’t know if my story qualifies exactly as a mystery, but hopefully, I’...

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The prompt this week was as follows: Our story must take place on a train, it must include something frozen, and it must include three 3-word sentences in a row. I had fun putting this one toget...

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The prompt this week was the following scenario: “You’ve bought an old chest of drawers and discover a piece of paper stuck inside. What is written on that piece of paper?” I’m not sure ...

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The prompt this week was a particular scenario: “You’re in prison and your partner is visiting for the first time. Write the conversation you have.” In my story, the convict’s partner is...

https://jfjuzwik.blogspot.com/2019/06/flash-fiction-friday-week-26-simple.html

The challenge this week was to write about a dumpster. That wasn’t all though. We were also supposed to include five random words from a random word generator. I got some doozies! They were: G...

https://jfjuzwik.blogspot.com/2019/06/flash-fiction-friday-week-25-last-pickup.html

This week's prompt was to click on Random Street View to get a snapshot of a random place, and build our story around the view we get. This is the view I got, and it inspired me to look ahe...

https://jfjuzwik.blogspot.com/2019/06/flash-fiction-friday-week-24-road-ahead.html

The prompt this week was to write a wedding story, and include the traditional ‘something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue’. Genre, gender, and species were our choice,...

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The prompt this week was to use a random character generator which provided six choices. We were to select the second or the fourth, and use that character in our story. The fourth one that came...

https://jfjuzwik.blogspot.com/2019/05/flash-fiction-friday-week-22-thou-shalt.html

The prompt this week was to write a story about the first Spring trip up to the cottage with friends and family. The family in my story get together once a year at Grandma’s cabin and it never...

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The prompt this week was to pick, at random, three adjective-noun combinations, to use in our story. We were given the following nine to choose from:             1.      Approachabl...

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