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2024 wasn't my best year for writing, and 2025 poses several challenges to my usual Winter Writing Season. Primarily my commitment to sew more this year - at least 1 sewing project a month. I stopped sewing for no discernable reason in 2014 (looks side-eyed at Depression) and I started to pick it up again a decade later in 2024. I want to stay committed to that goal, but am not completely willing to sacrifice writing.

So, a new strategy is necessary! Instead of a full monthly Bingo Card based on the bingo fest's happening on the AllBingo site, I've instead made all of the best looking fests their own square on my 2025 Reader Suggestions Bingo Card and I've filled the other squares with all the reader's suggestions I received in 2024 that I haven't fulfilled. As a month's bingo fest is announced I will come back to this board and update that month's square with a real prompt from the prompt lists given.

My plan is to make 200+ word fills for most of my prompts. These might not end up being a complete story for each fill, but many of them connect into longer stories in my ongoing series:

The Earthen - Fantasy - The tales of The Earthen, tiny nutlike beings who live in warrens, and are highly cooperative.
Green Skies G.T. - Cozy Science Fiction - The monthly logs of G.T., a sentient apartment dwelling, and it's inhabitants. Currently there are 3 monthly logs posted, and I'm actively writing the log for April 2053.
OtherWorldly - Dark Urban Fantasy - Carnelle the Succubus is on the Hunt for a killer.
RePrint - Science fiction - Althea has chosen to undergo an unusual medical procedure that will allow her to imprint new memories of important first experiences.
Village Witch - Edwina - Steam Punk/Fantasy setting - These stories are being created as a playthrough of the Solo TTRPG "Village Witch." Edwina has a year to find the village where she belongs as their Village Witch.
The Witch's Kitchen - Contemporary Fantasy - Lucia and Jeanette are opening the restaurant of their dreams, and it takes a little magic to make things work.

As the year goes on, I'd appreciate reader suggestions that expand on any word or phrase on the bingo card that I add through the Bingo Fests. Feel free to make suggestions that tie into my ongoing series or for something completely new.

Squares that have been filled with 200+ words of story will be ~~Struck Through~~ so it will be easy for everyone to keep track of what's been done & how close I am to a Bingo!

Silicon Shaman - Green Skies G.T - stray cats/mamma cat	March - Tolkien Bingo Fest	April - Drabble Fest	October - Fall Fest
Ysabetwordsmith - Green Skies G.T. - Storage	September - Piracy Bingo Fest	Ysabetwordsmith - Green Skies G.T. - new peripheral	May - Colors Bingo Fest
February - Valentines Fest	November - Fairy Tales and Fantasy Bingo Fest	Chanter1944 - Green Skies G.T. - Aaliyah and Iris Johnson	Ysabetwordsmith - Green Skies G.T. - Baby somethings
Amber_Fire - Reprint - Wishes	Ysabetwordsmith - Green Skies G.T. - Haunting	June - Pride Fest	July - Winter Fest

Current Mood: worried

This is my prompt card for the February 2024 Valentine's Day Bingo Fest challenge at the AllBingo site.

My plan is to make 200+ word fills for most of my prompts. These might not end up being a complete story for each fill, but many of them connect into longer stories in my ongoing series:

The Earthen - Fantasy - The tales of The Earthen, tiny nutlike beings who live in warrens, and are highly cooperative.
Green Skies G.T. - Cozy Science Fiction - The monthly logs of G.T., a sentient apartment dwelling, and it's inhabitants. Currently there are 3 monthly logs posted, and I'm actively writing the log for April 2053.
OtherWorldly - Dark Urban Fantasy - Carnelle the Succubus is on the Hunt for a killer.
RePrint - Science fiction - Althea has chosen to undergo an unusual medical procedure that will allow her to imprint new memories of important first experiences.
Village Witch - Edwina - Steam Punk/Fantasy setting - These stories are being created as a playthrough of the Solo TTRPG "Village Witch." Edwina has a year to find the village where she belongs as their Village Witch.
The Witch's Kitchen - Contemporary Fantasy - Lucia and Jeanette are opening the restaurant of their dreams, and it takes a little magic to make things work.

I'd appreciate reader suggestions that expand on any word or phrase on the bingo card. Feel free to make suggestions that tie into my ongoing series or for something completely new.

For this bingo I'm doing something a little fun - I had a chocolate bar recently that was divided into little pieces with words, and I took a cute pic to use as this month's bingo card! I'll list the squares below as they're filled to keep track of my progress towards a bingo.

Crave - "Claiming and Claimed" - Delandra completes her ritual to open a portal through the veil.

Current Mood: amused

This is my prompt card for the January 2024 Public Domain Day Bingo Fest challenge at the AllBingo site.

My plan is to make 200+ word fills for most of my prompts. These might not end up being a complete story for each fill, but many of them connect into longer stories in my ongoing series:

The Earthen - Fantasy - The tales of The Earthen, tiny nutlike beings who live in warrens, and are highly cooperative.
Green Skies G.T. - Cozy Science Fiction - The monthly logs of G.T., a sentient apartment dwelling, and it's inhabitants. Currently there are 3 monthly logs posted, and I'm actively writing the log for April 2053.
OtherWorldly - Dark Urban Fantasy - Carnelle the Succubus is on the Hunt for a killer.
RePrint - Science fiction - Althea has chosen to undergo an unusual medical procedure that will allow her to imprint new memories of important first experiences.
Village Witch - Edwina - Steam Punk/Fantasy setting - These stories are being created as a playthrough of the Solo TTRPG "Village Witch." Edwina has a year to find the village where she belongs as their Village Witch.
The Witch's Kitchen - Contemporary Fantasy - Lucia and Jeanette are opening the restaurant of their dreams, and it takes a little magic to make things work.

I'd appreciate reader suggestions that expand on any word or phrase on the bingo card. Feel free to make suggestions that tie into my ongoing series or for something completely new.

Squares that have been filled with 200+ words of story will be ~~Struck Through~~ so it will be easy for everyone to keep track of what's been done & how close I am to a Bingo!

~~Abie's Irish Rose~~	Dark Princess - W.E.B. Du Bois	"Waitin’ For the Evenin’ Mail" Tennessee Ten
The Shore Road Mystery - Franklin W. Dixon	~~“West End Blues"~~	~~A Life in the Woods - Felix Salten~~
Knave	~~Skin o' My Tooth - Baroness Orczy~~	~~"Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall in Love)"~~

Current Mood: excited

This was inspired by a prompt from

wyld_dandelyon during the 2023 March Final Friday Fics, the picture at the end of the post, and fills a square for my December 2023 Amnesty Bingo Card. At 500 words this is the 2nd story in the new series The Witch's Kitchen, following "A Cup to Start the Day."

All the Way Home We'll be Warm

Lucia fairly twirled down the galley of the kitchen adding a pinch of seasoning here, stirring a pot there, and chopping her way through the restaurant’s final prep list. It was the afternoon before the Grand Opening and at Jeanette’s urging they were hosting a Friend and Family’s only Soft Opening.

Guests had been arriving for about twenty minutes and were ready to be seated and served in the next ten. Jeanette was in her element in the front of house; relaxed because her pastries and cakes had already been made this morning and were now waiting for their time to shine during dessert, and leisurely serving beverages from Old Copper Joe, a gleaming one-of-a-kind coffee maker.

Lucia stopped her diligent dance through the kitchen to stand before Stanley. All of the menu items that she needed to prep were as ready as could be and would just need finishing touches as orders came back. With its three squat legs resting over the burner sat Nonnetto’s cauldron with the wood fire stoked to an excellent temperature in the stove below. All that was needed now was Lucia’s incantation, and she’d see what the Daily Special had to offer.

Oh, the weather outside is frightful,

But the fire is so delightful,

And since we’ve got time to eat,

Make us meat, make us meat, make us meat!

The cauldron rumbled on the stovetop, a few chimes ringing out as it stomped its tiny metal feet against the burner. The scents of sautéed shallots and garlic immediately began to waft from the open mouth, quickly followed by the deep umami scents of mushrooms and beef browning. The scents deepened with roasting herbs rosemary, parsley, thyme, and bay. Deep red and gold flecks of magical fire began to lap the underside of the cauldron as the final ingredients arrived with a wiggle of its plump round bottom: tomato paste, a thick stout, Worcestershire sauce, soy sauce, and just a pinch of white sugar.

Lucia watched in joy as the magic cauldron met her call with a perfectly bubbling batch of Beef and Mushroom Stew, just right for the cold blustery January day. She ladled out enough from the cauldron to fill a 6-quart Dutch oven with the Daily Special, to keep warm on the regular stove, watching as Nonnetto’s cauldron magically refilled a second time, before cancelling the incantation.

Oh, the fire is slowly dying,

And dear cauldron we're still goodbying,

But once I place on your top,

Let it stop, let it stop, let it stop!

Setting the heavy iron lid onto the cauldron Lucia blew the magical cooking pot three heartfelt kisses, and felt it come to rest inert on top of Stanley once more. She’d clean and bless it before closing the restaurant for the night, but now she whisked off her apron, wiped her hands, and went out to the front of house to greet her friends and family and write the first Daily Special up on the chalkboard.

~~~Notes~~~

Old Copper Joe:

Steampunk coffee machine designed by Copper Steampunk Design

Current Mood: good

This was inspired by a prompt from

amber_fire during the 2023 February Final Friday Fics, the picture at the end of the post, and fills a square for my December 2023 Amnesty Bingo Card. At 403 words this is the start of the new series The Witch's Kitchen.

A Cup of Tea to Start the Day

Lucia swirled the dregs of tea in her china cup and pondered the decisions she’d made over the last year. They seemed right, and fortuitous, but you could never be certain there weren’t hidden pitfalls about to swallow you whole and shame your family.

The leaves and sediment in the bottom of the cup settled into small images as Lucia swallowed the final sip of her tea and cast a critical eye over the sparkling clean kitchen of The Witch’s Kitchen. The restaurant was small, perhaps seating as few as thirty guests at a time at the seven heavy oak tables out in the dining room. Lucia and her close friend Jeanette were going into business together, opening the tiny eatery with cuisine centered around their own unique magical skills.

Jeanette had put herself through two years of community college as a barista at a big chain coffee shop and at small mom and pops, working 7 days a week to afford her associates without student loans. She oversaw The Witch’s Kitchen’s coffee, tea, and pastries. Whereas Lucia had worked in her father’s Italian restaurant since she was a pre-teen and would handle the daily special and a very few standing menu items the Kitchen would offer. Their grand opening was now just seven days away. Set for Friday, February 1st, 2025, Lucia and Jeanette had agreed that it would be good business to open before Valentine’s Day.

Lucia read the symbols in her teacup. Like all her magic, her tasseomancy didn’t always follow the larger world’s understanding of the art, but rather was part of the Fam-Trad she’d been taught by her mother and her Nonnetto. What she saw in the symbols was another general message of success, happiness, and the chance for grey skies far off on the horizon.

She rose and rinsed the cup at the enormous commercial triple sink. Then slowly, reverently, walked to the short western wall of the galley kitchen where Stanley had been built into the brick wall and stood alone. An old 1920’s wood burning stove, Stanley had been with Lucia’s family since her Nonnetto immigrated to the US after World War II. To the stove’s right were ready piles of wood, and on the left, her grandfather’s cauldron.

Strega Nonnetto’s magic cauldron, and hopefully, the guiding star of The Witch’s Kitchen’s success. Lucia lifted the cauldron onto the stove, ready to get started.

~~~Notes~~~

Stanley:

Helen Wilding's "Vintage stove in Pete’s castle kitchen, Caher Castle, Galway, Ireland"

Current Mood: amused

This is my prompt card for the 2023 December Amnesty Bingo Fest challenge at the AllBingo community.

I'm sticking with the plan of making 200+ word fills for my prompts - these might not end up being a complete story for each fill, but many of them connect into longer stories in my ongoing series:

The Earthen - Fantasy - The tales of The Earthen, tiny nutlike beings who live in warrens, and are highly cooperative.
OtherWorldly - Dark Urban Fantasy - Carnelle the Succubus is on the Hunt for a killer.
RePrint - Science fiction - Althea has chosen to undergo an unusual medical procedure that will allow her to imprint new memories of important first experiences.
Village Witch - Edwina - Steam Punk/Fantasy setting - These stories are being created as a playthrough of the Solo TTRPG "Village Witch." Edwina has a year to find the village where she belongs as their Village Witch.
Green Skies G.T. - Cozy Science Fiction - The monthly logs of G.T., a sentient apartment dwelling, and it's inhabitants. Currently there are 3 monthly logs posted.

NORMALLY, I'd appreciate reader suggestions that expand on any word or phrase on the bingo card, but for Amnesty Bingo these are all prompts I've received from readers that I want to fill before the end of 2023!

Squares that have been filled with 200+ words of story will be ~~Struck Through~~ so it will be easy for everyone to keep track of what's been done & how close I am to a Bingo!

~~Sarah Becca; Reprint - Althea Deserves Soup/Comfort~~	~~Ysabetwordsmith; Green Skies G.T. - Peripherals for Sentient Buildings~~	~~Silicon Shaman; Green Skies G.T. - Haunting~~
~~Ysabetwordsmith; Green Skies G.T. - Beverage Bar~~	~~Readera; RePrint - Althea tries to recreate a soup recipe~~	~~Wyld Dandelyon; Prompts for Soup!~~
~~Amber Fire; Green Skies G.T. - Daily Sunshine~~	~~Ysabetwordsmith; Green Skies G.T. - Soup Algorithm/Eternal Soup~~	~~Amber Fire; Tea Ceremony or Tea Leaf Magic~~

Current Mood: nervous

This is my prompt card for the April 2023 Gothic Bingo Fest challenge at the AllBingo community.

I'm sticking with the plan of making 200+ word fills for my prompts - these might not end up being a complete story for each fill, but many of them connect into longer stories in my ongoing series:

The Earthen - Fantasy - The tales of The Earthen, tiny nutlike beings who live in warrens, and are highly cooperative.
OtherWorldly - Dark Urban Fantasy - Carnelle the Succubus is on the Hunt for a killer.
RePrint - Science fiction - Althea has chosen to undergo an unusual medical procedure that will allow her to imprint new memories of important first experiences.
Village Witch - Edwina - Steam Punk/Fantasy setting - These stories are being created as a playthrough of the Solo TTRPG "Village Witch." Edwina has a year to find the village where she belongs as their Village Witch.
Green Skies G.T. - Cozy Science Fiction - The monthly logs of G.T., a sentient apartment dwelling, and it's inhabitants. Currently there are 3 monthly logs posted, and I'm actively writing the log for April 2053.

I'd appreciate reader suggestions that expand on any word or phrase on the bingo card. Feel free to make suggestions that tie into my ongoing series or for something completely new.

Squares that have been filled with 200+ words of story will be ~~Struck Through~~ so it will be easy for everyone to keep track of what's been done & how close I am to a Bingo!

Candles	Fog / Mist	~~Old Tinkerer With a Strange Artifact~~
Opening Pandora's Box	~~"The most interesting plants grow in the shade."~~	~~Haunting~~
Roommate / Housemate	Magical Training	Who is the monster?

Current Mood: determined

This is my prompt card for the 2023 March Is... Bingo Fest challenge at the AllBingo community.

I'm sticking with the plan of making 200+ word fills for my prompts - these might not end up being a complete story for each fill, but many of them connect into longer stories in my ongoing series:

The Earthen - Fantasy - The tales of The Earthen, tiny nutlike beings who live in warrens, and are highly cooperative.
OtherWorldly - Dark Urban Fantasy - Carnelle the Succubus is on the Hunt for a killer.
RePrint - Science fiction - Althea has chosen to undergo an unusual medical procedure that will allow her to imprint new memories of important first experiences.
Village Witch - Edwina - Steam Punk/Fantasy setting - These stories are being created as a playthrough of the Solo TTRPG "Village Witch." Edwina has a year to find the village where she belongs as their Village Witch.
Green Skies G.T. - Cozy Science Fiction - The monthly logs of G.T., a sentient apartment dwelling, and it's inhabitants. Currently there are 2 monthly logs posted, and I'm actively writing the log for March 2053.

I'd appreciate reader suggestions that expand on any word or phrase on the bingo card. Feel free to make suggestions that tie into my ongoing series or for something completely new.

Squares that have been filled with 200+ words of story will be ~~Struck Through~~ so it will be easy for everyone to keep track of what's been done & how close I am to a Bingo!

~~Crocuses~~	~~Sunshine~~	March 20 Vernal Equinox/First Day of Spring*
~~National Crafting Month~~	Mating Dance	Starting Seeds
Apple Blossoms	March 14 National Pi Day	Sap

Current Mood: sick

This is my prompt card for the February 2023 Valentines Bingo Fest challenge at the AllBingo site.

I'm sticking with the plan of making 200+ word fills for my prompts - these might not end up being a complete story for each fill, but many of them connect into longer stories in my ongoing series:

OtherWorldly - Dark Urban Fantasy - Carnelle the Succubus is on the Hunt for a killer.
RePrint - Science fiction - Althea has chosen to undergo an unusual medical procedure that will allow her to imprint new memories of important first experiences.
Village Witch - Edwina - Steam Punk/Fantasy setting - These stories are being created as a playthrough of the Solo TTRPG "Village Witch." Edwina has a year to find the village where she belongs as their Village Witch.
The Earthen - Fantasy Setting - The tales of The Earthen, tiny nutlike beings who live in burrows, and are highly cooperative. No landing page yet, as there are only 3 stories. This started with "Blessings of the Cool Dark" and with 1 more story will earn its own landing page!

I'd appreciate reader suggestions that expand on any word or phrase on the bingo card. Feel free to make suggestions that tie into my ongoing series or for something completely new.

Squares that have been filled with 200+ words of story will be ~~Struck Through~~ so it will be easy for everyone to keep track of what's been done & how close I am to a Bingo!

~~Forsythia - Anticipation~~	Quartz Crystal - Amplification & Versatility	~~Be Honest with Yourself~~
~~Fuzzy Blanket / Slippers~~	Smoky Quartz - Grounding Negative Energy	~~Carnation (General) - Fascination~~
Love lies Bleeding - Hopeless not heartless	Fir - Time	~~Rainforest Jasper - Connection To Nature~~

Current Mood: tired

This is my prompt card for the January 2023 Public Domain Day Bingo Fest challenge at the AllBingo site.

I've got this kind of "reverse hibernation" situation going on with my writing, where I'm most successful in the cold winter months, and too distracted by The Outside in Spring/Summer/Fall to stay at the keyboard. So, we're just going to roll with it again this year and see how much creativity can strike in these first 3 months of 2023!

I'm sticking with the plan of making short ~200 word fills for my prompts - these short fills will most likely NOT end up being a complete story for each fill, but many of them connect into longer stories in my OtherWorldy series, VillageWitch game, and RePrint series.

I'd enjoy reader suggestions for any word or phrase on the bingo card, and will do my best to make a fill for every request.

Squares that have been filled with 200 words of story will be ~~Struck Through~~ so it will be easy for everyone to keep track of what's been done & how close I am to a Bingo!

The Scar of Shame	~~"Bless This House"~~	See You in Jail
~~God's Great Wilderness~~	~~Barbed Wire~~	The Devil's Saddle
The Interferin' Gent	~~The Silent Hero~~	The Patent Leather Kid

Current Mood: nauseated

This is my prompt card for the April 2022 Untranslatable Words Bingo Fest challenge at the AllBingo site.

I'd enjoy reader suggestions for any word or phrase on the bingo card, but cannot promise I'll make a fill for every request. I can only say I'll do my best!

My 200+ word count goal is the minimum I'll write to complete a fill for my prompts & I am ready to kick off this card with more drabbles. These short fills will most likely NOT end up being a complete story for each fill, but many of them connect into longer stories in my OtherWorldy series, VillageWitch game, and RePrint Series.

Squares that have been filled with 200+ words of story will be ~~Struck Through~~ so it will be easy for everyone to keep track of what's been done & how close I am to a Bingo!

Boghz (Persian): A knot in the throat; the physical sensation of distress building in the throat or chest before crying or venting negative emotions.	Romjul (Norwegian): “Christmas space’’; the period between Christmas and New Year.	Meraki (Greek): when you leave a piece of yourself in what you do; a labor of love	Bàofùxìng áoyè (Chinese): Revenge bedtime procrastination - when people without much control over their daily schedules refuse to go to sleep early in order to reclaim a sense of freedom during late-night hours.	~~Waldeinsamkeit (German): The feeling of solitude - being alone in the woods - and a connectedness to nature.~~
Karelu (Tulu): The mark left on the skin from wearing something tight such as jeans or socks	Mamihlapinatapei (Yagan): The wordless look shared by two people who both desire to initiate something but are both reluctant to do so; a non-verbal exchange shared by two people who each know that the other understands and agrees what is being expressed.	Tretår (Swedish): A second refill or “threefill” of coffee.	Psithurism (Greek): The rustling sound of leaves in the wind.	Duende (Spanish): The mysterious power that a work of art has to deeply move a person.
Arbejdsglæde (Danish): the heightened sense of happiness fulfilment and satisfaction you get from having a great job.	Vedriti (Slovenian): To shelter from the rain either literally or metaphorically; such as when you’re in a bad mood and you’re waiting for the negative emotions to pass.	WILD CARD	Ya’aburnee (Arabic): A declaration of one’s hope that they’ll die before another person because of how unbearable it would be to live without them.	A se gudura (Romanian): The action of making certain movements usually just next to someone that express your happiness and love for that person. It can also mean that you are seeking affection as confirmation of the other person’s feelings.
Gigil (Tagalog): a situation of such extreme cuteness it's overwhelming; the irresistible urge to hug or pinch something cute.	Estrenar (Spanish): the first time you do or use something for the first time.	Gluggaveður (Icelandic): When the weather looks pleasant from your window but is actually really cold	Shlimazl (Yiddish): A chronically unlucky person.	Culaccino (Italian): The mark left on a table by a moist glass.
Voorpret (Dutch): A build-up of anticipation or pleasure you feel ahead of the actual event such as when you can’t help but dance while setting up for a party.	Verschlimmbessern (German): To make something worse when trying to improve it.	Dapjeongneo (Korean): Telling someone what they want to hear even though you might not actually believe it so as to avoid causing tension or offense.	Fachidiot (German): a specialist that’s an expert in their field but takes a blinkered approach to complicated problems	Aspaldiko (Basque): The euphoria and happiness felt when catching up with someone you haven’t seen in a long time.

Current Mood: worried

This is my prompt card for the March 2022 National Crafting Month Bingo Fest challenge at the AllBingo site.

I'd enjoy reader suggestions for any word or phrase on the bingo card, but cannot promise I'll make a fill for every request. I can only say I'll do my best!

My 200+ word count goal is the minimum I'll write to complete a fill for my prompts & I am ready to kick off this card with more drabbles. These short fills will most likely NOT end up being a complete story for each fill, but many of them connect into longer stories in my OtherWorldy series, VillageWitch game, and RePrint Series.

Squares that have been filled with 200+ words of story will be ~~Struck Through~~ so it will be easy for everyone to keep track of what's been done & how close I am to a Bingo!

Macramé	Basketry	Lacking Storage	Spinning	Felting
Carpentry	~~Knock over the water cup~~	Jewelry	Novel	Poetry
Tangles	Glass Blowing	WILD CARD - Collage	Frog	Quilting
Sewing Machine	Leatherwork	Scrapbooking	Colored Pencils	Beaded Bracelet
~~Crocheting~~	UFO	Painting	Rope	Cross Stitch

Current Mood: bouncy

This is my prompt card for the January 2022 Story Sparks Bingo Fest challenge at the AllBingo site.

I had a great deal of fun and success in early 2021 making short 200 word fills for my prompts & am ready to kick off 2022 with more drabbles. These short fills will most likely NOT end up being a complete story for each fill, but many of them connect into longer stories in my OtherWorldy series, VillageWitch game, and RePrint Series.

I'd enjoy reader suggestions for any word or phrase on the bingo card, but I'm not able to promise I'll make a fill for every request. I can only say I'll do my best!

Squares that have been filled with 200 words of story will be ~~Struck Through~~ so it will be easy for everyone to keep track of what's been done & how close I am to a Bingo!

Government	~~Path / Travel~~	~~Loss~~	Reconciliation / Redemption	Medicine / Drugs
Hell	~~Rescue / Recovery~~	~~Tool / Technology~~	~~Water~~	Cold
Space	Age	WILD CARD	Adversary	Key
Earth	Darkness / Light	Creature	Justice	School / Education
Transformation / Revelation	Sky	Love	Family	Mercy

Current Mood: tired

This is my prompt card for the August 2021 Hot Summer Writes Bingo Fest challenge at the AllBingo site.

Since I am guest hosting this fest I really wanted this bingo card! I'm not sure how far I will get with my goal of 200 word fills for this card, what with our home buying and moving happening, but I'll still have it to work on later.

I enjoy taking suggestions readers want to offer for any word or phrase on the bingo card, and I'll try to make a fill for every request as time allows. August is going to be INSANE for me!

Squares that have been filled with 200 words of story will be ~~Struck Through~~ so it will be easy for everyone to keep track of what's been done & how close I am to a Bingo!

Steamy	Water Bottle	Public Pool	Swimsuit	It’s so hot you could…
Sunscreen	Hiking	Sun burn	Biking	Drought
Winery Tour	Rodeo	WILD CARD	Summer House	Sailboat
Sweltering	Dog Days of Summer	Seashells	County Fair	Hot as Balls
Marshmallows	Roasting Sticks	Volleyball	Bonfire	Pool Noodle

Current Mood: optimistic

This is my prompt card for the March 2021 Celtic Bingo Fest challenge at the AllBingo site.

I made it through February and am still writing! This is very exciting & I'll be continuing my goal of 200 word fills into March with a new bingo card. These short fills will most likely NOT end up being a complete story for each fill, but they're a number I know I can commit to.

I enjoy taking suggestions any readers want to offer for any word or phrase on the bingo card, and I'll try to make a fill for every request. I'm still not able to promise a fill, but can only say I'll do my best!

Squares that have been filled with 200 words of story will be ~~Struck Through~~ so it will be easy for everyone to keep track of what's been done & how close I am to a Bingo!

Ériu	Spirals	Poets	Imbolc	Bagpipes
Lleu	Foghar	Woad	Ireland	The Dagda
The Four Treasures	Kilts	WILD CARD	Ogham	Deirdre
Knots	Y Gwyllgi	Tintagel	Druids	Tree of Life
Pooka	Sheild	Tuatha de Danann	Abhartach	Breton

Current Mood: disappointed

This is my prompt card for the February 2021 Valentine's Bingo Fest challenge at the AllBingo site.

January's Fresh Starts Bingo Fest went well for me & I'm excited to continue my goal of 200 word fills into February with a new bingo card. These short fills will most likely NOT end up being a complete story for each fill, but they're a number I know I can commit too.

I enjoy taking suggestions any readers want to offer for any word or phrase on the bingo card, but I'm not currently able to promise I'll make a fill for every request. I still feel wretched about leaving unfulfilled requests in 2017 & would hate to create that kind of disappointment again - I can only say I'll do my best!

Squares that have been filled with 200 words of story will be ~~Struck Through~~ so it will be easy for everyone to keep track of what's been done & how close I am to a Bingo!

Separation & reunion	Ace / Demi Parents	Toxic Relationships	Forgive	Working on the Car Together
~~Surrender~~	Staying Up Late	~~Interracial or Interspecies Love~~	Cuddling	A Most Peculiar Circumstance
Respect Limits	You are so busted	FREE SPACE	Not my best friend	~~Lying~~
Wild Jinx	Laughter	~~Helping a Stranger~~	Islamic Golden Age	Tempting
Friendzoned	Chocolates	~~Our Song~~	Chivalry is dead	Virgin River

Current Mood: determined

This is my prompt card for the January 2021 Fresh Starts Bingo challenge at the AllBingo site.

I had a great deal of fun in 2017 making short 200 word fills for my prompts & am feeling ready to try writing again after a long hiatus. These short fills will most likely NOT end up being a complete story for each fill, but they're a reasonable number I feel confident I can commit too.

I'll certainly consider any suggestions readers want to offer for any word or phrase on the bingo card, but I'm not able to promise I'll make a fill for your request. I still feel bad about leaving unfulfilled requests the last time I tried writing regularly & would hate to create that kind of disappointment again - I can only say I'll do my best!

Squares that have been filled with 200 words of story will be ~~Struck Through~~ so it will be easy for everyone to keep track of what's been done & how close I am to a Bingo!

~~What fresh hell is this?~~	Bright Young Thing	~~Soonest Begun Is Soonest Done~~	Future Shock	Naw-Rúz (March 20)
~~False Dawn~~	~~Imprinting~~	~~Back to Square One~~	~~Handshake~~	~~Meet-Ugly~~
~~Budding~~	Right of First Refusal	~~FREE SPACE - New Home~~	New Year Resolutions	There's a First Time for Everything
First Contact	~~Undo Button / Do Over~~	New and Improved	Unexpected Entanglements	Touched for the Very First Time
~~Surprise~~	New Arrival	Point of Departure	Blastoff	The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn

Current Mood: hopeful

This was inspired by That One Cat's Wordpress prompt and fills the “Ace Hero/Heroine Doesn’t Want The Guy” square in my March/April Play-It-Again Bingo. This is 671 words and is about what someone might need instead of sex as their reward for being an everyday hero.

Diminishing Tension

The music throbbed through the club and vibrated the tacky wooden floorboards under Peter’s feet. The lights strobed in time to the electric beat, and he could feel bass thumping in his chest in time to the elevated rate of his heart.

Several other guys from his fire station always accompanied him to this club after an intense call. The adrenaline kept them all wired for several hours after each fire was resolved, and despite the exhaustion grasping for their knees, each needed his own way to wind down the night before sleep had any hope of catching hold of them. He knew that the reward most of his coworkers were here for had little to do with the electronic dance music blasting their ears. For some it was the anesthetizing effect of the many beers they poured down their throats, and for several others it had everything to do with the beautiful bodies writhing together on the dance floor, any one of which would be happy to give a hero his due in the parking lot, or all night long in either participant’s apartment. But for Peter he was here exclusively for that heavy pulsing bass, so closely mimicking the racing tempo of his own pulse, keeping him up in that headspace he felt during the fire; clear, focused, and controlled. The music is what brought him to this club, and music is what would send him onwards to the next stop once his buddies had each met their needs for the night and headed out.

After he’d seen that everyone else had headed out, Peter would be ready for a change of pace, would finally be prepared to step things down one level closer to his baseline and eventually start winding his way towards sleep. The next place was a grungy dive bar, lighting dim and private, and nearly deserted this late into the night. It boasted a truly great jukebox he could load full of quarters. He selected all of his favorite rock songs, the ones he knew sung to his decreased level of intensity. He was ready for lyrics now, able to start imagining something that wasn’t just the heat of the fire, the tar and resin in the fire’s smoke clogging his lungs, the remembered grit that had made its way against his skin even through all of the protective gear, the stickiness of sweat caused by heavy exertion and extreme temperatures. There were still a few ladies, now so close to closing time, looking to offer him comfort and hoping to find some of their own. Peter politely refused, smoothly deflecting their advances. He’d never felt awkward saying no, rather he’d felt decidedly wretched the few ill-advised times he’d muttered yes. Nursing just one beer, his first and only for the night, he’d rest here in an out of the way booth, getting up only to reload the jukebox as needed, until the bar tender gently ushered everyone towards home.

Making sure the barflys made it safely to their cars, and saying goodnight to the few friendly regulars, Peter would make his short drive home in anticipatory silence. Softly closing his front door, and twisting over the deadbolt, Peter would immediately make his way to the beautifully restored record player that held pride of place in his apartment and he’d carefully place the needle down on one of many treasured blues records. This final step on his journey was done in reverence. He was finally met with the feelings of pure safety and security that meant he was home, alone with just the music, and his thoughts cleared of everything hot and impatient. Now he felt his mind and body relax and loosen, releasing everything that tonight’s fire had caused to stress and harden, giving way to the waves of sound with which he had surrounded his evening. Now 3 a.m. and Peter wallowed in bed as the scratch of the needle and the mournful blues danced him carefully the last few steps into slumber.

Current Mood: cheerful

This was inspired by an Anonymous prompter and fills the “demisexual” square in my March/April Play-It-Again Bingo. This is 461 words and is just an example of the ways I imagine people might learn such things about themselves.

Mildly sexual language/imagery.

Relabeled Chemistry Experiments

I’m waiting for her at the park, my fingers idly peeling up the rim of my cardboard coffee cup. I’d nervously drank the full 20 oz before she could arrive after her last class, and now I was left fidgeting and staring at the steaming cup across from me that I’d grabbed for her.

We’d been meeting at the park on Tuesdays and Thursdays all semester once we’d chosen each other as lab partners, but recently I’d begun to look forward to our study sessions more than Chem 120 really warranted. I wasn’t sure what it was, but I had a sneaking suspicion I was attracted to her. This had me majorly freaked out. I’d been identifying as asexual since I’d encountered the term in middle school & everyone around me seemed to simultaneously lose their mind over boys, or girls, or boys and girl. I’d made it through puberty & over the other side without so much as a twinge of lust brought on by jocks, cheerleaders, nerds, geeks, or any other available demographic in my suburban school’s hallways. I’d experimented alone in the sanctuary of my own bedroom, and I’m sure I’ve reached orgasm, which felt nice enough, but wasn’t something I found myself craving regularly, and certainly not with an audience.

But now I’ve spent twelve weeks in concentrated proximity to one of the most intelligent girls I’ve had the pleasure to meet and attraction is the only thing I’ve come up with that explains everything this feeling encompasses. It started with her scent. I’d liked it right away, but it wasn’t until a couple of weeks ago, as I indulged in a long bubble bath and most of a Chocolove Sea Salt & Almond chocolate bar “Me Date,” that I’d remembered her smell nostalgically and found my heart rate rising and my fingers wandering down between my thighs. In that moment I realized I didn’t enjoy the smell in a I’d wear that way but apparently, given the intensity of my ensuing climax, in a more I’d like to be rubbing against her while she’s wearing it kind of way. And since then I’ve sweated through several sleepless nights with busy fingers remembering precisely the way she places her palm against my wrist to gain my attention while we work, and reliving the breath stealing sight of her deep lower back as her shirt rides up when she stretches across the park’s picnic table to grab another notebook to pour over as we study.

I tally up all of this evidence as I wipe damp clammy palms down my denim covered hips and wait impatiently for the moment she spots me at our usual park table and her smile lights up her face and my Allison-specific libido.

Current Mood: hopeful

February was brutal, with a week long out of town work assignment, and then March came in like the proverbial Lion, with a week lost to the mega stomach bug o' doom. First thing that went out the window with all of that on my shoulders? All of my good writing intentions!

So I'm going to ease back in to writing with the rest of March and all of April working towards a blackout of my own personal 3X3 bingo card made up of the February Valentines Bingo prompts people have already requested, and more writing in worlds I've already started stories within that I'm interested in revisiting again!

Please feel free to claim spaces from the Bingo Card below if you wish to give me more prompts or direction on any particular theme or "world".

"Someone To Care" - Zakiya Love	I Told You So	Villain Slowly Falls in Love with Hero/Heroine
Ace Hero/Heroine Doesn’t Want The Guy	Demisexual	"C. Herish" - Body Worship
Fantasy Centaur Body Worship	"Morning" - Terrie & Marv	Victorian Era Cross Dressing

Current Mood: bouncy

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