Monthly Archives: June 2016

Word-High July 1st – Kilig

Posted on June 30, 2016 by Michael

What is it about you That mention of your name And I’m a flutter inside? We met across a crowded room Two scared souls Tentative, unsure, fumbling words Embarrassed we thought each other a fool. I rejoice in my good … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt – The Island #writephoto

Posted on June 30, 2016 by Michael

It wasn’t there yesterday. Or was it? We all looked at each other in puzzlement. There was only one way to determine its location and what it might have been. We set off in Johnno’s motor boat skimming over the … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver Prompt #74: June 30 2016: Word Associations – Joycey – Black Magic Woman

Posted on June 30, 2016 by Michael

Black Magic Woman   Joycey Baker was not black. She wasn’t in any way magical. She was a woman; she was sure of that in fact she checked herself daily to make sure all the bits she had qualified to … Continue reading →

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Poetics: Empire of Scents – Family Dinner

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Michael

Dive into the world of scents. I hear the crash of the door Young Jack enters, exuberant as always His younger brothers follow Wide eyed wondering what’s on the menu. Daughters arrive, sons rush in It’s a family dinner Two … Continue reading →

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JackieP’s Random Tuesday Flash Fiction Challenge.

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Michael

The Haunted Attic Bang! Crash! Every night as we sat to dinner, the same terrible sounds from above. Dad would leap up and run up the attic stairs and return shaking his head having found nothing. Grandma would sit cutting … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #119 – Jane and Louise

Posted on June 28, 2016 by Michael

Image: Ann Mansolino Jane sees Louise Louise sees Jane They rush towards each other Jane very business like Power suited to the hilt Louise in jeans, smart and efficient. ‘They know,’ says Louise ‘They know everything.’ ‘How could they?’ asks … Continue reading →

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FFfAW Challenge – Week of 06-28-2016 – The Straws

Posted on June 27, 2016 by Michael

Image: thanks to Louise at The Storytellers Abode There wasn’t a lot that could be said about the Straws. They were a farming family at the end of the lane down beside our place. Mr. Straw or Bales as he … Continue reading →

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Wordle #115 “June 27th, 2016” The First All-Righteous Church

Posted on June 27, 2016 by Michael

This week’s great playful words: Smash Tiresome Perfidy (deliberate breach of faith or trust; faithlessness; treachery) Corner Phallus (an image of the male reproductive organ, especially that carried in procession in ancient festivals of Dionysus, or Bacchus, symbolizing the generative power in … Continue reading →

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Moral Mondays: “Finish What You Start”

Posted on June 27, 2016 by Michael

There was a little man, an insignificant man. He lived in a plain house Painted in fairy floss. Afflicted with a life curse Married to a woman, Who repeated daily her litany Clean this, polish that, Shift this, move that … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt #165 “Collage 26” – Cyril Rum

Posted on June 26, 2016 by Michael

No one noticed the arrival of Cyril Rum into the old dilapidated house at the end of the street. It was one of those old places where neglect had been its most recent visitor. At that end of the street … Continue reading →

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