Monthly Archives: September 2016

Microfiction challenge #16: Lovers – Felix and Jane

Posted on September 30, 2016 by Michael

Image: ‘Lovers’ by Felix Nussba Felix and Jane hurried through the cold winter night. Every so often he would stop and look behind hoping not to see the glint of Jane’s father’s gun. The discovery of their affair had not … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Music Prompt #62: Never Too Late for Love & Keep Me in Your Heart by Warren Zevon

Posted on September 30, 2016 by Michael

Thomas lived in hope. His hair dressing salon was small, one assistant But he knew one day his break would come. He dreamed of a salon where his assistants did nude haircuts of a Friday. But his current assistant, Mary, … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt – Lights #writephoto

Posted on September 29, 2016 by Michael

It was close to midnight and across the creek the Jamison’s were settling for the night. The four of us were growing impatient huddling under the bridge waiting for them to turn off the lights, the signal it was time. … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver #87 September 29th Lost in a Foreign Land – Angle’s Alley

Posted on September 29, 2016 by Michael

Weave a tale in which you as a traveller are lost in a foreign city and you find help from an unlikely source. Where are you going? How did you get lost? Who is it that helps you? What do … Continue reading →

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Heeding Haiku With Chèvrefeuille September 28th 2016 Imagine That Haibun

Posted on September 28, 2016 by Michael

We’ve reached the lake after a half day’s travel. We are so pleased to put our backpacks down, laden as they are with our food and drink. The journey has been so worth it. Ahead of us stretches the most … Continue reading →

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Wordle #122 “September 26th, 2016” – The Good Reverend

Posted on September 26, 2016 by Michael

This week’s words: Shibboleth (Noun. A peculiarity of pronunciation, behavior, mode of dress, etc., that distinguishes a particular class or set of persons. A slogan; catchword. A common saying or belief with little current meaning or truth.) Petal Rescind Density Void Stagger Hinge Spirit … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt #179 “Collage 30” – You Being You

Posted on September 25, 2016 by Michael

It’s all about letting go, Knowing there is but one Who with a flick of their tongue Can send you off into an ecstasy Only a lover will provide you.   It’s all about giving your all Knowing if you … Continue reading →

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Microfiction challenge #15: Freedom

Posted on September 23, 2016 by Michael

Image: Ilya Repin The priest had woken her just before dawn urging her to be ready. It was the day, the day they made their escape into freedom. For months she had languished in the basement hiding for fear of … Continue reading →

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Music Prompt #61 – Evanescence ‘My Immortal.’

Posted on September 23, 2016 by Michael

It was all tears and fears that first day I checked in I thought you were checking out. Excitement slipped into trepidation ‘Where had you come from?’ I heard you ask. ‘I’ve always been here just hanging around I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver #86, September 22: “I wanna be a paperback writer.” – Dingle Crestworthy, Paperback writer

Posted on September 22, 2016 by Michael

I am a paperback writer thought Dingle Crestworthy as he sat at his keyboard finishing off his latest western thriller. Dingle was the award-winning author of the Dry Gulch series. I’m sure you have heard of them if not read … Continue reading →

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