Monthly Archives: November 2016

Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers- Sideways World

Posted on November 9, 2016 by Michael

Image: Iain Kelly No one was surprised when the world turned sideways how quickly we all adjusted. There was a feeling that it could have been worse. It could have turned upside down which everyone feared. Now we lived with … Continue reading →

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My Wild Place

Posted on November 8, 2016 by Michael

There’s a wild place in my yard Where my fairies hang out. It’s a place I go when the world gets too close, To sit with ‘friends’ discussing issues at hand. On one side is Gabrielle Ever wanting to listen. … Continue reading →

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Wordle #128 “November 7th, 2016” Barney Tusk

Posted on November 7, 2016 by Michael

This week’s words: Irreplaceable Tusk Scapula (shoulder blade) Scarlet Ingenue (The part of an artless, innocent, unworldly girl or young woman, especially as represented on the stage.) Constitute Fetish Mistress Dose Maze Vandal Necroscope (Someone who can communicate with the dead.) … Continue reading →

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SoCS Nov. 5/16 – Novel

Posted on November 4, 2016 by Michael

I admire those who can write novels and long non-fiction texts. They are driven people who find a thread and follow it to a conclusion. I find plenty of threads and follow them only to discover after a while they … Continue reading →

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Microfiction challenge #21: The choice

Posted on November 4, 2016 by Michael

Image: Grigory Sedov It was a choice no man should have to make. It was a choice no woman should find herself subject too. Mother had insisted I put myself forward. The Tsar had announced that all eligible women of … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt – Anomaly #writephoto

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Michael

Each morning William Grainger received two packages. One was the takings, profits and margins from the previous day. The other was his lunch always packed in a brown paper bag and always containing a vegemite sandwich and an apple. William … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver #92: free form free flow (Nov. 3, 2016) – A Heavenly Hellish Dilemma.

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Michael

There had long been the thought that the earth and all its inhabitants were pretty much a lost cause. The Heavenly Head Office had over the millennia seriously questioned the Maker’s intention in giving the humans free will. All it … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers – The Bridge Tollar

Posted on November 2, 2016 by Michael

Image thanks to Joy Pixley It was the burden of history that weighed heavily upon the Bridge Tollar. It had seen its fair share of life and if truth be told it was just about feed up with the way … Continue reading →

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