Monthly Archives: December 2016

New Year’s Eve Flash Bash

Posted on December 31, 2016 by Michael

I hope you don’t mind but I feel the urge to submit two pieces, yes I know it’s being greedy but the fare you present is so tempting… All photos: (c) Lorraine Flash One: In 25 words or less: Using … Continue reading →

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#SoCS Dec. 31/16 – “first/last.”

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Michael

Firstly, she pointed out the need to write something substantial. I was reminded that there was an expectation that on this occasion there would be a first and last word on the subject and I was determined to have the … Continue reading →

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December 29: Flash Fiction Challenge – Cosy Yet?

Posted on December 30, 2016 by Michael

December 29, 2016 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a cozy story. What is it to be cozy, to experience Danish hygge? It doesn’t need to be culture-specific, but it can be an interesting point of comparison … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt – Time #writephoto – Under the clock tower NYE.

Posted on December 29, 2016 by Michael

We were to meet under the clock tower New Year’s Eve. It was still early but the lights were glowing the celebrations under way as groups along the street huddled together in the cold night air soaking up the end … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver #98: December 29th – Celebration – New Year on Grimace Street.

Posted on December 29, 2016 by Michael

Image © Mara Eastern used with permission With the new Year approaching preparations for the annual Grimace Street New Year’s Eve party were well under way. In recent years much of the prep was done by the inhabitants of the … Continue reading →

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FFfAW Challenge-Week of December 27, 2016 – Horse-Riding

Posted on December 28, 2016 by Michael

Photo: thanks to Iain Kelly. She announced that this Christmas/New Year she’d give him a gift that was a part of her childhood. She was going to take him horse-riding. Her glee was obvious. His apprehension equally so. The big … Continue reading →

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Twittering Tales #10 – 27 December 2016 – The Cast

Posted on December 27, 2016 by Michael

You think you can cast it that far? Easy peasy do it in my sleep. Go on then. Ouch and darn it. Can you get the hook out of my bum? Told you so. (140 Characters) Written for: https://kmmyrman.wordpress.com/2016/12/27/twittering-tales-10-27-december-2016/

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Wordle #135 “December 26th, 2016” – Gutter Snipe

Posted on December 26, 2016 by Michael

This week’s words: Sound Terminal Rum Cull (A rich fool, easily cheated, particularly by his mistress.)  Knife Gutter Fabric Discolor Gloss Jackboot Passel (a group or lot of indeterminate number) Stroke Impatience As Gutter Snipe breathed his last in his mind flashed … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt, December 25th – Give me 10 minutes! – Christmas Day

Posted on December 26, 2016 by Michael

Take 10 minutes. Sit, Write. Whatever comes to mind, let it flow free and just write it down. Write down ALL the thoughts words, concepts, worries, everything – that strolls through your mind in the span of 10 minutes. Yesterday … Continue reading →

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FFfAW Challenge-Week of December 20, 2016 – Panic!

Posted on December 24, 2016 by Michael

It didn’t help a lost cause to realise we were in fact lost. Added to the trauma of that realisation was the fog that had quickly descended and was now thickening by the minute. She looked at me and I … Continue reading →

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