Monthly Archives: March 2017

Saturday Mix – Bastet – March 11, 2017 – The Touch on My Shoulder

Posted on March 12, 2017 by Michael

This week’s task: the classic Gothic horror genre in 100 words I wasn’t enthusiastic about investigating the strange happenings in the town cemetery. The flashes of lighting made the tombstones more ominous than normal. I was sure I saw people … Continue reading →

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SoCS Mar. 11/17 – Short

Posted on March 11, 2017 by Michael

My Russian cousin Angus McGrowganoff was a short man and an even shorter man when he sat down. Standing he considered himself low, never short and took offence at any such claim. It was true, we all agreed, he did … Continue reading →

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March 9: Flash Fiction Challenge – Honeymoon

Posted on March 10, 2017 by Michael

March 9, 2017 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a honeymoon story. It can be between a couple before, during or after the honeymoon. Or it can refer to a honeymoon period. Go where the prompt leads. … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt – Horizon #writephoto – Woman at the water’s edge

Posted on March 10, 2017 by Michael

It’s a place to go where magic happens. When asked where it is I always say: Far from anywhere. Across the sandhills and down through the runoff I wander focused always on the distance surf, relentlessly pounding the rocks, forever … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver 9th March – Making Sense of Nonsense – The Secret Code – Heaven’s Request

Posted on March 9, 2017 by Michael

Cyril Rum, an angel on sabbatical from heaven, had found the code when he came out into his kitchen. It was under his back door inside a plain white envelope. He knew the code, it was familiar and he wistfully … Continue reading →

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100 Word Wednesday: Week 9 – Cloris

Posted on March 8, 2017 by Michael

Image Credit: Toa Heftiba Wearing her favourite knitted beanie, Cloris spied through the bush her boyfriend, Roger having an illicit affair with the town hussy, Annie Slackster. Cloris had suspected Roger for some time. The lipstick on his collar, the … Continue reading →

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Whiteout Wednesdays #6

Posted on March 8, 2017 by Michael

  Reply   love And truth pretty pleasures To live with Time  flocks When rivers rage And   dumb; complains flowers   fade, reckoning yields: a heart of gall, sorrow’s fall. beds of roses, posies, soon forgotten, in reason rotten. belt clasps and … Continue reading →

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Wordle #145 “March 6th, 2017″ An Exotic Holiday

Posted on March 7, 2017 by Michael

This week’s words: Crescent  Exotic Ledge Longanimity ((n.) patient endurance of hardship, injuries, or offense; forbearance.) Filter Stew Pasty Afflatus ((n.) inspiration; an impelling mental force acting from within. Divine communication of knowledge.) Emerald Jailer Cringe Noise   At last on … Continue reading →

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Twittering Tale #20 – 7 March 2017

Posted on March 7, 2017 by Michael

I carried it around the world, through every customs place imaginable, and as fate would have it, I dropped it out of the box at home. Ugh! Written for: https://katmyrman.com/2017/03/07/twittering-tales-20-6-march-2017/

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Sunday Strange microfiction prompt – The Hanson Twins

Posted on March 5, 2017 by Michael

Image: Hans Thoma It was a terrible shock when the Hanson twins were killed by the monitor lizard. The family were on holiday, and it was all over in seconds. Needless to say, the lizard suffered an inglorious death, and … Continue reading →

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