Monthly Archives: June 2017

Twittering Tale #35 – 20 June 2017

Posted on June 20, 2017 by Michael

Image: Photo by Tyler Hendy at pexels.com She said she’d meet me at the last table. I waited. It grew late. She didn’t show. Humiliation takes on a sad look. So many having fun. Not me. (139 characters) Written for: … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #170 – The Distant Boy

Posted on June 20, 2017 by Michael

Image: – Axcy @ Deviantart The distant boy floated His thoughts on the girl The one who nourished his waking moments A girl precious beyond words With whom he longed to spend his eternity. Like a vagabond, of no fixed … Continue reading →

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Cee’s Which Way Photo Challenge – June 16, 2017 – Morpeth Road

Posted on June 19, 2017 by Michael

Morpeth Road on a quiet day. Behind my house, the creek and the farm. Contented cows on a contented day. For: https://ceenphotography.com/2017/06/16/cees-which-way-photo-challenge-june-16-2017/

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Wordle #160 – Mundane

Posted on June 19, 2017 by Michael

This week’s words: Mundane Neat Vent Spine Wrapper La gaudiere (n.)) the glint of goodness inside people, which you can only find by sloshing them back and forth in your mind until everything dark and gray and common falls away, … Continue reading →

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Saturday’s Mix–17 June 2017 – 17

Posted on June 18, 2017 by Michael

I didn’t live at 17 Prime Street, but I wished I did. It was the best house on the street. A well-manicured house in which lived an even better-manicured family, the Quanders. Quincy, the father, sold cars and from all … Continue reading →

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SoCS June 17/17 – sign

Posted on June 17, 2017 by Michael

It was a sign of the times in a signpost moment when many thought he should have signed off. But there was no sign of him giving up, in or otherwise and so as he looked at the signposts in … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt – Twilight – #writephoto – A Hot Breath

Posted on June 16, 2017 by Michael

In the twilight, you see them. Or you think you see them. Shadows that move when you do, vanish when you look around. It’s a phenomenon they say of walking in the bush at night. Standing still you sense them. … Continue reading →

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Music Prompt #6: “The Cave” By Mumford & Sons #musicchallenge #amwriting #music 

Posted on June 16, 2017 by Michael

There were days I wondered Did you have a heart? Days when the torment Just never stopped. We’d go somewhere Potential to be good You’d find issue in a word Pull me aside, in front of family Berate me as … Continue reading →

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June 15: Flash Fiction Challenge – The Dawn of an Ending

Posted on June 16, 2017 by Michael

June 15, 2017 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that symbolically, mythically, mystically, or realistically involves dawn, as a noun or verb. Write about the dawn of time or the time of dawn, or the … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver/Fairy Tale #124 – Forest Creatures – Big Fern

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Michael

Image: Google Images Labelled for Re-use Around the corner from home, there is a small creek that runs through a grove of ferns. When I was a kid, I used to go there and sit among the ferns, listen to … Continue reading →

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