Monthly Archives: August 2017

August 24: Flash Fiction Challenge – Family’s Sake

Posted on August 25, 2017 by Michael

August 24, 2017, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write about an escape artist. It can even be you, the writer, escaping into a different realm or space in imagination. It can be any genre, including BOTS (based … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt – Cracked #writephoto

Posted on August 25, 2017 by Michael

He was told often enough that you didn’t need to be cracked to live here but it sure did help. Around him was one disorder after another. People crying, screaming in the night, accusing him of things he could not … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver #134 – 24th August – Shopping With Miss Marble

Posted on August 24, 2017 by Michael

Image: Google Images: Labelled for Reuse. It was Friday evening, and Miss Marble sat at her kitchen table pencil in hand, her writing pad before her and her mind on what needed to be bought the next day on her … Continue reading →

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100 Word Wednesday: Week 33 – The Group Photo

Posted on August 24, 2017 by Michael

On their first holiday, they were keen to snap photos at every opportunity. They arrived at the strange statue, and as their English was poor, they couldn’t make head nor tail of the inscription. As they stood in puzzlement there … Continue reading →

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Mundane Monday Challenge #123 : Learn Photography – The Brick Pile

Posted on August 21, 2017 by Michael

My yard once being a builders yard still retains some elements of that past. I liked the way the morning sun touched on the edge of the brick pile. https://trablogger.com/mundane-monday-challenge-123-learn-photography/

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Wordle #169 – Mara’s Cat

Posted on August 21, 2017 by Michael

This week’s words: Fell Grin Local Naïve Touch Fata Organa n. a flash of real emotion glimpsed in someone sitting across the room, idly locked in the middle of some group conversation, their eyes glinting with vulnerability or quiet anticipation or cosmic boredom—as … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt “It’s all in the title” – Unfinished Dreams

Posted on August 21, 2017 by Michael

The girl who was made of unfinished dreams. She turns the page and looks at the next image. She remembers the dream in which she encountered the river Flowing rapidly, it hissed at her to stay away. But she needed … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Prompt #16 – Colours

Posted on August 20, 2017 by Michael

My Uncle Bill was one of those men best described as a colourful character. He lived alone, most of the time, though there was one woman who seemed to answer his call when needed. Most of the time Uncle Bill … Continue reading →

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First Line Friday -August 16th 2017 – The Accident

Posted on August 20, 2017 by Michael

This week’s first line: After the accident, unease grew like a mold in the corners of his mind. At first, it wasn’t something he knew was happening. It began to manifest itself each time he came to drive his car. … Continue reading →

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SoCS Aug. 19/17 – Pant

Posted on August 19, 2017 by Michael

He was like a small puppy. Panting, fussing, paying attention to everything that happened. He ran this way and that, getting and fetching. Did she have enough? All she wanted? Could he do more? Could he? Could he? To make … Continue reading →

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