Monthly Archives: January 2018

Lyrical Fiction Friday Reveal: “Cocoa Skin Against Mine” #lyricalfictionfriday

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Michael

I’d noticed her a lot lately. The dark coloured girl on the bus, always sitting a few seats ahead of me. I was immediately drawn to the silken nature of her skin. Her facial features, smooth and fine lines where … Continue reading →

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#JusJoJan Daily Prompt – January 18th, 2018 – Revolt

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Michael

Revolt When the revolt happened it wasn’t surprising as the leaders of the most revolting group you could imagine descended on the village and were responsible for many revolting things most too revolting to mention. They were a dirty, unkempt … Continue reading →

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Making Sense of Nonsense – January 18th – Jammshup

Posted on January 18, 2018 by Michael

Miss Marble looked at the note in front of her and was immediately concerned. It had been a long time since she received a request for jammshup. She was concerned because she remembered well what jammshup was and it was … Continue reading →

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100 Word Wednesday: Week 54 – The Present Future

Posted on January 17, 2018 by Michael

Photo by Roman Logov   When the future arrived we gathered in the city centre to plan the next fifty years. The present future was looking bright for us. The seasons had been favourable to cropping and the babies were … Continue reading →

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In Other Words, mindset…

Posted on January 17, 2018 by Michael

Mindset It was clear from the outset that the mindset within he small community was intractable to say the least. They lived in fear of the worms in their garden believing they were controlling their minds and that their doom … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #197 – Stuck!

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Michael

Image: Braedin Toth When Johnno set off on his first round the country journey he thought he had everything covered. The old Kombi he had worked on and had it in tiptop shape. So it came as a surprise to … Continue reading →

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Twittering Tale #67 – 16 January 2018 – “The Tree”

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Michael

The tree is twisted and buckled like my family tree. From convicts to doctors and lawyers. You wonder the stories within it, did they like coming to Australia, did the summer heat surprise them was the temperate winter a reason … Continue reading →

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#JusJoJan Daily Prompt – January 16th, 2018 – contemplation

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Michael

Contemplation was something I knew I needed to do and was looking forward to the weekend away I had booked into promising me an insight into myself through deep personal contemplation. I enthusiastically attended my first class and awaited a … Continue reading →

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Wot I Shot Wednesday

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Michael

Recently I have been working on Family Tree and I took the above photo of my Grandfather grave stone. He died, in 1950, before I was born but he fought in WW1, was injured like so many, lost an eye … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers – The Pot of Gold

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Michael

Image: © any1mark66 The race was on. Over the road, across the field, jump the fence, trip, fall, get up, race on, the prize was for the taking. It was so close and yet so far. The pot of gold … Continue reading →

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