Author Archives: Michael

Wordle #158 – One Man’s Golem’s Truth

This week’s words: Background Please Awestruck Tend Parallel Mal de coucou (n.)) a phenomenon in which you have an active social life but very few close friends—people who you can trust, who you can be yourself with, who can help … Continue reading

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Tale Weaver – No 122 – 1/6/17 – The Doomsberry Park – Part 6

Image © Mara Eastern (Used with Permission) “Just along a bit’ proved like so much in Doomsberry Park to be further than Trica anticipated. “Be careful where you step,” shouted a voice to her left. “Oh, I am sorry, but … Continue reading

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Saturday’s Mix–3 June 2017 – Behind My Place

Image © morpethroad It’s always been there A farm behind my place. There was a dairy once, Fields that grew potatoes Attracting a mechanical digger And rows of men and women Dragging metal drums as they made the harvest, Filled … Continue reading

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Writing Prompt June 4th – Story Elements

The words are: Glass, Darth Vader, napkin, cellphone, lighter, book, anger, trouble, mind The task is: I would like you to progressively, in the order that I wrote the words, create a story or a poem or whatever you feel … Continue reading

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Tale Weaver – No 122 – 1/6/17 – The Doomsberry Park – Part 5

Image: © Mara Eastern (Used with Permission) Trica was never one for venturing down dirt tracks overgrown with vines and vegetation which did all it could to hinder your progress but she was focused on finding Maunchy Munchinson, and if … Continue reading

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Tale Weaver – No 122 – 1/6/17 – The Doomsberry Park – Part 4

Image: © Mara Eastern (Used with Permission) Trica headed off down the path in what she thought was a reasonable direction. The vegetation was stunning and she was distracted at one point by a rustling in the grass to her … Continue reading

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June 1: Flash Fiction Challenge – Contented

June 1, 2017, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about feeling content. Explore what is contentment and any direction will do. Go where the prompt leads. She watched him breathing deeply, the look on his … Continue reading

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Tale Weaver – No 122 – 1/6/17 – The Doomsberry Park – Part 3

Image: © Mara Eastern (Used with Permission) Trica entered through the doorway and stood mesmerized by what she saw. There was Doomsberry Park just as she’d been told and as she’d imagined. It stretched out in front of her, a … Continue reading

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Thursday photo prompt: Knock #writephoto – Dinner at the Dumps

From the moment, we arrived at the Dump house we knew we were not in for a pleasant evening. The door knocker said it all. Aggression, intolerance, arrogance and a pretty good smattering of ‘eat shit and die’. Door knockers … Continue reading

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Tale Weaver – No 122 – 1/6/17 – The Doomsberry Park – Part 2

Image © Mara Eastern (Used with permission) Tricia had decided that as a witch chaser first class she would go all out to find Doomsberry Park. After all, it couldn’t be all that hard to find a park that was … Continue reading

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