Author Archives: Michael

TELL ME A TALE IN 120 WORDS

Posted on June 1, 2017 by Michael

Today’s prompt is:  How you met your best friend Bernie I met my best mate in 1966 when I went to high school. Bernie is a loud and lovable fellow and somehow, we have stayed mates ever since. We haven’t … Continue reading →

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

Posted on June 1, 2017 by Michael

Image © Mara Eastern (Used with permission) Doomsberry Park was one of those places where it was easy to feel both at ease and ill at ease at the same time. Sometimes it seems to stretch indefinitely to the east … Continue reading →

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FFfAW Challenge-Week of May 30, 2017 – Rattled

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Michael

Image © Yinglan The tram came rattling along. It rattled as my life rattles. It’s what happens when you gravitate from one crisis to another. Today the tram was taking me to my doctor. I had been called back and … Continue reading →

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100 Word Wednesday: Week 21 – Ivaloafandsome.

Posted on May 31, 2017 by Michael

Image Credit Ales Krivec The village of Ivaloafandsome prided itself for being a town with everything a town needed to open and shut. Situated on the Island of Risingloaf it had existed well before anyone could remember. The current mayor … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #167 – When Death Arrives

Posted on May 30, 2017 by Michael

Image: – NEKNEERAJ Word came all at once From miles away and worlds apart. Death is like that Turns up and makes its presence felt. Life ends for a mother and a daughter grieves, Life ends for a daughter and … Continue reading →

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Twittering Tale #32 – 30 May 2017

Posted on May 30, 2017 by Michael

I see a morsel unattended, waiting for me. I’ll watch a moment Can’t be hasty those swats do hurt. To rub and taste its goodness to have my fill. (140 characters) Written for: https://katmyrman.com/2017/05/30/twittering-tale-32-30-may-2017/

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Wordle #157 – Souls for the Choosing.

Posted on May 29, 2017 by Michael

This week’s words: Blood Despair Woman  Seek Seclusion  Willowy (adj.) Lithe, graceful, slender) Beaten Aware Nectarine Scaffold  Wolf Mimeomia ((n.) the frustration of knowing how easily you fit into a stereotype, even if you never intended to, even if it’s unfair, … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt #209 “It’s All in the Title” The Haunting of Cora Applebaum – Sequel

Posted on May 28, 2017 by Michael

Cora Applebaum sat with her eyes wide open staring at the screen in front of her. Research into the house she lived in had turned up much more than she expected. It appeared that before her parents bought the house … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt #209 “It’s All in the Title” The Haunting of Cora Applebaum – Prequel

Posted on May 28, 2017 by Michael

Cora Applebaum arrived home to great excitement within the family. Her parents had been successful in buying the house on Dyson Street and it meant a room for her. Sharing with your sister was no fun she had come to … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt #209 “It’s All in the Title” The Haunting of Cora Applebaum

Posted on May 28, 2017 by Michael

The Haunting of Cora Applebaum Cora Applebaum was awake. She listened and as clear as the nose on her face, there was the breathing again. It was measured breathing, each breath deliberate in depth and volume. She shifted slightly, pulled … Continue reading →

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