Author Archives: Michael

Twittering Tales #10 – 27 December 2016 – The Cast

Posted on December 27, 2016 by Michael

You think you can cast it that far? Easy peasy do it in my sleep. Go on then. Ouch and darn it. Can you get the hook out of my bum? Told you so. (140 Characters) Written for: https://kmmyrman.wordpress.com/2016/12/27/twittering-tales-10-27-december-2016/

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Wordle #135 “December 26th, 2016” – Gutter Snipe

Posted on December 26, 2016 by Michael

This week’s words: Sound Terminal Rum Cull (A rich fool, easily cheated, particularly by his mistress.)  Knife Gutter Fabric Discolor Gloss Jackboot Passel (a group or lot of indeterminate number) Stroke Impatience As Gutter Snipe breathed his last in his mind flashed … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt, December 25th – Give me 10 minutes! – Christmas Day

Posted on December 26, 2016 by Michael

Take 10 minutes. Sit, Write. Whatever comes to mind, let it flow free and just write it down. Write down ALL the thoughts words, concepts, worries, everything – that strolls through your mind in the span of 10 minutes. Yesterday … Continue reading →

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FFfAW Challenge-Week of December 20, 2016 – Panic!

Posted on December 24, 2016 by Michael

It didn’t help a lost cause to realise we were in fact lost. Added to the trauma of that realisation was the fog that had quickly descended and was now thickening by the minute. She looked at me and I … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt – Fog– #writephoto – Strangler’s Tree

Posted on December 24, 2016 by Michael

Strangler’s Tree stood in the paddock behind our house. It was an ordinary looking tree but when the fog descended it took on an eerie countenance. Which was fortunate for the tree as its name came from the deaths occurring … Continue reading →

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Finish Off Fridays # 4: Holiday-themed – The Comet

Posted on December 23, 2016 by Michael

Image: Tim Mossholder via UnSplash When the comet hit, the town lit up like a Christmas tree. The town had never looked so good. The toy store literally shone as it disintegrated into a million particles and the biggest store in town, … Continue reading →

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December 22: Flash Fiction Challenge – Trying

Posted on December 23, 2016 by Michael

December 22, 2016 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that steps beyond. It can be a door, a tunnel, a worm hole in space. You can create an explicit for what “beyond” is or you … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver #99: A Dickensian Christmas 22.12.16 – The Carter Family

Posted on December 22, 2016 by Michael

At the end of the street where Cyril Rum lived he sat at his kitchen table and surveyed the scene outside. The day was warming up, soon he’d be shutting the blinds and pulling the curtains closed to keep out … Continue reading →

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Twittering Tales #9 – 20 December 2016

Posted on December 21, 2016 by Michael

On holiday we love a selfie. Seconds later we were engulfed. She disappeared under the foam. Emerged bedraggled, but I saved the camera.(136 characters) Written for: https://kmmyrman.wordpress.com/2016/12/20/twittering-tales-9-20-december-2016/

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Wordle #134 “December 19th, 2016” – Tidal Moods

Posted on December 19, 2016 by Michael

This week’s words: Relent Wildness The Fourth Rule (There is an exception to every rule.) Barefaced Amphetamine Swill Tidal Sanguine Reverie Avarice (greed) Zilch Sandpaper   She was not much more than a barefaced liar. It was the amphetamines talking not … Continue reading →

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