Author Archives: Michael

September 6: Flash Fiction Challenge – Chedda’s Cheese Shop

Posted on September 7, 2018 by Michael

September 6, 2018, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write about an epic workplace. It can be real or imagined. Go where the prompt leads. The Chedda Cheese Shop was a hive of activity. It was Saturday morning, … Continue reading →

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Reena’s Exploration Challenge #Week 53

Posted on September 7, 2018 by Michael

Use the following as a stimulus for a piece of writing: I am a special mirror. People move through it, leaving reflections of their psyche. The inventor who created me committed an error. The images that pass through me remain … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt: Turning #writephoto

Posted on September 6, 2018 by Michael

With the seasons turning, and winter giving way to the warmth and thaw of spring the snowman looked down the valley where already he could see the new growth of spring was well underway. He lamented the decline of the … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver #187 – Doing Your Best – 6th September – The Gaffs of Grimace Street

Posted on September 6, 2018 by Michael

Not everyone who lived on Grimace Street was what you might call a model resident. Everyone had their fair share of flaws, and the Gaffs were no exception. The Gaffs lived at 3 Grimace Street in a little rundown house … Continue reading →

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FOWC with Fandango — Balance

Posted on September 5, 2018 by Michael

It was one step at a time One day at a time The balance precarious. So many factors to consider Morality, personal struggle Wishfulness, want and need. Reaching out you took my hand and I yours We walked the fine … Continue reading →

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FOWC with Fandango — Loathe

Posted on September 5, 2018 by Michael

I loathe the fact you have gone No goodbye, just a silence Are you dead? Are you ill? I feel abandoned Left to fend for myself As if I can be so easily discarded. I know life was not easy … Continue reading →

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FOWC with Fandango — Tapestry

Posted on September 5, 2018 by Michael

Threads interwoven The past melts in with the present The future dangles in the distance. A picture can be confusing The sense of the present Bent to shape a past That aches for a future When souls come together Making … Continue reading →

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Three Things Challenge, 04 Sept 2018

Posted on September 5, 2018 by Michael

Today’s things are: gremlin, zombie, poltergeist It was a quiet Friday afternoon, and we were lazily working away on some busy work while Miss Teresa did her nails. She was apparently going on a date that night and wanted time to … Continue reading →

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Twittering Tale #100 – 4 September 2018

Posted on September 4, 2018 by Michael

Image: Photo by Lauris at Pixabay.com We stepped warily past number 100. The stories were hair-raising. Children disappeared, women screamed, bodies found under the kitchen floor. It took fifty years to uncover the crimes. By then all that remained were … Continue reading →

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Wordle #209 – Cyril Rum’s Human Experience.

Posted on September 3, 2018 by Michael

This week’s words: Grasp  Infuse  Shell  Form Experience  Fly Form  Nubilous (adj.)) cloudy or foggy: vague or obscure: indefinite) Sizzle  Trapdoor  Puzzle  Red Cyril Rum, Angel on Sabbatical, lived in a small house on a non-descript street enjoying the earthly … Continue reading →

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