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Photo Challenge #191 – What’s To Aspire To?

Posted on December 5, 2017 by Michael

Image: Brooke Shaden She stood up and every time she was knocked down. “Get some backbone,” her narcissist father said “Look at me I take no shit from anyone.” And he didn’t as he walked over every man or woman … Continue reading →

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Twittering Tales #61 – 5 December 2017

Posted on December 5, 2017 by Michael

Photo by MorningbirdPhoto at Pixabay.com He smuggled her book home in amongst many he cared little for. She had promised him a good read. A few surprises even. On page 61 he saw his name. Arch-villain, a sleaze well and … Continue reading →

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FFfAW Challenge-Week of December 5, 2017 – The Cat’s Third Life.

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Michael

Image © Enisa The cat had a premonition of danger long before it arrived. The sense of doom came across the more pleasant images of sardines and lying on her owner’s bed. The cat saw the crossing and thought, ‘That … Continue reading →

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Manic Monday #10 Challenge – Things that Make you go Hmmm

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Michael

This week’s entry is based on the song: C+C Music Factory. “Things that make you go Hmmm,” You do it for me every time I hear your voice, my heart goes Hmmm…but you sound good. When I write you to … Continue reading →

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Wordle #181 – Hell’s Sign-Up Sheet

Posted on December 4, 2017 by Michael

This week’s words: Incident  Lend  Forgettery ((n.) a faculty or facility for forgetting; faulty memory) External Mesh Demagogue((n.) a person, especially an orator or political leader, who gains power and popularity by arousing the emotions, passions, and prejudices of the people.)  Hell  Fling Effect  June Decapitate Pop Wayne the advocate for Hell and all things devilish stood at the gates of Hell with a sign-up sheet. It was a new initiate … Continue reading →

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Sunday Writing Prompt #231 “Quotes by Alan Watts” – The Small Balding Man

Posted on December 3, 2017 by Michael

The little balding man sat in front of his counsellor as she explained his most recent issue. “Have you ever felt like you have been her before?” she asked in her kind and gentle voice. “Yes,” he replied, “there are … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Prompt #31 – Nostalgia

Posted on December 2, 2017 by Michael

Prose Challenge – Write a story in 100 words where a character finds an old photograph. Hidden amongst the memories of the past I found this photo taken, I suspect somewhere around 1930. It has my cousin Bill standing behind … Continue reading →

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Saturday Mix – Same Same But Different, 2 December 2017

Posted on December 2, 2017 by Michael

Same Same But Different Your ‘Same Same But Different’ task is to take the five challenge words and NOT use them in your writing. That’s right, you need to dig out your thesaurus and find a synonym for each word … Continue reading →

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November 30: Flash Fiction Challenge – Caring for Himself

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Michael

The last time I picked my older brother up out of the gutter he was in the worst condition I’d seen him in. Drunk, unable to stand and as incoherent as always. I bundled him into the car and took … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt – Magic – #writephoto

Posted on November 30, 2017 by Michael

When Neville the snow elf looked out from his burrow on the side of the hill he was instantaneously happy as around him lay the first snow of the season and the reason for his existence. Down below the brook … Continue reading →

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