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Sunday Strange microfiction challenge – Princess Marm

Posted on March 26, 2017 by Michael

Image: The Princess picking lice from the Troll: Theodor Kittelsen It’s not easy being a troll. We get a bad wrap most of the time, well all of the time if truth be told. If you take away the ugly … Continue reading →

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Saturday Mix – March 25, 2017 – Bastet – Spring

Posted on March 25, 2017 by Michael

Image: Edgewood Garden, Washington State   A brief story about spring. The first thing is the increase in warmth. The sun seems stronger, the light brighter and around you there appear the first of the spring blossoms. You realise the … Continue reading →

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WRITING CHALLENGE: See It, Write It – Jane’s New Shoes

Posted on March 24, 2017 by Michael

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3neQZqFP3M No 3: The place where the nanny is crossing the street and the little girl almost gets run over – HOW would you set that up in a written story so we jump when we read it?* No 3: … Continue reading →

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March 23: Flash Fiction Challenge – Tough Audience

Posted on March 24, 2017 by Michael

March 23, 2017 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write about an audience. It can be broad or small, and gathered for any reason. How does your character react to an audience? Is the audience itself a character. … Continue reading →

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SULLY AWARD COMPETITION NOW OPEN!

Posted on March 24, 2017 by Michael

Originally posted on Hey, Look! A Writer Fellow!:
Will YOU be the lucky winner? Last week on this blog I asked you a question: “Should I start a writing contest?” I followed up my question with a promise: “If there is…

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Thursday photo prompt – Empty #writephoto – Darcy’s Shack.

Posted on March 23, 2017 by Michael

  There wasn’t much left of Darcy’s old fishing shack after the storm. The hut sat on the edge of the beachhead for as long as I could remember. Darcy was a name my father told me about. He recalled … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver No 110 – Sight – 23rd March – Cletus’ Disappointment.

Posted on March 23, 2017 by Michael

Image: Google Images: Labeled for re-use. Insight Hindsight Eyesight Oversight And so, the game went on. Greg and Wayne loved word games. It was there chance to outdo the other and not feel the urge to resort to violence. When … Continue reading →

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Whiteout Wednesdays #8 – Elegy

Posted on March 22, 2017 by Michael

 Elegy by Mary   frozen   in February. winging   ugly Imperfect   line, of  buildings. flag flapping An orange curtain hurts     so bright. sight looks back the butter knife. awkwardness. makes   pilgrimage Through riff-raff into the caprice a pony circle’s but never … Continue reading →

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FFfAW Challenge-Week of March 21, 2017 – The Future

Posted on March 21, 2017 by Michael

Photo prompt provided by Sunayana MoiPensieve. Every twenty metres in front of the museum there were buskers of every kind. Small bands, like the Destitutes, who eked out a living in such trying times. With the government removing universal health … Continue reading →

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Wordle #147 “March 20th, 2017″ Heliotrope Ballet

Posted on March 21, 2017 by Michael

This week’s words: Latch Ballet Levitate Heliotrope ((n.) Any hairy plant belonging to the genus Heliotropium, of the borage family, as H. arborescens, cultivated for its small, fragrant purple flowers. Any of various other plants, as the valerian or the winter heliotrope. … Continue reading →

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