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Finish off Friday #6: Footsteps in the Fog 20.01.17

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Michael

Image: phylor aka Lorraine Footsteps echoed eerily in the fog. Over my shoulder I couldn’t see anything. They seemed to be getting closer. When I stopped walking so did the steps. I stopped near the entrance where a light shone … Continue reading →

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January 19: Flash Fiction Challenge – The Quarry

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Michael

January 19, 2017 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a about a quarry. It can be a place or include the by-product. The quarry can be operational, abandoned, it can be in real-tie or mentioned from another … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt – Lantern #writephoto

Posted on January 19, 2017 by Michael

Aunt Betty kept it burning. For years after the war had ended she kept the lamp lit in hope she said, always in hope. The long years of war had ended. For Aunt Betty those were years of agony, of … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver #103: Through a Child’s Eyes 19.01.17 – Alice and Mr Rum

Posted on January 19, 2017 by Michael

This week’s task from Lorraine: weave a tale from the perspective of a child – your inner child, or someone else’s (as always not necessarily human). Use age appropriate thought patterns, reasoning and language. Don’t impose adult rationalities (or irrationalities) … Continue reading →

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Twittering Tale #13 – 17 January 2017

Posted on January 17, 2017 by Michael

Anything else? Butter? Check! Flour? Check! Beakthwistle powder? One kilo? Yes. Mangle towjamer? Left handed? Yes. All set? Wanna watch? Yes please. Good.    (140 characters) Written for: https://kmmyrman.wordpress.com/2017/01/17/twittering-tale-13-17-january-2017/

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FFfAW Challenge-Week of January 17, 2017 – Shifting the Piano

Posted on January 17, 2017 by Michael

Image: Shivangi Singh It was one of those “Right Said Fred”* moments. Bozo had asked his mates, Simmo, Paddo and Mickey to help move the piano from his place to his sisters. Bozo lived on the top floor and needed … Continue reading →

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Wordle #138 “January 16th, 2016” – The PM

Posted on January 16, 2017 by Michael

This week’s words: Yew (any of several evergreen, coniferous trees and shrubs: the fine-grained, elastic wood of any of these trees: an archer’s bow made of this wood: this tree or its branches as a symbol of sorrow, death, or resurrection) Harbinger … Continue reading →

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Saturday Mix – January 14, 2016 – Red Power Shorts

Posted on January 14, 2017 by Michael

The task: a story in 100 words (better if less) with a conflict or ambiguity which creates a surprise ending. He’d waited impatiently for them to arrive. At last a package. He ripped it open and there they were. His … Continue reading →

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January 12: Flash Fiction Challenge – Who Gives a Crap?

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Michael

January 12, 2017 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that expresses a strong concern, something to give a crap about. Something that brings out the feeling to stand up. How can you use it to … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt – Swan #writephoto – Marg Swan

Posted on January 12, 2017 by Michael

Marg Swan was very dim Considering her name What an irony she couldn’t swim.   Marg Swan ate chocolate chips She grew to be quite round Sat a table on her hips.   Marge Swan hated the sea All that … Continue reading →

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