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Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers Week of 03-11-2015 – The Cruise

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Michael

It’s a cruise Doris a cruise. I’m not sure I like that idea. It was your idea. You said I’m sick of sitting around in our hotel, lets do a cruise. It was a figure of speech. Like a metaphor? … Continue reading →

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100 Word Challenge for Grown Ups – Week#170 – The Scent.

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Michael

This week’s prompt: …the scent was overpowering…   Alice looked at herself in the mirror. This interview was hers. She felt confident; she knew she owned this job. Dressed in her best power suit she made sure she was wearing … Continue reading →

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Creative Expressions #13 – Bonfire

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Michael

Image: Caerlynn Nash. The first weekend in June was cracker night. We all loved cracker night. Mum would purchase a bag of fireworks and dad would build a bonfire stack in the back yard and we’d all wait anxiously for … Continue reading →

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Wordle #51 March 9, 2015 – The Bread Knife

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Michael

This week’s words: Welter (to roll, toss, wallow, writhe) Callus Plead Bottle Scripturient (desire to write) Hoarse Anguish Iconic Grisly Panic Urban Serrate   When Ollie awoke that morning he thought for minute about the day ahead. He never once … Continue reading →

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Creative Expressions #12: Abandoned – My Mother

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Michael

Image: Caerlynn Nash My mother went to the shops. Said she’d only be a minute. I was five. I waited and waited. Still I wait. When you are five and afraid you stay where you are left. At least I … Continue reading →

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100 Word Challenge for Grown Ups – Week#169 – Agony

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Michael

This week’s prompt: …so what time did you say it was?… I awake. My face is buried in long grass. My mouth feels like a gravel pit. My body doesn’t want to know what happened, or when. My mind thinks, … Continue reading →

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Wordle #50 March 2, 2015 – Brother Andrew

Posted on March 2, 2015 by Michael

This week’s words: Madcap (wildly impulsive, heedless) Blister Strap Aureole (a halo) Accident Howl Gnaw Flagellation (flogging, associated most frequently with BDSM or religious penitence) Craven (cowardly) Scale Victim Shelf Brother Andrew knelt on the stone floor before the altar. … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt #96 “Cacodemonomania” March 1, 2015 – The Old Couple

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Michael

“Cacodemonomania is the pathological belief that one is inhabited, or possessed, by an evil spirit or entity.”- Wikipedia The old couple sat together in the doctor’s waiting room. They huddled as one. Their arms wrapped round themselves as if needing … Continue reading →

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Fairy Tale February 27th 2015, “Atlantis” – Letter

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Michael

Imagine that you are on a quest to find Atlantis and you really find it. How would it look like? What kind of people are living there, is there magic? Is there a religion? Try to write a story about … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers – Week of 2-25-2015 – Tsunami

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Michael

Image: Dawn M Miller As we sipped our morning coffee and contemplated the tennis match we were planning we couldn’t help but notice the tsunami approaching to our left. I had been taking photos of the court as part of … Continue reading →

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