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Time To Write: Picture Prompt 18 [Creative Writing Prompt]

Posted on June 29, 2018 by Michael

I’d been on the road for a few hours, and it didn’t surprise me that I was beginning to tire. There had been a sense of urgency about her call to get home as soon as I could. She knew … Continue reading →

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50 Word Thursday #7 – Thomas and the Cat

Posted on June 29, 2018 by Michael

“The very next day, Carella got the fight he was spoiling for.” From Ed McBain’s Give the Boys a Great Big Hand Thomas was told by his mother not to go into the kitchen. It was a place fraught with … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt: Wave #writephoto – The Souls of the Dead

Posted on June 29, 2018 by Michael

No matter the time of day, the season or the weather, the waves kept rolling in. It was comforting to the souls of the dead that some constant remain. After all, they were there because the waves, the ocean and … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver – #177 – Climbing to the Top – 28th June – Self-Centred

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Michael

Image: © Jim Kable (Used with permission) He didn’t find it hard to trample over anyone who stood in his way as he climbed the corporate ladder. His success was strewn with the ‘bodies’ of those who dared to stop … Continue reading →

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100 Word Wednesday: Week 77 – The Lids

Posted on June 28, 2018 by Michael

The Bottle twins, Kelly and Karl liked climbing to the top of the hill behind their house to watch the sunset and talk over their respective days. Since they were little they had been given the nickname, Lids. Both answered … Continue reading →

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FLASH FICTION FOR THE PURPOSEFUL PRACTITIONER- 2018 WEEK #26 Joyce’s Nightmare.

Posted on June 27, 2018 by Michael

Image: Pedro Fogueras pexels-photo-626164 shadow Having conveyed Joyce, my aged companion, to the hospital the night before I had a sleepless night worrying about her. My last sight of her was being bundled into the ER and told it would … Continue reading →

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JSW Prompt 6-25-2018 – A Father and Daughter

Posted on June 26, 2018 by Michael

Dolores Fortune was an unhappy woman. She’d been born unhappy and stayed that way throughout her life. Life had treated Dolores in unkind ways and she, in turn, made sure she returned the favour as often as possible. She’d married … Continue reading →

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Twittering Tale #90 – Pick a Card

Posted on June 26, 2018 by Michael

With apprehension, I entered the fortune tellers booth. She was shuffling the cards as I sat down. Card one: death, card two destruction, card three chaos, card four disease. She laid them in front of me her eyes surveyed the … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers Week of 06-26 through 07-02-2018

Posted on June 26, 2018 by Michael

Image: Yinglan They said if we looked hard enough we’d find it. We doubted our ability to locate what so many thought was precious to their identity. They said we’d find it on Last Hope Mountain. Much had been eroded … Continue reading →

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Thursday Photo Write – Wings #writephoto

Posted on June 26, 2018 by Michael

The flapping of wings I could hear from the kitchen, and I thought it must be a bird in distress. But it wasn’t it was the three strangers* standing in my back yard, the gesticulator doing all the flapping, the … Continue reading →

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