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Scribe’s Cave Picture Prompt #73 – Bomb Alaska

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Michael

The café was humming. The place was packed. The Mattles were seated near the front of the café. There party of six were celebrating their mother’s seventieth   birthday. For a surprise they had arranged with the chef to provide her … Continue reading →

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Mondays Finish the Story – July 6th, 2015 – Malicious Topiary

Posted on July 6, 2015 by Michael

Finish the story begins with:  “The barista shook his head. That hedge couldn’t have moved closer overnight. Could it?” You saw them didn’t you? He looked frantically round the café. His customers were used to his eccentricities and accepted his … Continue reading →

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Wordle #68 “July 6, 2015″ Johnny Lightshow

Posted on July 6, 2015 by Michael

This week’s words to play with: Problem Pithy (brief, forceful, and meaningful in expression; full of vigor, substance, or meaning; terse; forcible) Scuttle Accumulate Wince Truck Unshaven Rictus (the gaping or opening of the mouth) Caitiff (base, despicable person) Flotsam Sapling … Continue reading →

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Magpie Tales: Sunday, July 5, 2015 – Lithe Girl

Posted on July 5, 2015 by Michael

Image: Bathers, 1950 by George Tooker I don’t particularly care for their glances; those seconds of accusatory staring designed to make me feel uncomfortable. They know nothing. I swim because it’s my release. My body is thin, lithe you might … Continue reading →

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“10 Words for Fun Friends” The Town Dance.

Posted on July 5, 2015 by Michael

Here’s my entry for the new feature Dell Clover has introduced—“10 Words for Fun Friends”; Words—banjo, fiddles, skies, blast, dance, slack, sanctuary, tower, brother, breath:   Uncle plays banjo Sister May prefers to fiddle Brother sings with harmonic clarity The … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt #114 “Collage” – Pretence

Posted on July 5, 2015 by Michael

What pretence to play at happy families. The key to my heart Was the key to my doom. You locked me in Grabbed me by the short and curlies Then locked out my heart Denied me love But scapegoating was … Continue reading →

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SoCS July 4/15 – Is

Posted on July 5, 2015 by Michael

Badge by Doobster @ Mindfull Digressions. This week the prompt word is – is!! Is it possible I wonder as I sip my tea in the cold morning glow? Is it possible that I can facilitate the change I so … Continue reading →

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Literary Saturday Prompt #13 – Careless Child

Posted on July 5, 2015 by Michael

This week’s prompt: “To lose one parent, Mr. Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.” —The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde   She was just here a second ago. I was collecting … Continue reading →

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Fiction Friday Prompt #13 – The Little Blue Bottle

Posted on July 3, 2015 by Michael

Today’s prompt: write a story about a construction worker who makes a discovery of a lifetime at a construction site. My dad worked after the war as a builder. He worked for a company who did big construction jobs and … Continue reading →

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“Words to Write By” Prompt #12 – An Old Hero

Posted on July 3, 2015 by Michael

This week’s words: Ramble, preclude, canary yellow, gladiator, disengage, inure doughty, triumphal, somberly, begone ‘Begone ye divells, begone, ‘ said the old man to the space before him. No amount of arm waving on his behalf seemed to shift the … Continue reading →

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