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Writing Prompt April 9th – Lists – Mum’s Lost List

Posted on April 9, 2017 by Michael

*image courtesy of Google Search Engine “Where is it?” she asked, looking perplexed at us all. “Where’s what?” we asked as one. “My list, I left it by the phone.” “Haven’t seen it,” we chorused not wishing to get involved … Continue reading →

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Saturday Mix – April 8, 2017 – A Theory of Time

Posted on April 8, 2017 by Michael

Image: Digital landscapes by Yuri Shwedoff My Uncle Horace had a theory about time. He’d say that within each second of time there stretched an infinite amount of time. He thought time was a relative structure and was far more … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt – Stones #writephoto

Posted on April 8, 2017 by Michael

When I came across the arch I knew it was a very old archway. The conglomeration of stones, the crude but effective mortaring had obviously worked for it was still standing so many centuries since. It was a structure to … Continue reading →

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Friday Music Prompt #1: “Jeter un Sort/Put A Spell On” by Alex Nevsky 

Posted on April 8, 2017 by Michael

Put a Spell on You… Who’d a thought she reflected as she sat in the gutter, her life in tatters now that she had been thrown out of her home, her possessions confiscated, her reputation shattered. He had used just … Continue reading →

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April 6: Flash Fiction Challenge – Pumpkin Seeds

Posted on April 7, 2017 by Michael

April 6, 2017 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write about a creation myth. You can write your own, use one in a story or create tension (or comparability) between science and culture on the topic of creation. … Continue reading →

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TELL ME A TALE IN 120 WORDS – The Dentist

Posted on April 7, 2017 by Michael

Today’s prompt is:  A vignette from your childhood   My mother looked in horror the day the dentist slapped me. I was about five years old and my first visit to the dentist. I wasn’t co-operative, squirming and moving all … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver No 114 – April 6 – Taste – Myrtle Turtledove

Posted on April 6, 2017 by Michael

“It’s all a matter of taste,” said Miss Marble to her friend and neighbour Myrtle Turtledove. “A potion is not a potion unless it has some pizzazz about it and that’s always in the taste. Are you listening to me … Continue reading →

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Twittering Tale #24 – Shadow and Fin

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Michael

Mutiny was not tolerated. She was made walk the plank. Bobbing to the surface as they cheering sailed away She noticed the shadow and fin. Written for: https://katmyrman.com/2017/04/04/twittering-tales-24/

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Wordle #149 “April 3rd, 2017″- Altschmerzism

Posted on April 3, 2017 by Michael

This week’s words: Cleft  Simple  Pearl Altschmerz n. weariness with the same old issues that you’ve always had—the same boring flaws and anxieties you’ve been gnawing on for years, which leaves them soggy and tasteless and inert, with nothing interesting left to … Continue reading →

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Sunday Strange microfiction challenge – The Angels Agnes

Posted on April 2, 2017 by Michael

Image: Ferdinand Hodler When Jimmy Smith in all his nakedness arrived in heaven the host of angels, who greeted his arrival said he could ask one question before he entered eternity. Jimmy’s question was: “Can I practice bonsai in heaven?” … Continue reading →

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