Category Archives: Writing prompt

Tale Weaver #111: the lighter side 16.03.17 – Working with the Gifted

Posted on March 16, 2017 by Michael

image: Gary Larsen, Far Side, School for the Gifted via activehappiness.com Having worked in a gifted school, the students were indeed gifted, and many more gifted than others, including me, but common sense was not always a stand out quality. … Continue reading →

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100 Word Weekly Writing Challenge —Week 10 – The Theatre Ghost

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Michael

Image Credit: Bikurgurl As the production day grew nearer the stage crew worked feverishly on the huge backdrop. The cast went through lines seeking last minute direction from the director. The theatre ghost watched from the back row. The actor’s … Continue reading →

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FFfAW Challenge-Week of March 14, 2017 – Installation

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Michael

This week’s photo prompt is provided by Tim Livingston with the blog, The ForesterArtist.   It was the most amazing art show I had ever been to. As an art installation, it was out of this world. He’d spent months … Continue reading →

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Wordle #146 “March 13th, 2017″ – Balls to Ashes

Posted on March 14, 2017 by Michael

This week’s words: Billow Harm Ashen Wytai ((n.) a feature of modern society that suddenly strikes you as absurd and grotesque—from zoos and milk-drinking to organ transplants, life insurance, and fiction—part of the faint background noise of absurdity that reverberates … Continue reading →

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Sunday Strange microfiction challenge – Saying Farewell

Posted on March 12, 2017 by Michael

She had lived a strange life, so her death came as no surprise. When you live life on the edge something is always going to impact at one time or another. With her head in the clouds, her sense of … Continue reading →

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Saturday Mix – Bastet – March 11, 2017 – The Touch on My Shoulder

Posted on March 12, 2017 by Michael

This week’s task: the classic Gothic horror genre in 100 words I wasn’t enthusiastic about investigating the strange happenings in the town cemetery. The flashes of lighting made the tombstones more ominous than normal. I was sure I saw people … Continue reading →

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March 9: Flash Fiction Challenge – Honeymoon

Posted on March 10, 2017 by Michael

March 9, 2017 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a honeymoon story. It can be between a couple before, during or after the honeymoon. Or it can refer to a honeymoon period. Go where the prompt leads. … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt – Horizon #writephoto – Woman at the water’s edge

Posted on March 10, 2017 by Michael

It’s a place to go where magic happens. When asked where it is I always say: Far from anywhere. Across the sandhills and down through the runoff I wander focused always on the distance surf, relentlessly pounding the rocks, forever … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver 9th March – Making Sense of Nonsense – The Secret Code – Heaven’s Request

Posted on March 9, 2017 by Michael

Cyril Rum, an angel on sabbatical from heaven, had found the code when he came out into his kitchen. It was under his back door inside a plain white envelope. He knew the code, it was familiar and he wistfully … Continue reading →

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100 Word Wednesday: Week 9 – Cloris

Posted on March 8, 2017 by Michael

Image Credit: Toa Heftiba Wearing her favourite knitted beanie, Cloris spied through the bush her boyfriend, Roger having an illicit affair with the town hussy, Annie Slackster. Cloris had suspected Roger for some time. The lipstick on his collar, the … Continue reading →

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