Category Archives: Writing prompt

Writing Prompt #193 “Collage 35” – The Locked Door

Posted on January 29, 2017 by Michael

“There’s a beauty and mystery isn’t there,” she said looking over his recent anthology. “Some words are graceful, you can feel how they move from across the page and into your mind, and they roll around and you get that … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt – Waiting #writephoto

Posted on January 28, 2017 by Michael

He had said to meet him at the bottom of the staircase beside the suit of armour and not be confused by waiting at the bottom of the stairway with the knight in shiny armour. So I have waited and … Continue reading →

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Saturday Mix – Bastet – Mystery Genre

Posted on January 28, 2017 by Michael

Today we’re going to play around with the mystery genre not using more than 150 words. A BROKEN VASE THREE DAISIES A KNIFE A MUSSED UP RUG A SHOPPING BAG It was the crash of the vase that brought everyone rushing … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver/Fairy Tale # 104 – 26/1/17 – A Magical Place

Posted on January 27, 2017 by Michael

Image © Adventures in the Wild (Used with permission) You can’t just walk in like you do a shopping centre or like place. There are gates, locks and people of a sort to suss you out and see if you … Continue reading →

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Wordle #139 “January 23rd, 2016” – The Alternative Fact

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Michael

This week’s words: Bed Pupa (An insect in the non-feeding, usually immobile, transformation stage between the larva and the imago.) Pleonasm (Noun- The use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.)  Image Nose Sear Mice  Collect Grab Ward … Continue reading →

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Twittering Tales #14 – 24 January 2017

Posted on January 24, 2017 by Michael

You lookin’ at me? you ain’t pulling no wool over my eyes This is the face of a thousand fleeces. You better believe it. So read my lips. Baa! Written for: https://wordpress.com/read/feeds/35316920/posts/1310277945

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Saturday Mix — Lorraine

Posted on January 21, 2017 by Michael

1 A fifty/fifty split: write a piece of flash in 50 words using one word from each column; you can alter the form of the word – responded; deliciously noun             verb            modifier (verb/noun) cistern          undulate       careful artisan          respond        inquisitive sphinx          attach            ultramarine rabbit          … Continue reading →

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Finish off Friday #6: Footsteps in the Fog 20.01.17

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Michael

Image: phylor aka Lorraine Footsteps echoed eerily in the fog. Over my shoulder I couldn’t see anything. They seemed to be getting closer. When I stopped walking so did the steps. I stopped near the entrance where a light shone … Continue reading →

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January 19: Flash Fiction Challenge – The Quarry

Posted on January 20, 2017 by Michael

January 19, 2017 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a about a quarry. It can be a place or include the by-product. The quarry can be operational, abandoned, it can be in real-tie or mentioned from another … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt – Lantern #writephoto

Posted on January 19, 2017 by Michael

Aunt Betty kept it burning. For years after the war had ended she kept the lamp lit in hope she said, always in hope. The long years of war had ended. For Aunt Betty those were years of agony, of … Continue reading →

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