Category Archives: Writing prompt

Thursday Photo Prompt – Look Out – #writephoto

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Michael

To look out from the darkness was the ideal position to be in. They couldn’t see you looking in. You had the advantage. Not you wanted them seeing you. Best to leave them in wonder. Attack at night when darkness … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver #75 July 7th – Bedtime Stories for Grandparents

Posted on July 7, 2016 by Michael

The old lady carefully helped her aging husband into bed. He was getting more and more frail as the days past. She hated what age and time was doing to him but for her it was always a labor of … Continue reading →

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Word for Wednesday (W4W) – Bruxism

Posted on July 6, 2016 by Michael

Bruxism He had a maniacal look in his eye. I knew I was in for a rough time. A small drop of saliva fell from his mouth as he looked once again into my mouth and then at me. “Brrooksmm” … Continue reading →

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Tuesday is Challenge Day! – The Parent of the Artist.

Posted on July 5, 2016 by Michael

You said your son’s an artist? Yes. And this is art? Yes, he says we are now part of his installation. For how long? The month he says. A MONTH? Yes for the length of the exhibition. But I have … Continue reading →

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FFfAW Challenge – Week of 07-05-2016 – Ralph’s Plan

Posted on July 5, 2016 by Michael

Image: Thanks to Yinglan Ralph looked through the wire, he saw what he hated most. The bloody Yorkies running round like they owned the place. He and his mate Fluffhead were forever confined to the cage and it just wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Moral Mondays: “Freedom is a state of mind”

Posted on July 5, 2016 by Michael

After all those years he stepped away. It wasn’t easy. He thought he’d explained the notion of their use by date being well past. But she was relentless. Tried every trick in the book to discredit him, spread rumours to … Continue reading →

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Wordle #116 – “July 4th, 2016” – Daisy Chain

Posted on July 4, 2016 by Michael

This week’s fun words to play with: Starch Trample Protean (readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable. changeable in shape or form, as an amoeba. (of an actor or actress) versatile; able to play many kinds of roles.) Walnut Strop (any … Continue reading →

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SoCS July 2/16 – Long

Posted on July 2, 2016 by Michael

Well here is the long and short of it. The announcement came at the end of a very long day and we all had had enough of being mucked around. There was no clear solution the answer lay in find … Continue reading →

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Microfiction challenge #3: Shapes in the mist.

Posted on July 1, 2016 by Michael

Image: Josef Chelmonski It was a matter of uncharted waters. Carstairs had been driving and as always didn’t take a lot of notice of the directions just saw a turn and…..turned. By the time we woke up we were a … Continue reading →

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Write the World: July Prompt – Revolution

Posted on July 1, 2016 by Michael

It all started in such a small innocuous way. To the world at large an insignificant Archduke in a country many outside of Europe would not even be familiar with. But it initiated a conflict we still reel from in … Continue reading →

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