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March 28: Flash Fiction Challenge – Eminence.

Posted on March 30, 2019 by Michael

March 26, 2019, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that uses the word eminence. It’s a rich word full of different meanings. Explore how it sounds or how you might play with it. Go where … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #233 – My Story

Posted on October 9, 2018 by Michael

Image: Kaia Pieters She wasn’t one for verbose comment Some would say she was a visual learner Preferring to say it in image, not words. She carried the scars of a lifelong lived. Words were beaten out of her; To … Continue reading →

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Sunday Writing Prompt “Collage Prompt #42” – Folding Clothes.

Posted on October 7, 2018 by Michael

It is approaching eleven pm and the night has brought a supposed peace upon the house. He looks around and ahead of him is another two hours work. The washing has mounted up, and it’s not so easy to understand … Continue reading →

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Envy: Vera Winston-Jones Part 4

Posted on May 3, 2018 by Michael

Image: Envy © by Iza-nagi Vera returned home to find Ernest sitting at the breakfast bar, a coffee in one hand and a chocolate biscuit in the other. He had that supercilious look on his face, one Vera had grown … Continue reading →

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Envy: Mary Dowd Part Four

Posted on May 2, 2018 by Michael

Image: Envy © by Iza-nagi Mary stood at the door watching Vera disappear up the path and back to her house. It had been a far more enjoyable morning than Mary anticipated. Vera was not unlike herself. Once you stripped … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver – #167- First Kiss – 19th April

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Michael

Warning: Adult Content A Summer/Esther Story My first kiss, if you’d call it, that happened on my fifteenth birthday. My mum had arranged a birthday dinner and we, my sister and I, were to be ready by the time mum … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #210 – Summer and Esther

Posted on April 17, 2018 by Michael

The man liked to rough handle the girls he picked up. For him, it was all about dominance. It was his way of controlling the situation for he was, in fact, a coward and a weakling beneath the violence. He … Continue reading →

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Sunday Writing Prompt #229 “Collage 37” – Memories

Posted on November 19, 2017 by Michael

Behind the washed out washing On the worn out old clothes line The woman sits with her morning coffee. It’s hot today, so she doesn’t bother Dressing in any other way than to be cool. Mornings allow her to remember, … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #188 – The Tiny Girl

Posted on November 14, 2017 by Michael

Image: t1na.deviantart.com The tiny girl walks to the piano The auditorium packed, expectant, She sits and is momentarily lost in the vastness of the space. With the first note We are mesmerised, Glued to our seats. The magic rolls out … Continue reading →

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In Other Words, illusion…

Posted on October 25, 2017 by Michael

Universally he was acknowledged as a man of merit. Pillar of the church, benevolent and generous to a fault. His undoing came as a terrible shock. Underneath the facade lurked a monster. The illusion shattered we struggled to put our … Continue reading →

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