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Friday Fictioneers – The Manor House

Posted on January 15, 2014 by Michael

Our journey into the mist was marked by adventure. We knew that the Cat people lived in the misty forest. We knew they were not known for their hospitality. After driving an hour we encountered three figures standing in the … Continue reading →

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Friday Fictioneers – Tackas Goes Fishing.

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Michael

Clancy be getting’ over here What? It’s a feckin’ body in the water. No it can’t be. It is and look the poor feck’s got a hook through his cheek. You don’t die from a hook through your cheek. Yer … Continue reading →

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Sunday Photo Fiction – With Tackas’ Help

Posted on December 8, 2013 by Michael

I was writing my flash fiction response to Al’s photo when my mate Tackas walked in. Hey now Clancy, what the feck you be doin’ now? I’m writing a story to this photo. That’s a photo you say. Looks more … Continue reading →

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Prompt 31 “Take me Back”

Posted on November 24, 2013 by Michael

Before us stood, Oscar Davison, the weediest man, I have ever seen. He had come before the Town council to explain his actions in what we believed was his selling us out to unscrupulous developers who ripped the savings from … Continue reading →

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Poem 42

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Michael

In my space there is space For games and improvisation For trying the impossible and making it seem possible. Play is important It frees your mind It bends those rules That curtail and hinder progress The ones you have implanted … Continue reading →

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Terza Rima Sonnet and Challenge – Struggle

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Michael

Last of summer’s haze bathes the streets in light Scintillating gold upon the worn stone It’s only me under the stars tonight   I traverse these shadowy roads alone Alas the sun rests on the ebbing tide Illuminating what my … Continue reading →

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Prompt 27 – Curse

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Michael

I have a curse. An inherited one, passed down from my mother to me. It was her undoing at an early age, at a time when medical science didn’t know what they know today. I do not plan to go … Continue reading →

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Trifecta – What Scares You.

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Michael

What Scares You Unplaceable creaks in the night Unfathomable sounds You hear as you lay down to sleep. What causes it? Where is it? Will it get me? Of course not silly. Why?

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Rid Of Me – for Prompt 25 PJ Harvey

Posted on October 13, 2013 by Michael

You may not be rid of me But I am rid of you.   I have walked and walked, changed direction, doubled back, returned to where I started still your shadow lurks in my mind.   You tried so hard … Continue reading →

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Prompt 24 – Vixen

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Michael

When Lana was seven her parents were killed in a car accident. There began the end of a life that had been surrounded by love. Lana found herself in a series of foster homes, she grew to be a quarrelsome … Continue reading →

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