Tag Archives: Death

Wordle #158 – One Man’s Golem’s Truth

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Michael

This week’s words: Background Please Awestruck Tend Parallel Mal de coucou (n.)) a phenomenon in which you have an active social life but very few close friends—people who you can trust, who you can be yourself with, who can help … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #167 – When Death Arrives

Posted on May 30, 2017 by Michael

Image: – NEKNEERAJ Word came all at once From miles away and worlds apart. Death is like that Turns up and makes its presence felt. Life ends for a mother and a daughter grieves, Life ends for a daughter and … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt #209 “It’s All in the Title” The Haunting of Cora Applebaum – Sequel

Posted on May 28, 2017 by Michael

Cora Applebaum sat with her eyes wide open staring at the screen in front of her. Research into the house she lived in had turned up much more than she expected. It appeared that before her parents bought the house … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #166 – A Mother’s Sorrow

Posted on May 23, 2017 by Michael

Image: Copyright NEKNEERAJ She’d agreed to take the children home for after some hours at the hospital they were tired and bored and starting to act up. She left her son and her daughter’s family there huddled around her bed, … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt #205 “Stories By 5” – Quest and Qestral

Posted on April 30, 2017 by Michael

A life-changing relationship   Qestral stood at the end of her father, Quest’s bed, and looked at her failing father. He had always been an unhappy man and as death approached his mood was as dark as ever. He was … Continue reading →

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100 Word Wednesday: Week 15 – The Old Lighthouse

Posted on April 19, 2017 by Michael

Image: Bikurgurl The old lighthouse had stood on the cliff top overlooking the entrance to the harbour for such a long time. Not many knew its history. Of the drama in the early days when the lighthouse keeper had gone … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt #203 “Letters to Death”

Posted on April 16, 2017 by Michael

Image: Tomb of Wayfaring Souls It had been one of those days, weeks and if truth be known eternity. Death was run off his deathly feet. Death knew he’d been around too long when he started to apply human qualities … Continue reading →

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First Line Friday 31.03.17 – The Music Box

Posted on March 31, 2017 by Michael

Your line for this week is: The music box sat on the shelf for years until he walked in.   For the first time, I paid it any attention. Today the lid was up and the tiny pink ballerina was … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver No 110 – Sight – 23rd March – Cletus’ Disappointment.

Posted on March 23, 2017 by Michael

Image: Google Images: Labeled for re-use. Insight Hindsight Eyesight Oversight And so, the game went on. Greg and Wayne loved word games. It was there chance to outdo the other and not feel the urge to resort to violence. When … 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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