Tag Archives: Death

Sunday Strange microfiction challenge – Saying Farewell

Posted on March 12, 2017 by Michael

She had lived a strange life, so her death came as no surprise. When you live life on the edge something is always going to impact at one time or another. With her head in the clouds, her sense of … Continue reading →

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Sunday Strange microfiction prompt – The Hanson Twins

Posted on March 5, 2017 by Michael

Image: Hans Thoma It was a terrible shock when the Hanson twins were killed by the monitor lizard. The family were on holiday, and it was all over in seconds. Needless to say, the lizard suffered an inglorious death, and … Continue reading →

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Wordle #144 “February 27th, 2017″ – Lucinda, Heaven or Hell?

Posted on February 27, 2017 by Michael

This week’s words: Good Enter Tree Mirabilis ((adj.) wondrous, remarkable, amazing) Different Abandon Plausible Lucida (the brightest star in a constellation) Bald Flaw Apotropaic ((adj.) Intended to ward off evil.) Grow It was Wayne who looked at Greg and Greg … Continue reading →

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Too Much of a Good Thing

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Michael

Write for a while, and a little while longer. Then go back and use about ¼– or less.   I have a tale about ignorance, getting old, and being a right bastard. It’s that getting old thing of not caring … Continue reading →

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Write Anything Wednesday #104 – Writing in Death

Posted on February 1, 2017 by Michael

Hello, I came across your prompt page and thought I’d join in. Sorry to hear about the deaths in your family. When his death came it was a disappointment. He hadn’t planned it this way but he knew Death had … 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 – Swan #writephoto – Marg Swan

Posted on January 12, 2017 by Michael

Marg Swan was very dim Considering her name What an irony she couldn’t swim.   Marg Swan ate chocolate chips She grew to be quite round Sat a table on her hips.   Marge Swan hated the sea All that … Continue reading →

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Wordle #135 “December 26th, 2016” – Gutter Snipe

Posted on December 26, 2016 by Michael

This week’s words: Sound Terminal Rum Cull (A rich fool, easily cheated, particularly by his mistress.)  Knife Gutter Fabric Discolor Gloss Jackboot Passel (a group or lot of indeterminate number) Stroke Impatience As Gutter Snipe breathed his last in his mind flashed … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt – Fog– #writephoto – Strangler’s Tree

Posted on December 24, 2016 by Michael

Strangler’s Tree stood in the paddock behind our house. It was an ordinary looking tree but when the fog descended it took on an eerie countenance. Which was fortunate for the tree as its name came from the deaths occurring … Continue reading →

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#NoirWednesday: the small house

Posted on August 20, 2016 by Michael

Picture by: Stephen Tanham It was a house like any other house. A little house over a bridge, doing what little houses over bridges did. Only it wasn’t. This house long thought to be a small house in which shelter … Continue reading →

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