Tag Archives: dreams

Tale Weaver 12.08.2021 – Dream a Little Dream… The Gurglepf.

Posted on August 12, 2021 by Michael

I was walking along our street eating an ice-cream and when I finished I dropped the wrapping on the path not thinking as always about littering and so forth. “Would mind picking that up please?” said a voice. I looked … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #302 – Dreams and being Lost.

Posted on February 11, 2020 by Michael

Image: Shichigoro Shingo I’m leaving school heading home, a path I have taken a hundred or more times. Today I’m confused, the road I take leads me nowhere, I’m in a place I don’t recognise, and every turn confuses me … Continue reading →

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Crimson’s Creative Challenge #52 – Crisp’s Field of Dreams

Posted on November 8, 2019 by Michael

“The Field of Dreams,” said Crisp my aged companion as we sat at breakfast. “Mary Mixingbowl, medieval witch, set up the field for young lovers. How quaint.” She put down the brochure and looked into the distance, which was nothing … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #253 – Angels on the Wall

Posted on March 5, 2019 by Michael

Image via -– Google Images She wakes in the night calling me “They’re here again,” she wails Clutching her bedclothes, biting on her lip, She looks to me for safety Says they are on the walls She sees them dancing, … Continue reading →

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50 Word Thursday #5 – Failed Dreams

Posted on June 15, 2018 by Michael

“Peter Gericke loved airplanes as some men love horses, with a deep and unswerving passion.” From Jack Higgins The Eagle Has Landed Pete’s ambition to have an airfield in his backyard never took in the fact it would end in flames. … Continue reading →

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March 22: Flash Fiction Challenge – Follow Your Dreams

Posted on March 24, 2018 by Michael

March 22, 2018, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story using the theme “follow your dreams.” Bonus points for throwing a badge into the tale. Go where the prompt leads.   From an early age, he … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers – The Pot of Gold

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Michael

Image: © any1mark66 The race was on. Over the road, across the field, jump the fence, trip, fall, get up, race on, the prize was for the taking. It was so close and yet so far. The pot of gold … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt “It’s all in the title” – Unfinished Dreams

Posted on August 21, 2017 by Michael

The girl who was made of unfinished dreams. She turns the page and looks at the next image. She remembers the dream in which she encountered the river Flowing rapidly, it hissed at her to stay away. But she needed … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt, October 16th, 2016:Gifts from Mr. Sandman

Posted on October 16, 2016 by Michael

He comes when I least suspect, in my dreams and then not always I the same form. My dreams are haphazard; I recall only snippets unless it’s one of those rare ones I have when things are particularly bad in … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Music Prompt #62: Never Too Late for Love & Keep Me in Your Heart by Warren Zevon

Posted on September 30, 2016 by Michael

Thomas lived in hope. His hair dressing salon was small, one assistant But he knew one day his break would come. He dreamed of a salon where his assistants did nude haircuts of a Friday. But his current assistant, Mary, … Continue reading →

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