Tag Archives: Fairy tale

Tale Weaver/Fairy Tale #124 – Forest Creatures – Big Fern

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Michael

Image: Google Images Labelled for Re-use Around the corner from home, there is a small creek that runs through a grove of ferns. When I was a kid, I used to go there and sit among the ferns, listen to … Continue reading →

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Tale weaver/ Fairy Tale 23/2/17 Beyond the Veil of Mist

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Michael

Photo credit: Adventures in the Wild   It’s amazing the more I think about it how she vanished like that. One moment there she was standing before, wings all a flutter and without so much as goodbye she flew off. … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver/Fairy tale prompt #83: September 15 – Frozen in Time

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Michael

Image Google Images Artichoke Norman hated being a garden frog. It was all the doing of the Psycho Wicked Witch of the West who out of sheer spite because he had spurned her advances had turned him into a ceramic … Continue reading →

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Microfiction challenge #10: Far far away

Posted on August 20, 2016 by Michael

Image to inspire a fairy tale by – Theodore Kittelsen   The boy had travelled far in his quest to reach the golden city. It was his third attempt. The previous attempts it had rained and made the creeks and … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver Fairy Tale #77 July 21st – The Ugly Duckling

Posted on July 22, 2016 by Michael

Amy was the youngest and the runt of the litter so her siblings said about her. Born ten years after her older sister she was an unexpected addition to the family and not a welcomed one. Her parents weren’t happy … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver/Fairy Tale Prompt #57 – Quest – A Maiden in Distress

Posted on March 17, 2016 by Michael

Bells and whistles were shattering my night. I was suddenly pleased I hadn’t turned off my alerts. I looked at my phone. Lady Myrtle Purple was missing. I rang the number the alerts alerted me to. My right hand man … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver 30: once upon a time . . . Fairy Godmother

Posted on September 11, 2015 by Michael

Image: Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen Artist: Harry Clark (1916) Source: Wikiart.org I remember the extreme sadness that pervaded our household when my mother died during the birth of my baby sister Louise. As a baby Louise thrived under … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver # 25 – When the Wicked Witch Visits – Miss Marble

Posted on August 6, 2015 by Michael

Image © Rose’s Garden, used with permission This week’s task is to weave a tale in which the wicked witch comes to visit. The knock on the door was one of those that intimated immediately a sense of urgency in … Continue reading →

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Fairy Tale Prompt June 5th 2015, the quest for fire – Beyond the Rock Pool

Posted on June 5, 2015 by Michael

This week’s task: Imagine that you are living in the time of the Neanderthal people. The fairies living beyond the boundaries of the rock pool had long felt that the giant sloping loping ones were not a being that was … Continue reading →

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Fairy Tale Prompt May 29th 2015 “dancing” – Gratia Day

Posted on May 30, 2015 by Michael

The task for this Fairy Tale prompt is to write a short story or poem about something you celebrate every year. Amongst The Ferns the word Gratia was on everyone’s lips. The coming of spring was a time of celebration … Continue reading →

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