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Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers – Aunt Liz

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Michael

Photo: Joy Pixley The boarding house my Aunt Liz lived in was all timber with a magnificent timber staircase. As kids we loved to run up and down the stairs playing all sorts of games. Aunt Liz would tell us … Continue reading →

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FFfAW Challenge – Week of September 6, 2016 – Mr Turner

Posted on September 6, 2016 by Michael

The Japanese maples made the place look spectacular and there was no escaping the beauty of the autumn colours but it didn’t change a single thing. The old shed was haunted. No came near the old place as to do … Continue reading →

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FFfAW Challenge – Week of August 23, 2016 – Grandad’s Fob Watch – Part Two

Posted on August 24, 2016 by Michael

Grandma often told stories about her life with Grandad. Their honeymoon, “If you could call it that” she’d say was her introduction into his waywardness. They were walking along the beach front when they came across a group of men … Continue reading →

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FFfAW Challenge – Week of August 23, 2016 – Grandad’s Fob Watch

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Michael

Photo: The Storytellers Abode – Thanks Louise. Whenever I visited Grandma’s house I had to negotiate the front garden with its thick entanglement of plants and weeds forever growing across the pathway. To one side was the fishpond. At the … Continue reading →

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FFfAW Challenge – Week of August 9, 2016 – Jake

Posted on August 9, 2016 by Michael

On Jake’s tenth birthday his mum said it was time for him to play a team sport. They joined him up with the local under twelve team. As Jake was the youngest and smallest he was relegated to goalkeeper. To … Continue reading →

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FFfAW Challenge – Week of August 2, 2016 – Shanks’ Pony

Posted on August 2, 2016 by Michael

Known near and far as Shanks’ pony it turned up each year in the car park at the local fete. No one seemed to know from where or with whom. And always it stood next to Daphne Jacobs’ car. It … Continue reading →

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FFfAW Challenge – Week of July 12, 2016 – Guts or Teeth

Posted on July 13, 2016 by Michael

The Gutache Toothache Clinic was unique in our town. Here you could have a colonoscophy and tooth pulled out all at the same time for a discounted price. Dr Reg Interya was an unusual practitioner in that he had degrees … Continue reading →

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FFfAW Challenge – Week of 07-05-2016 – Ralph’s Plan

Posted on July 5, 2016 by Michael

Image: Thanks to Yinglan Ralph looked through the wire, he saw what he hated most. The bloody Yorkies running round like they owned the place. He and his mate Fluffhead were forever confined to the cage and it just wasn’t … Continue reading →

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FFfAW Challenge – Week of 06-28-2016 – The Straws

Posted on June 27, 2016 by Michael

Image: thanks to Louise at The Storytellers Abode There wasn’t a lot that could be said about the Straws. They were a farming family at the end of the lane down beside our place. Mr. Straw or Bales as he … Continue reading →

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FFfAW Challenge – Week of June 21, 2016 – Great Uncle Mortimer

Posted on June 21, 2016 by Michael

Image: TJ Paris Great Uncle Mortimer had a reading room in his house. As kids we were forbidden to go in there as Great Uncle considered us uncultured and sullied children incapable of appreciating such a room. What Great Uncle … Continue reading →

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