Tag Archives: life

Thursday photo prompt – Empty #writephoto – Darcy’s Shack.

Posted on March 23, 2017 by Michael

  There wasn’t much left of Darcy’s old fishing shack after the storm. The hut sat on the edge of the beachhead for as long as I could remember. Darcy was a name my father told me about. He recalled … Continue reading →

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Whiteout Wednesdays #8 – Elegy

Posted on March 22, 2017 by Michael

 Elegy by Mary   frozen   in February. winging   ugly Imperfect   line, of  buildings. flag flapping An orange curtain hurts     so bright. sight looks back the butter knife. awkwardness. makes   pilgrimage Through riff-raff into the caprice a pony circle’s but never … Continue reading →

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March 16: Flash Fiction Challenge – Same Old.

Posted on March 17, 2017 by Michael

March 16, 2017 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) go down the rabbit hole to a place where art is not allowed. It could be a small story or a dystopian vision. Is there a power struggle over … Continue reading →

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Whiteout Wednesdays #7

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Michael

This is what happens when you let me loose on a piece of text. Romance blossoms in-a-mist flowers white, pink, or blue star-shape; a certain plumpness nigella was love  devil . charm,  has stuck   shrouded in mystery. love-ache, resembles. The Czechs  . … 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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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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March 9: Flash Fiction Challenge – Honeymoon

Posted on March 10, 2017 by Michael

March 9, 2017 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a honeymoon story. It can be between a couple before, during or after the honeymoon. Or it can refer to a honeymoon period. Go where the prompt leads. … Continue reading →

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Whiteout Wednesdays #6

Posted on March 8, 2017 by Michael

  Reply   love And truth pretty pleasures To live with Time  flocks When rivers rage And   dumb; complains flowers   fade, reckoning yields: a heart of gall, sorrow’s fall. beds of roses, posies, soon forgotten, in reason rotten. belt clasps and … Continue reading →

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Wordle #145 “March 6th, 2017″ An Exotic Holiday

Posted on March 7, 2017 by Michael

This week’s words: Crescent  Exotic Ledge Longanimity ((n.) patient endurance of hardship, injuries, or offense; forbearance.) Filter Stew Pasty Afflatus ((n.) inspiration; an impelling mental force acting from within. Divine communication of knowledge.) Emerald Jailer Cringe Noise   At last on … Continue reading →

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March 2: Flash Fiction Challenge – A Faultless Piece

Posted on March 3, 2017 by Michael

March 2, 2017, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) include slag* in a story. Slag is a glass-like by-product of smelting or refining ore. Slag is also used in making glass or can result from melting glass. It … Continue reading →

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