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Thursday photo prompt – Low Tide #writephoto

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Michael

As evening approaches and begins to take hold of the ending day I am drawn to the water’s edge. It is low tide and even though, if I want to, I can walk out a long way, I don’t want … 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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Sunday sin/fun – The European Beaver

Posted on January 30, 2017 by Michael

He’d sailed the seven seas and had been most places but the one thing that fascinated Ronald Crump was all things European. He couldn’t get enough of the place. He loved the history, the architecture, the lovely soft furry creatures … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt #193 “Collage 35” – The Locked Door

Posted on January 29, 2017 by Michael

“There’s a beauty and mystery isn’t there,” she said looking over his recent anthology. “Some words are graceful, you can feel how they move from across the page and into your mind, and they roll around and you get that … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt – Waiting #writephoto

Posted on January 28, 2017 by Michael

He had said to meet him at the bottom of the staircase beside the suit of armour and not be confused by waiting at the bottom of the stairway with the knight in shiny armour. So I have waited and … Continue reading →

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January 26: Flash Fiction Challenge – Women Create

Posted on January 27, 2017 by Michael

She’s a small woman, not the type you would say stands out in a crowd but within her is a feisty energy. I was first attracted to her passion and compassion, the way she reached out and touched the lives … Continue reading →

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Wordle #139 “January 23rd, 2016” – The Alternative Fact

Posted on January 25, 2017 by Michael

This week’s words: Bed Pupa (An insect in the non-feeding, usually immobile, transformation stage between the larva and the imago.) Pleonasm (Noun- The use of more words than are necessary to express an idea; redundancy.)  Image Nose Sear Mice  Collect Grab Ward … Continue reading →

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Saturday Mix — Lorraine

Posted on January 21, 2017 by Michael

1 A fifty/fifty split: write a piece of flash in 50 words using one word from each column; you can alter the form of the word – responded; deliciously noun             verb            modifier (verb/noun) cistern          undulate       careful artisan          respond        inquisitive sphinx          attach            ultramarine rabbit          … 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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Wordle #138 “January 16th, 2016” – The PM

Posted on January 16, 2017 by Michael

This week’s words: Yew (any of several evergreen, coniferous trees and shrubs: the fine-grained, elastic wood of any of these trees: an archer’s bow made of this wood: this tree or its branches as a symbol of sorrow, death, or resurrection) Harbinger … Continue reading →

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