Tag Archives: Magic

No 44 Grimace Street. Part One

Posted on August 30, 2016 by Michael

There was a new neighbour moved into 44 Grimace Street. The previous occupant, Miss Maudie, had sadly died. Miss Maudie was a lovely old lady, and she and Miss Marble at 46 Grimace Street had been great friends all the … Continue reading →

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Wordle Special Addition Touch “August 29th, 2016” – Potion for a Wayward Wife

Posted on August 29, 2016 by Michael

This week’s words: Pumice Sodden Waxy Angular Cleft Prickly Bristly Malleable  Coarse Satin Rigid Feverish Barbed Viscous (of a glutinous nature or consistency; sticky; thick; adhesive.) Tangible (capable of being touched; discernible by the touch; material or substantial. real or actual, rather … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver #82: out my kitchen window

Posted on August 25, 2016 by Michael

Outside my kitchen window is a fantastic world where reality and fantasy intersect to lend imagination a helping hand. There are fairies inhabiting various parts of the yard, the old wood heap now long gone left the Wood Fairies homeless … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver #80 –August 11th Making Sense of Nonsense – Special Delivery

Posted on August 11, 2016 by Michael

“Dear Mr. Gumpsion,” read the note. “A kilo of your best Fine Fossimax. Please deliver without delay.” Signed Amy Marble. 46 Grimace Street. Mr. Gumpsion looked again at the note. It had been a long time since he had heard … Continue reading →

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JackieP’s Random Tuesday Flash Fiction Challenge.

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Michael

The Haunted Attic Bang! Crash! Every night as we sat to dinner, the same terrible sounds from above. Dad would leap up and run up the attic stairs and return shaking his head having found nothing. Grandma would sit cutting … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver #71 June 9 – Behind Closed Doors – Grimace Street

Posted on June 9, 2016 by Michael

Image© Mara Eastern (Used with permission) Grimace Street was like so many streets except it housed the remarkable Miss Marble. She lived at No 46 three up from my house and she’d lived there a long time. We all knew … Continue reading →

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#Maydays Prompt – Good Madness

Posted on May 29, 2016 by Michael

Today’s #maydays prompt include a dream, magic or good madness I wandered in a haze for so long My fantasies just that. Illusions of a life unattainable, Until you came along. You with your unique magic Entrancing me each day. … Continue reading →

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Wordle #108 “May 9th, 2016” – The Genie

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Michael

This weeks words: Genie Wear Flask Bleed Amethyst Crease Sidereal (determined by or from the stars, relating to the stars) Duration Rubatosis (n. the unsettling awareness of your own heartbeat, whose tenuous muscular throbbing feels less like a metronome than a nervous … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt #139 “The Magician” – The Dragon Trick

Posted on December 27, 2015 by Michael

Image: Mark Stavish   It is serious business Being a magician isn’t for the faint hearted. Once more my hand goes into the hat I feel around Nothing. Nothing! The bloody rabbit’s gotten out again. I sit down crestfallen No … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver #40: Snow White Stop Kissing that Frog!* – The Wicked Witch’s Sister

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Michael

While Hansel and Gretel struggled with the wicked witch in the gingerbread house across the way and down a few streets lived the gingerbread house witches sister Marge. Now Marge had made it her mission in life to do most … Continue reading →

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