Tag Archives: Magic

Tale Weaver #39 – Shadows – The Malevolent Shadow

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Michael

Image: © Rose’s Garden Weave a tale in which your shadow or shadows play a significant role. Imagine your shadow can communicate, decides it is sick of you and wants to leave, argues with you about life decisions, vanishes……becomes a … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver# 35 – The Wicked Witch and her Animal Companion – Miss Marble and Sal

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Michael

Image: © Rose’s Garden used with permission Miss Marble had had one forgettable day. At her feet sat her faithful hound Sal. She and Sal had been around a long time. Her life elixir worked as well on Sal as … 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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Writing Prompt #122 “Collage 5″

Posted on August 30, 2015 by Michael

The madness was plain to see The magic mystifying. Why he stayed in a mad house Inhabited by such a lunatic Puzzled so many, but not him. The days of love were long gone Feelings existing in a mist of … Continue reading →

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Fiction Friday Prompt #13 – The Little Blue Bottle

Posted on July 3, 2015 by Michael

Today’s prompt: write a story about a construction worker who makes a discovery of a lifetime at a construction site. My dad worked after the war as a builder. He worked for a company who did big construction jobs and … Continue reading →

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Fairy Tale Prompt May 22th 2015 … Shakespeare to inspire you – Sweet Dream Potion

Posted on May 22, 2015 by Michael

This week the task is to use this poem by Puck in A Mid Summer Nights Dream as the basis for a fairy story. Over hill, over dale, Thorough bush, thorough brier, Over park, over pale, Thorough flood, thorough fire! … Continue reading →

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Fairy Tale Prompt May 15 th 2015, small as an insect – The Gredlits

Posted on May 16, 2015 by Michael

Image is a “still” from the Dutch movie which was made inspired on the novel by Godfried Bomans. This weeks task: Write a short story or poem in which you are telling about your adventures, as small as an insect. What … Continue reading →

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Fairy Tale prompt May 8th 2015, The Shaman

Posted on May 8, 2015 by Michael

This weeks challenge was to: ‘Imagine you’re the apprentice of a shaman and he learns you all magical and mysterious skills. Write a short story or poem in which you describe how your shaman teaches you all the things he … Continue reading →

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Fairy Tale April 3rd 2015, Tree of Life – Drat

Posted on April 3, 2015 by Michael

The town meeting came to an abrupt end. As the townsfolk filed out Drat wondered what it was he had just agreed to. Once agreement had been reached it was a full on exodus from the meeting hall less he … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers Feb 18, 2015 – Dangerous Books

Posted on February 21, 2015 by Michael

Image: Dawn M Miller Main Street Books was run by Mr Adolphus Miller, a bookseller of renown. Adolphus liked old books. They contained secrets and stories from times past. He nurtured the thought that he was preserving them for future … Continue reading →

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