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Tale Weaver – No 122 – 1/6/17 – The Doomsberry Park

Posted on June 1, 2017 by Michael

Image © Mara Eastern (Used with permission) Doomsberry Park was one of those places where it was easy to feel both at ease and ill at ease at the same time. Sometimes it seems to stretch indefinitely to the east … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #167 – When Death Arrives

Posted on May 30, 2017 by Michael

Image: – NEKNEERAJ Word came all at once From miles away and worlds apart. Death is like that Turns up and makes its presence felt. Life ends for a mother and a daughter grieves, Life ends for a daughter and … Continue reading →

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Wordle #157 – Souls for the Choosing.

Posted on May 29, 2017 by Michael

This week’s words: Blood Despair Woman  Seek Seclusion  Willowy (adj.) Lithe, graceful, slender) Beaten Aware Nectarine Scaffold  Wolf Mimeomia ((n.) the frustration of knowing how easily you fit into a stereotype, even if you never intended to, even if it’s unfair, … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt #209 “It’s All in the Title” The Haunting of Cora Applebaum – Sequel

Posted on May 28, 2017 by Michael

Cora Applebaum sat with her eyes wide open staring at the screen in front of her. Research into the house she lived in had turned up much more than she expected. It appeared that before her parents bought the house … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt #209 “It’s All in the Title” The Haunting of Cora Applebaum – Prequel

Posted on May 28, 2017 by Michael

Cora Applebaum arrived home to great excitement within the family. Her parents had been successful in buying the house on Dyson Street and it meant a room for her. Sharing with your sister was no fun she had come to … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt #209 “It’s All in the Title” The Haunting of Cora Applebaum

Posted on May 28, 2017 by Michael

The Haunting of Cora Applebaum Cora Applebaum was awake. She listened and as clear as the nose on her face, there was the breathing again. It was measured breathing, each breath deliberate in depth and volume. She shifted slightly, pulled … Continue reading →

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Saturday’s Mix–27 May 2017 – Counting my “Blessings”.

Posted on May 27, 2017 by Michael

When things went, pear shaped at home the park was my place of refuge. My favourite spot was at the far end of the pond and there I sat and looked at the water pondering my life, future and prospects. … Continue reading →

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First Line Friday 26.05.17 – The Stenham House

Posted on May 26, 2017 by Michael

This week’s first line: The Stenham house was an ancient locked thing and nothing returned there except for crows.  There was an irony in the fact the house had been the site of several murders in the years before it was … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver #121 25.05.17: Reverse/Naughty Fairy Tales – Hilda-May’s Night Out.

Posted on May 25, 2017 by Michael

Image from The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munch. In a cloud of dust, smoke and other unmentionables the Fairy Godmother made her entrance. On the bed, twiddling her fingers was Hilda-May. As the dust, smoke and unmentionables dissipated, the … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #166 – A Mother’s Sorrow

Posted on May 23, 2017 by Michael

Image: Copyright NEKNEERAJ She’d agreed to take the children home for after some hours at the hospital they were tired and bored and starting to act up. She left her son and her daughter’s family there huddled around her bed, … Continue reading →

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