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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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Wordle #154 – Grandmother Marble.

Posted on May 8, 2017 by Michael

This week’s words: Pile Smart Pâro ((n.) the feeling that no matter what you do is always somehow wrong—that any attempt to make your way comfortably through the world will only end up crossing some invisible taboo—as if there’s some obvious way forward … Continue reading →

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Saturday Mix – April 22, 2017 – Shaken

Posted on April 22, 2017 by Michael

Image: Photo: Glenn Hunt This week’s task in 150 words: this week a page from a diary. Dear Diary, She said a short walk to the hotel from the train and I’d find her waiting in the foyer. However, the … Continue reading →

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100 Word Wednesday: Week 15 – The Old Lighthouse

Posted on April 19, 2017 by Michael

Image: Bikurgurl The old lighthouse had stood on the cliff top overlooking the entrance to the harbour for such a long time. Not many knew its history. Of the drama in the early days when the lighthouse keeper had gone … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt – Enigma #writephoto – The Stones

Posted on April 14, 2017 by Michael

It took Pomo and Tomo four days to find the stones, the druid had told them to collect. It took four days for them to plan the dig. Four days to get them out of the ground. Found days to … Continue reading →

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Tale weaver/ Fairy Tale 23/2/17 Beyond the Veil of Mist

Posted on February 23, 2017 by Michael

Photo credit: Adventures in the Wild   It’s amazing the more I think about it how she vanished like that. One moment there she was standing before, wings all a flutter and without so much as goodbye she flew off. … Continue reading →

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Finish off Fridays #8: The Summons 17.02.17

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Michael

Photograph: (c) Lorraine The Story Begins: I had never been summoned to Number 208 before; I nervously adjusted my coat and hat.   There was something about the summons that could not be ignored. The thought of doing so gave … Continue reading →

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February 16: Flash Fiction Challenge – Being Watched

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Michael

February 16, 2017, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that includes a watcher. It can be a sentinel like the Watchman formation that overlooks Zion Canyon, or a Big Brother conspiracy theory. How can you … Continue reading →

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FFfAW Challenge-February 14, 2017 – An Unwritten Law

Posted on February 14, 2017 by Michael

Image: © Sunayana The unwritten law of the trip was that what happened on tour stayed on tour. All was going well. A night out in the city, the enjoyment of the local cuisine, the sights and sounds of a … Continue reading →

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