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100 Word Challenge for Grown Ups – Week#169 – Agony

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Michael

This week’s prompt: …so what time did you say it was?… I awake. My face is buried in long grass. My mouth feels like a gravel pit. My body doesn’t want to know what happened, or when. My mind thinks, … Continue reading →

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Photo Prompt #45 – Lily Pad – January 27, 2015

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Michael

Image: Kylli Sparre You thought you could silence me? Such a dreamer. Even in death I will be heard. See me, Hear me No longer the cruel Heartless bitch you saw. I am afloat Reinvigorated Basking on a pond of … Continue reading →

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Scribe’s Cave Picture Prompt #55 – Liniment

Posted on January 18, 2015 by Michael

You rub it on said the brochure. Dad bought it as a liniment he rubbed into his aching calf muscles. Best stuff ever he said. Dad never paid any attention to the glow that appeared on his sheets each night … Continue reading →

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Inadequately Defined – Writing Prompt #86 – December 21, 2014 – Uncle John

Posted on December 21, 2014 by Michael

Uncle John was the most whimsical of men He laughed a lot He saw the funny side of so much Nothing appeared to get him down He was indeed a happy chappy. But he had a dark side A side … Continue reading →

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Scribe’s Cave Picture Prompt #51 – Field Hospital

Posted on December 10, 2014 by Michael

On the battlefield he was lifted by caring hands and conveyed to the field hospital. All he knew was the searing pain in his leg, the soft voices of his carers and the comforting sound of the surgeon’s words as … Continue reading →

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Photo Challenge #32 “Contained”

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Michael

Diphylla@Deviant Art Safely contained Petrified to step out Afraid to venture A fairy-tale princess You wish, Cocooned in your own fish bowl. I’ve watched you Read your words Your self-flagellation A pretence, A barrier Figment of your imagination. Is it … Continue reading →

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SoCS August 23/14

Posted on August 23, 2014 by Michael

Begin with a preposition….. At the third tone it will be…….I listened to this endless times when I was growing up, why? No idea, I think I was intrigued with the notion that a person spoke those lines ad nausea. … Continue reading →

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Prompt #67 “A Fly on the Wall” – 2 A.M.

Posted on August 10, 2014 by Michael

It’s 2am. He’s rung. Always it’s this time, with mistress asleep, children sleeping and the other servants tucked away in the beds in the outside quarters. He wants me now. Its part of my job he tells me. I don’t … Continue reading →

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Pain Relief

Posted on October 12, 2013 by Michael

With my tooth aching and the urge to get to the kitchen to find the pain tablets my mind was occupied with relief. I rushed down the corridor as they watched and muttered amongst themselves in foul and hideous whispers. … Continue reading →

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