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Scribe’s Cave Picture Prompt #83 – Washout

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Michael

When I was a kid the town of Washout was a thriving commercial place. The forestry used the railway as a means of transporting the logs to the mills on the coast. But with the forests decimated over the years … Continue reading →

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The Scribe’s Cave – Abandoned Places

Posted on August 16, 2015 by Michael

When grandmother retired she shocked everyone by taking up the lease on her great grandfathers abandoned island. All that remained was a rickety jetty from the south bank out to the island, which always looked as if a high tide … Continue reading →

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Scribe’s Cave Picture Prompt #76 A Night In Upper Slobobia

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Michael

As far as accommodation went it was the most miserable of places. The torn curtains I could stomach but the mildew on the walls and floor was hard to get past. I kept thinking of the millions of microbes working … Continue reading →

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Scribe’s Cave Picture Prompt #74 – The Holiday

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Michael

Fortesque-Symthe had saved for over a year to go on holiday to the old themed hotel, The Brassington Arms. He and Lady Clarice had sailed half way round the world to arrive at this place. Their faces told the story. … Continue reading →

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Scribe’s Cave Picture Prompt #73 – Bomb Alaska

Posted on July 7, 2015 by Michael

The café was humming. The place was packed. The Mattles were seated near the front of the café. There party of six were celebrating their mother’s seventieth   birthday. For a surprise they had arranged with the chef to provide her … Continue reading →

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Scribe’s Cave Picture Prompt #72 = Feelin’ Lucky?

Posted on June 28, 2015 by Michael

‘G’day mate feelin’ lucky?’ I spun around and looked at the slot machines lining the wall. The centrepiece was, Hungry Cat. The raised paw was inviting. I found a few yen in my pocket and decided to give it a … Continue reading →

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Scribe’s Cave Picture Prompt #70 – Natural Wonder

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Michael

It was a shame the Acme Plastic Plate Company went out of business. After all the latest building to use their high tensile plates were now standing looking somewhat desolate in a state of non completion. Along with their demise … Continue reading →

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Scribe’s Cave Picture Prompt #69 – The Bods

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Michael

Igor and Svetlana Netface were the only guards on duty in the square. The last people to inhabit the place were the Bods. A curious folk all with the same first names and only distinguishable by their unique surnames. Within … Continue reading →

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Scribe’s Cave Picture Prompt #68 – Fire

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Michael

In our time bushfires were a fact of life. At any one time they raged in some place. It seemed that whenever nature restored itself a fire would break out taking that life from us. Today the fire had taken … Continue reading →

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Scribe’s Cave Picture Prompt #67 – Waiting

Posted on May 19, 2015 by Michael

Kangbashi’s Linyinlu Square. We stood and waited and then waited some more. It can get lonely in the centre of an empty square. They said it could stand a hundred thousand people. We both thought it would be far more … Continue reading →

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