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Wordle #27 – Spider V Digger

Posted on September 22, 2014 by Michael

Today’s words to play with: Sanction Cripple Retinue Spider Locker Savagery Hubris Condensation Bronze Upholstery Argyle Platform ‘Spider’ Matthews was on the run again. All authorities had been alerted to his escape earlier that day. News spread quickly that he … Continue reading →

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Prompt #73 “6 Words”

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Michael

1 I came, she went, you called. 2 Tooth ache, knee pain, old age. 3 Six silver thistles broke fetid wind. 4 I want you in my bed. 5 Run away quickly, up the tree. 6 The future smiled past … Continue reading →

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Fairytale Prompt #26 – The Fairy Queen

Posted on September 20, 2014 by Michael

This week’s prompt is ‘Lilac Wine’ by The Cinematic Orchestra. In the centre of my garden lives the Fairy Queen. She is the most serene and beautiful of all fairies. No matter the time of year or climate conditions she … Continue reading →

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Fairytale Prompt #25 – The Wood and Axel Faery

Posted on September 13, 2014 by Michael

I have written before about the Fern Faery who inhabit my fern garden. I have not written about the Wood and Axel Faery who live at the bottom of my yard and whom I tend to avoid. At the bottom … Continue reading →

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Wordle #25 – Denise

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Michael

Courtesan Stillness Deliquesce (melt) Neon Enunciate Palpitant (uneasy) Ironic Peach Lingerie Thigh Scrutiny Ache I first met Denise after she had been recommended to me as a courtesan of the highest quality and hideously expensive as well. My first sight … Continue reading →

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Fairytale Prompt #24 – On Awakening

Posted on September 6, 2014 by Michael

I awake to the chirping conversations of a million birds who in their own ways discover the frantic nature of their lives with so much information to be delivered so early in the early morning. Their cacophony is splintered by … Continue reading →

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Wordle #21 – the crazed woman

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Michael

I have seen you this past week. I am sure you have been there for longer than that but usually I am in such a hurry I just make the platform as the train pulls in. But this week I … Continue reading →

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Magpie Tales Sunday August 10 – The Red Splodge

Posted on August 10, 2014 by Michael

Image: Keith Haring.   Some artists I find can depict life in the simplest terms and others take a more convoluted approach. Then again some others don’t bother, rather they let you stand in front of their work and you … 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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Fairytale Prompt #20 – The Green Stone

Posted on August 9, 2014 by Michael

“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”― Albert Einstein Thea Dillon was a most unpleasant child. She was a demanding and opinionated … Continue reading →

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