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Tale Weaver # 45 – Christmas Flash Fiction – Christmas Morning

Posted on December 24, 2015 by Michael

This week we are asked to write a 150-word flash fiction beginning: “It was Christmas morning and all through the house…..” the dust sat contentedly on the bookshelves, the mites played gleefully in the carpet fibres, the spiders wove new … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver 44: Tradition! – Christmas in Australia

Posted on December 17, 2015 by Michael

In a country that is relatively young in terms of tradition it requires me to go back to childhood and the childhood of my children to capture any sense of tradition. Christmas like all holy days in the year was … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver #43 – Fairy Tale Prompt – A Fairy Christmas

Posted on December 11, 2015 by Michael

‘T’was the night before Christmas and all through the house not a……’ Fairy Bastet looked down at the eight pairs of eyes plus one staring back at her. What nonsense she thought, a Fairy Christmas is nothing like that, its … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver #42: The mis(…) Man the Mans Man

Posted on December 4, 2015 by Michael

This week’s task: Plot devices such as mistaken identities, misheard conversations, misdirected messages, misconstrued events, miscalculated plans have driven stories for the eons. Mis[…]s are the stuff of legend, mystery, comedy, spy versus spy, thrillers, romance, science fiction, lore, literature, … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver #41 – Masks – The Life of the Party

Posted on November 26, 2015 by Michael

  He was the talk of the town, the life of every party but underneath all the bravado there did lay a secret and a life he was happy to hide himself away from. Every social event in town was … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver #40: Snow White Stop Kissing that Frog!* – The Wicked Witch’s Sister

Posted on November 19, 2015 by Michael

While Hansel and Gretel struggled with the wicked witch in the gingerbread house across the way and down a few streets lived the gingerbread house witches sister Marge. Now Marge had made it her mission in life to do most … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver #39 – Shadows – The Malevolent Shadow

Posted on November 12, 2015 by Michael

Image: © Rose’s Garden Weave a tale in which your shadow or shadows play a significant role. Imagine your shadow can communicate, decides it is sick of you and wants to leave, argues with you about life decisions, vanishes……becomes a … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver #38: Tales Twice Told – Watching the Arrivals

Posted on November 5, 2015 by Michael

You see them all at the train station every morning. From 5.30 through 8.30 they come and go hurrying quickly into the city. The weird and wacky, the sad and the happy, the focused and the dreamers, the lovers and … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver #37 Pet Story – Frank

Posted on October 29, 2015 by Michael

Image © Joey’s Canine Candids Frank was the cutest of all our dogs. A little brown fluff ball of a dog but so loving and devoted to us. He had come to us via a friend at the dog rescue … Continue reading →

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Tale Weaver 36: Life After the Lottery – Ernest Casey

Posted on October 22, 2015 by Michael

Sketch: The State Lottery Office Artist: Vincent van Gogh (1882) Source: wikiart.org When Ernest Casey won the lottery his first thought was the one his father had once said about winning a big lottery prize: ‘It’ll ruin everything.’ Ernest decided … Continue reading →

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