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Weekend Writing Prompt #24 – Shadows

Posted on October 15, 2017 by Michael

They existed because there were shadows. Without shadow, they would have frizzled in the sun’s heat and been nothing. Nature had made them shadow creatures because the shadows needed something to call their own. Shadows are transient, and so there … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Prompt #23 – Taste

Posted on October 8, 2017 by Michael

The prompt word this week is ‘taste’. It was true she discovered forbidden fruit tasted the best. In fact she developed a craving for it. It wasn’t long before she knew she was addicted and went in search of it … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Prompt #22 – Secret Doorways – A Lot of Ruckus

Posted on October 1, 2017 by Michael

At the bottom of the garden and in behind the trellis supporting the climbing roses was a secret doorway hidden but known to us. Gran had told me about it and had warned that for the most part, it was … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Prompt #21 – Day and Night – Common-sense

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Michael

My mother equated day and night with common-sense. She’d say, “It’s as clear as day and night that you did the wrong thing and should have done something that shows you have an ounce of sense about you.” Our childhoods … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Prompt #20 – Resting

Posted on September 17, 2017 by Michael

The young mother takes a deep breath as the last of her three children is now asleep. She looks over them as they are resting, understanding that for them the day has been one full of activity and exercise. Her … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Prompt #19 – Abundance

Posted on September 11, 2017 by Michael

Image: Google, labelled for re-use No one realised at the time that it was the beginning of the Abundance. The rain began and didn’t stop. Rivers rose, and people were evacuated and then rose further, and the evacuated became the … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Prompt #18 – Performance

Posted on September 2, 2017 by Michael

Image: Labelled for re-use The small thin girl, inside a bag of nerves, enters the performance space and looks at her audience. Its time she tells herself and becomes Marnie the character she embodies and goes straight into character skipping … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Prompt #17 – Emptiness

Posted on August 27, 2017 by Michael

Image: Google images – re-useable. When Mark Terrence Vessels was born, it was his father who took to calling him Empty. The name stuck with him through life and even his teachers, the cruel nuns he faced each day, referred … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Prompt #16 – Colours

Posted on August 20, 2017 by Michael

My Uncle Bill was one of those men best described as a colourful character. He lived alone, most of the time, though there was one woman who seemed to answer his call when needed. Most of the time Uncle Bill … Continue reading →

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Weekend Writing Prompt #15 – Intricate – Cyril Rum

Posted on August 13, 2017 by Michael

Cyril Rum was an angel on sabbatical to earth. He lived in a non-descript house in an even more non-descript town. It was ideal for Cyril as he had been an angel a long time and as everyone knew eternity … Continue reading →

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