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FFfAW – Week of 09-15-2015 – Tex

Posted on September 16, 2015 by Michael

My name is Tex and this is my story. My full name is Texas Alabama Washington Smythe. I hate my name because until I was ten I didn’t know my names were American states. It was my parents; they had … Continue reading →

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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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Writing Prompt #124 “Collage 6″ – Imposed Silence

Posted on September 13, 2015 by Michael

I turned the imposed silence Into a positive An indirect reaching out When at times the void was impossible. Visually said I was here To remind you that resilience Wins out in times of disconsolation. Moments came and went I … Continue reading →

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Kreative Kue 41 – My Brother Marvin

Posted on September 9, 2015 by Michael

My brother Marvin was an habitual whinger. We had both agreed that neither of us was getting any younger and so this opportunity to tour Europe was one we both grasped with two hands. So when on the first day … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt #123 “NoEnd House Part 5″ – Carrion

Posted on September 6, 2015 by Michael

The walls within which I live Ooze a stench permeating my flesh. I am tarnished by the refuse dictating my life. No amount of incense will purge me. Carrion the result of years of lovelessness I couldn’t escape I was … Continue reading →

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Mondays Finish the Story – August 31st, 2015 – Uncle Earl

Posted on August 31, 2015 by Michael

Image: Barbara Beacham Finish the story begins with:  “The cemetery spread along the area known as Devils Abode.” It was a devil of a place to get too. Uphill all the way. Every villain and miscreant ended up buried deep … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt #122 “Collage 5″

Posted on August 30, 2015 by Michael

The madness was plain to see The magic mystifying. Why he stayed in a mad house Inhabited by such a lunatic Puzzled so many, but not him. The days of love were long gone Feelings existing in a mist of … Continue reading →

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FFfAW-Week of 08-25-2015 – A Pair of Boots

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Michael

‘I wouldn’t get too close.’ The warning came from the little old lady standing behind us as we viewed the most improbable of sights. We stood and stared at the boots that lay just ahead of us. ‘Spontaneous combustion,’ we … Continue reading →

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Mondays Finish the Story – August 24th, 2015 – Little Luigi

Posted on August 25, 2015 by Michael

Finish the story begins with:  “The family had no idea that little Luigi would grow up to be…” The town’s one and only cereal killer. Brought up in Australia he loved his wheat bix, and ate them ravenously each morning. … Continue reading →

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Writing Prompt #121 “NoEnd House Part 4″ – Remember when…

Posted on August 24, 2015 by Michael

The kids quickly called it the ghost room What was once the lounge room The family meeting place Where we sat around the fire on winter nights Listening to each others stories Celebrating the joy of Christmas Birthdays and gatherings … Continue reading →

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