The Sincerest For Of Poetry
Apprenticed To My Mother
Walking Into Trouble
Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle
The Last Will Of Sven Andersen
Booms And Busts
Buster & Moo
Salisbury Square
My Father and Other Liars
Life In A Conversation
Life, in a Grain of Sand
Life In A Flash
Category Archives: flash fiction
Art For Art’s Sake #99wordstories
The prompt this week is February 20, 2023, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about what it means to be a literary artist. You can pull from your own experience, re-imagine the idea, or embody … Continue reading
The Dangers Of Listening In The Literal Male #writephoto.
This week’s prompt from #writephoto has me channelling some domesticity… ‘Rip? Did you know there’s a camel in the kitchen?’ Sandy Cove stood by the door and stared – goggled might better suit her expression – at the placid pachyderm … Continue reading
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Pots And Kettles #99wordstories #carrotranch
This week’s prompt is February 13, 2023, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about a smear of jam. Is it across a slice of toast, a white shirt, or something unexpected? The jam could be … Continue reading
From The Ground Up #carrotranch #99wordstories
This week’s prompt from the Carrot Ranch is February 6, 2023, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story as a love letter to nature. You could reach back to more pastoral times of writing or enter … Continue reading
Witch Service Do You Require? #writephoto
This week’s #writephoto prompt is Witch Service Do You Require? Dorian Pettimoron parked the van and lifted the clipboard from his colleague’s knees. As he checked the schedule he called behind him, ‘Prennie, your knees are fully charged. You want … Continue reading
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Mer: Musical Or Mendacious #blogbattle #merchant
Another month, another #blogbattle prompt, this one being Merchant Myths bubble up regularly. One such is the existence of the inaptly named ‘mermaid’. Inapt, not because she doesn’t exist but because the sexing of merpeople is extraordinarily difficult. Terming one … Continue reading
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The Bells (and other wotnots) #writephoto
This week’s writephoto prompt is ‘It’s a little known fact,’ intoned the guide as he pointed to Tower, ‘that the designer, Augustus Pugin, handed his plans to the chief architect, Charles Barry and then went bonkers. Some say it was … Continue reading
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Dish Of The Day #99wordstories
This week’s prompt from the Carrot Ranch is January 30, 2023, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about the dishes. It can be the every-single-day activity, a precious collection, or any other interpretation of dishes … Continue reading
Boating For Boys #writephoto
This week’s #writephoto prompt is Boating For Boys These days Little Tittweaking is almost equidistant for each of England’s many coasts. Back when the factious period extinction event (represented by the youreavingalaugh school pinpointing the moment when satire died due … Continue reading
Too Good #99wordstories #carrotranch
This week’s prompt is January 23, 2023, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story that is optimistic. Feel free to explore optimism in all its forms from a positive mindset to toxic positivity. Is it a … Continue reading
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