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
A Wish In Time #writephoto
This week’s prompt for #writephoto is A Wish In Time Cliff Erosion spun the wheel on his tractor and set off on the second run down the Long Field. He felt his shoulders sink towards his armpits as he took … Continue reading
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A World In Motions #carrotranch #99wordstories
This week’s prompt is October 31, 2022, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about how the wheels keep turning. Are the wheels tangible or metaphorical? Go where the prompt leads! A World In Motions Lazarus … Continue reading
Where Do You Go To My Lovely #writephoto
This week’s picture prompt is Where Do You Go To My Lovely When Dolores Pumicestone, bookshop doyen of Little Tittweaking’s hermit community died she rather hoped she’d be given a cloud in the draught-free semi-shade, some thermal robes that covered … Continue reading
It’s All Part Of The Spectrum #carrotranch #99wordstories
This week’s prompt from the Carrot Ranch is October 17, 2022, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story that references “I see the light in you.” You can use the phrase or demonstrate it in a … Continue reading
Presenting A Front #writephoto
This week’s prompt is Presenting A Front Little Tittweaking likes to see itself as an open minded and welcoming town. During the Wars of Religion, as Protestant and Catholic creeds took every opportunity to poke fun at the other, Little … Continue reading
A Spa For All Seasons #writephoto
This week’s #writephoto prompt is The Tiddle: A Spa For All Seasons While Little Tittweaking’s name supposedly came from a throwaway comment by Daisy Doesit after she spied water dribbling from a small hill, the medicinal properties of the waters … Continue reading
Taking Your Tea Like A Man #99wordstories
This week’s prompt from the Carrot Ranch is October 3, 2022, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about any ritual involving tea. It can be a daily afternoon tea prepared specifically or the reading of … Continue reading
‘Armless #carrotranch #99wordstories #littletittweaking
This week’s prompt is September 26, 2022, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about a broken arm. What happened? Is there a cause and effect because of the broken arm? Was the injury faked? Why? … Continue reading
When Is A Door Not A Door? #writephoto
this week’s writephoto prompt is ‘Oh. Good morning. My name is Charleston and…’ ‘You’re not one of them Jehoshaphats, are you? Can’t abide them, trying to flog me a water tower, when I have a perfectly adequate cistern…’ ‘Do you … Continue reading
A Good Death #99wordstories #carrotranch
This week’s prompt from the Carrot Ranch is September 12, 2022, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about balloons on a bumper. Is it a spectacle, an occasion, an eccentricity? Why are the balloons there? … Continue reading
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