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The Slow Demise Of The Serially Slow #reprise #writephoto

Posted on Nov 19, 2020 by TanGental

Willow started it so blame her! Seriously though I have benefitted muchly from Sue Vincent’s many #writephoto prompts and while she is cogitating on how to replace the small dog’s ball, I thought I’d repost this one from 2018 as … Continue reading →

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Career Options #writephoto

Posted on Jan 27, 2020 by TanGental

Cynthia Der Ella pulled off her rubber gloves and took a step back. Running a cleaning company in any magical realm was a challenge but in Fairyland… well, no one had yet written the book, had they? From composting bean … Continue reading →

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A Life In The Day… #writephoto

Posted on Nov 9, 2019 by TanGental

‘So Albertine Mayfly, any moment now it will be dawn on your Big Day and…’ ‘My only day.’ ‘Well, that’s true but…’ ‘Though I suppose that’s merely the average, so some Mayflies may pop their clogs earlier and some go … Continue reading →

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When Is A Door Not A Door #shortfiction #writephoto

Posted on Jun 22, 2019 by TanGental

‘There.’ ‘Where?’ ‘What do you see?’ ‘You got me up for twenty sodding questions?’ ‘Humour me?’ ‘Logan, it’s five in the morning on the longest day. I’m standing in wet grass by a ruin without having had either a coffee … Continue reading →

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And Death Becomes You #writephoto #prompt #flashfiction

Posted on Mar 15, 2019 by TanGental

‘Ah Death. Come in, come in. Sit, sit.’ Satan shuffled some papers and shushed the carvings on his desk which were beginning to howl in the presence of the terminal scythe. ‘Perhaps you’d pop your little doofee in the umbrella … Continue reading →

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Oil And Troubled Waters #writephoto #flashfiction

Posted on Mar 9, 2019 by TanGental

Eric Semibreve goggled at the scene that presented itself. The reception at Great Meldrop police station wasn’t small but it could barely contain the two constables and the enormous woman standing between them. She dripped puddles of dark liquid onto … Continue reading →

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The Way Of Life #writephoto #robertfrost

Posted on Dec 10, 2018 by TanGental

In my continuing series of famous poems loved by the BBC’s listeners and ruined by me we reach Robert Frost and The Road Not Taken. I have also utilized Sue Vincent’s #writephoto prompt Two Roads Two roads diverged in a yellow … Continue reading →

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In Which The Earth Loses Its Diamonds And Gains A World Religion #writephoto #flashfiction

Posted on Aug 25, 2018 by TanGental

Sue Vincent’s #writephoto prompt this week is   It all began in a small wood near Chipping Granite just outside of Stratford. Sunday morning at ten when the Rev. Worple Le Posset was walking Jericho, his Puddle an unlikely combination … Continue reading →

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The Curious Buttocks Of Norris Soffit #writephoto #flashfiction

Posted on Jun 30, 2018 by TanGental

Sue Vincent’s #writephoto prompt this week is  Norris Soffit stood on the concrete slipway and studied the sea. He itched all to buggery in his new-to-him wetsuit (its previous owner, a part time dominatrix claimed to be allergic to Croatian … Continue reading →

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Controlling The Controllables #writephoto

Posted on May 19, 2018 by TanGental

Sue Vincent’s #writephoto prompt this week is ‘Good morning, people and who do we have here?’ Janice shuffled nervously forward, avoiding the over large hailstones that obstructed her path. ‘Tsk,’ Rodney Carbuncle clapped his hands and a broombot scuttled across … Continue reading →

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