Written for https://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2025/07/06/sundays-six-sentence-story-word-prompt-374/ Humans are a breed like no other. We are the only creatures who can communicate with each other using words; written, spoken and even in pictures. Unfortunately, we have made the wrong decisions despite our power. It isn’t the animals who have created climate change, destroyed rainforests, or exposed the ozone layerContinue reading “Human”
Author Archives: writerravenclaw
Summerween
Written for https://weeklyprompts.com/2025/07/05/weekly-prompts-colour-challenge-black-white/ Halloween, and the colour of choice is ebony, ivory, and gold. In our local T K Max, we now have Summerween. Pink ghosts, pumpkins, and summer drink cups. We brought my husband, for his birthday, a skeleton having a rest in a paddling pool. We reckon he will love it. He hasContinue reading “Summerween”
Sparkles
Written for https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/category/word-of-the-day/ Sparkles on a homemade card Placed with thought and love A picture made with crayon Relishing the moon and stars Kept real with their message Letting their mum know Every day is remembered Stating they cherish her so.
Unafraid
Written for https://mymindmappings.com/2025/07/01/fandangos-story-starter-207/ The house wasn’t the same anymore. Amanda stood at the gate, wondering whether she should walk over the threshold. Her therapist’s words hovered in her mind like a swarm of hornets stinging her positive thoughts. Carnations scattered throughout the dirt, unafraid of being seen. Pretty pink petals littered the once perfect path.Continue reading “Unafraid”
Love
Written for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/what-do-you-see/ A trickle at first talking about allusions allowing a thirst to repair our emotions.
A Blur
Written for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/sunday-poser/ I have no sense of direction. When anyone gives me instructions on what way to go, I remember only the first part of the conversation. My husband expects me to understand every single instruction, but after the first sentence, all I get is turn left, and the rest is a blur. ItContinue reading “A Blur”
Plastic
Written for https://weeklyprompts.com/2025/06/28/weekly-prompts-the-one-day-prompt-14/ ‘One day at a time, each hour counts,’ Mary thought to herself. Strange to be walking through streets without laws. Crowds pushed past each other, plastic bags mingled with an attempt to save the planet. Why didn’t they stop making them? Oceans would have been less polluted. She slipped inside Costa. TheContinue reading “Plastic”
Orvieto
This is from a novel I am editing. What do you think? Does this prologue work? PROLOGUE Alessandra lifted the ornate, brass handle of her writing desk to reveal a small orange, glass bottle. Tiny in her palm, she wrapped her fingers around its careful curves. Each familiar memory washed through her mind. Her dad’sContinue reading “Orvieto”
Planet Wise
Written for https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2025/06/26/reenas-xploration-challenge-387/ Mary flicked over the battered pages of her travel journal, hoping to find a less worrying detail. Planet zero, where the air was breathable, was a pipe dream only the rich could afford. Some could pick the ideal period for a holiday. They spent billions just to experience one day without fear.Continue reading “Planet Wise”
Heat Stroke
Written for https://lindaghill.com/2025/06/25/one-liner-wednesday-how-hot-is-it/ Heatwave complaints; everyone living in Britain wishing for the sun, but not knowing how to deal with anything over thirty degrees.
Writer Ravenclaw 