My benefactor remains anonymous, but their kindness spoke volumes. To many it wasn’t much. A bicycle, probably second hand, but it saved my life. Now I could get to work with no cost at all. Sometimes I would ride along the route, and second guess with precarious person thought to give me this beautiful modeContinue reading “https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/ and Fandango’s Flash Fiction”
Category Archives: Poems and short stories
Word of the Day
Are you one of those people who get queasy at sight of blood, or could you watch an open heart surgery? I am okay with my blood, but other people’s I’m not so sure of. It’s not that I’m queasy, just I don’t know what to do. I watch Greys Anatomy, does that count inContinue reading “Word of the Day”
Word Prompt – What do you See
It had been a couple of years, and it was like they never existed. Family, friends, people you care about are always with you. Time may pass, and paths rarely cross, but when they do love shines through.
M.A.R.S – from Sunday Word Prompts
Same, Same, But Different – Saturday Mix, 30 October 2021 https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/ and https://fivedotoh.com/2022/10/28/fandangos-flashback-friday-october-28th/ I smile at my colleague beside me, but his green skin has lost his sheen. This meeting of M.A.R.S. – Method and Race Survival. I see worry on a lot of other faces too. Different inhabitants with one goal in mind. Finding anotherContinue reading “M.A.R.S – from Sunday Word Prompts”
Halloween Special – Sonnet for Shakespeare
This is written for the Halloween special – Write a Halloween sonnet. Power of Three Witches three meet in secret on the heath meeting a man who doesn’t always know his own mind to suspend his first belief. A hero in mind; a hero too slow. To remain loyal or to jump ahead. whether itContinue reading “Halloween Special – Sonnet for Shakespeare”
Play – Vellichor
In her little book shop there was a vellichor in books that technology could never compete with. A children’s corner a kaleidoscope inspired new readers, and there was always a safe space for those who needed a quiet spot to think. Her little piece of heaven on earth.
For Six Word Prompt – https://thesoulsearchersite.wordpress.com/saturday-6wsp/
Death, and life, reborn as new.
Halloween Challenge –
https://wordofthedaychallenge.wordpress.com/ Boogieman, Boogieman, Boogieman, If you say it thrice, In your own fear you will stand, Your mind will be in a vice. Boogieman, Boogieman, Boogieman, Your screams will wake the dead, Every night without fail, Or that’s the legends cred.
Fibbing Friday – My Answers
Why does garlic repel vampires? It gives them garlic breath on their dates with witches. What do you need to kill a werewolf? You need a bottle of Ketchup and three blood oranges. What is the purpose of a Jack-o-lantern? It is used to carry treats when going trick or treating. It is a bitContinue reading “Fibbing Friday – My Answers”
From Tourmaline’s Halloweeny Challenge
Creature, Moon, Carving I am a creature of the night, wandering the forest on All Hallows Eve, waiting for the moon to rise out of its slumber. The moon is carving streaks in the sky like claws on the branch of an oak tree. Tonight is a special occasion; the night I find my howl.Continue reading “From Tourmaline’s Halloweeny Challenge”
Writer Ravenclaw 