Written in response to https://willowdot21.wordpress.com/2023/01/26/daily-prompt-jusjojan-the-26th-2023/ and family. ‘Stay quiet,’ Charlotte said, putting her finger to her lips. A family gathering, but with the main guest missing. It wasn’t quite a surprise, not really. Her husband thought he was going for a pub lunch, but she was never quite good at keeping secrets. Private messages, aContinue reading “Surprise Birthday”
Category Archives: Poems and short stories
Danger
Written in response https://sundaywhirl.wordpress.com/2023/01/22/wordle-589/ Danger, like walking over broken glass that’s what Tom thought in his moments of clarity. Lockdown, in some ways it was easier. Many, even walking their dogs, were on their own. His challenge to get anywhere near for murder. To disrupt a routine, their timeline was like a piece of tornContinue reading “Danger”
Fortune Favours
Written in response to https://ronovanwrites.com/2023/01/25/ronovan-writes-sijo-wednesday-poetry-challenge-46-use-fortune-as-your-inspiration-this-week/ Fortune, the brave thrive in a world full of inspiration. Fear, favours nothing, you stay in one environment, Never moving, always wishing you were somewhere new.
Fat Cats
Written for https://christinebialczak.com/category/simply-6-minutes/ Cats, out of all the domesticated creatures, are by far the most independent. With a dog, they do everything to please their owner, part of your pack, they make sure your needs are met before their own. A cat, well, they are totally different. They will pester you until they are fed,Continue reading “Fat Cats”
Spring
Inspiration from https://ronovanwrites.com/2023/01/23/ronovan-writes-weekly-haiku-poetry-prompt-challenge-446-chirp-and-hello/ Frost covered windscreens, A bird chirps, to say hello As the cool sun beams.
A Different Day
This week’s prompt from https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/author/sadje19/ Charlotte stood, hands in her pockets, deciding what she should do next. A mirror, but no ordinary mirror. It was said to be a window to another universe, a different time line. Maybe she could go back to 1912, when the Titanic sank, or to the start of the secondContinue reading “A Different Day”
Just Walk on By
Inspiration from https://fivedotoh.com/2023/01/23/fandangos-flash-fiction-challenge-203/ I had to fight for this spot, lucrative, some would have said. Not when you’re here it’s not. When I was outside Asda, it was better. I could at least blend in at the front, with my mongrel Milly. Families with a few pennies to spare, or even a sausage roll fromContinue reading “Just Walk on By”
What Does?
Written for the word prompt https://sammiscribbles.wordpress.com/2023/01/21/weekend-writing-prompt-295-loquacious/ ‘Loquacious, what does that mean Mummy?’ ‘I’m not sure what it means. Why are you asking?’ ‘My teacher said it, earlier today. She said I was being loquacious.’ Molly’s eyes lifted a little, remembering what she was doing, when the teacher was showing them the phonic sound AY. SheContinue reading “What Does?”
2043
Written for https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2023/01/19/reenas-xploration-challenge-264/ and has a new year countdown theme. ‘Five, four, three, two, one, happy new year!’ It was 2043, and life was going to be different, the first virtual game launch. Different to virtual reality headsets, you had to download your personality on to a grid, via your fingerprint on a mobile device.Continue reading “2043”
In The Dark – Ending?
This week’s prompt from #gmgblog Justice, that’s all I wanted, the crash just part of what I was doing now. Foolish. Of course it was, but Debs couldn’t escape. I was on the parapet, standing in the middle of the woodlands. If she were still here, of course I would be in danger. Her wholeContinue reading “In The Dark – Ending?”
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