This fictional story was written for Fandango’s Story Starter and https://fivedotoh.com/2023/06/30/fandangos-flashback-friday-june-30th/ If I told him once, I told him a thousand times that he’d be making a grave mistake if he were to underestimate my ability. My job, and I deserve equal pay. Yet, he sits in his leather, office chair, and looks at meContinue reading “Equal Rights”
Category Archives: Poems and short stories
Water, Water Everywhere
This weeks word prompt from https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/ is all about the precious commodity water. We often take it for granted, turning on the taps for our washing, brushing of teeth, washing up, drinking, and cleaning, but it is a resource that will run out eventually. ‘Mummy you’re using too much water,’ Josh said, turning the tapContinue reading “Water, Water Everywhere”
Robbery
Fandango’s word of the day is robbery https://fivedotoh.com/2022/06/26/fowc-with-fandango-robbery/. Driving up to the petrol pump was always a bit of a surprise these days. Scarlet was almost afraid to look up at the price. Only months ago it was one pound forty-five, now, a few months later, it was nearly two pounds. Robbery, and they didContinue reading “Robbery”
Beautiful
In a hundred words or less https://rochellewisoff.com/ has given us this picture prompt. Clive leans against his wooden stick, and wanders back to the day Mary became his wife. He couldn’t keep it. They didn’t have a daughter – not any more. She never did see her second birthday. The shop assistant stepped through theContinue reading “Beautiful”
Brevity
Sammiscribbles.wordpress.com and my poem in twelve words. To give Brevity, some levity, keep it short, give it some thought..
On The Spectrum
‘It’s called the insight, and not many people have it.’ Sarah didn’t expect it, not from her therapist, but she seemed to understand. When she told her of her dreams, in glorious technicolour, she wasn’t surprised. Sitting on her red couch, looking around an office full of cushions. Yellow, green, blue. Picture frames with allContinue reading “On The Spectrum”
Fibbing Friday Fibs
This week from https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/author/pensitivity101/ has no theme at all and just a mish mash of silly questions inviting you to give sillier answers. 1. What is liquid gold? A whisky and lemonade with lots of ice. Just the thing after a long day at work. 2. What is housemaid’s knee? It is a painting inContinue reading “Fibbing Friday Fibs”
Deer in Peril
For her prompt today, I hide as my mother taught me to do. https://crispinakemp.com/2022/06/22/crimsons-creative-challenge-189/ has posted the picture of a deer. Humans aren’t to be trusted, their guns ripping through the undergrowth against us. They hunt, stalk and never leave us alone. We cannot survive if we don’t have a sense of security. I don’tContinue reading “Deer in Peril”
Fireworks
This week’s prompt from https://lssattitudeofgratitude.wordpress.com/2022/06/23/throwback-thursday-44-fireworks-celebrations/ is: Fireworks Celebrations 1) What are your earliest memories of watching fireworks? We used to go to firework displays, rather than having them at home. I haven’t really got a childhood memory of them, as my mum wasn’t too keen. She got chased by a Catherine Wheel, when it wasn’t attachedContinue reading “Fireworks”
You Are Not Alone
Written for ”Word of the Day Challenge”. ‘No matter how bad things seem now, memories fade,’ her best friend, Sarah said. It wasn’t the memories Laura was worried about, but the texts, her so called friends had sent. To make things worse, they had flooded Tic-toc with memes, and now everyone had seen her cry.Continue reading “You Are Not Alone”
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