Monthly Archives: October 2016

Thursday photo prompt – Creature #writephoto

As this week will take us to Halloween, I’ve chosen a genuinely spooky photograph. This black creature with glowing eyes was captured on  camera when we visited an ancient mine a few days ago… Use the image to create a … Continue reading

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Photo prompt round-up: Violet Sky #writephoto

The photograph for this week’s prompt was taken one rainy morning at dawn on my way to work. It is for moments like these that I carry the camera. Violent Sky Dark conflagration Aerial Armageddon The earth held in thrall … Continue reading

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The Unseen Sea – 12: A Passion for Perfection

The Silent Eye Part Twelve of The Unseen Sea Maria is calmer, now, after their confrontation. The rawness of such encounters is draining, her father knows. Like all deeply personal interactions, they uncover forces deep within the psyche, the self. … Continue reading

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Seeking the Hermit…by Stuart France

* “Should be over by the crags.” * * “Look more like Hags to me.” * * “But Hags are usually at barrows.” Continue reading here

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Images #midnighthaiku

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Facing Oblivion, Scroll Two

The Silent Eye Greetings, Amathus How my heart leapt when I read the scroll your brave courier risked his life to bring. My own life has moved far from those innocent days when we gave that thin and trembling boy … Continue reading

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Silver’s Weekly #Tanka

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#writephoto microfiction: The tides of the night by Jane Dougherty

This is for Sue Vincent’s #writephoto challenge. It started off as a poem and I rewrote it as a piece of prose, a sort of prose poem. I might try again and write something more story-like. Purple the sky that … Continue reading

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Three Days, Three Quotes Challenge

“When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where madness lies? Perhaps to be too practical is madness. To surrender dreams — this may be madness. Too much sanity may be madness — and maddest of all: to see life as … Continue reading

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Violet sky #writephoto by willowdot21

Reblogged from willowdot21: Tinged with violet Gold rays of  the new born day Beautiful yet bleak. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ava opened  her  eyes  and  looked  to  the  horizon, her bones  ached , sleeping  in the car  was  not  good  for  anyone. The … Continue reading

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