Monthly Archives: January 2017

#writephoto – Swansong by Helen Jones

Posted on January 14, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Sue Vincent’s weekly #writephoto challenge is one of my favourite writing prompts. Her photos are always evocative and inspire a wide range of responses, as though she’s captured a little piece of storytelling magic in each image. Perhaps she has… … Continue reading →

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Adele Marie Mark, fantasy author, talks to D.G. Kaye

Posted on January 14, 2017 by Sue Vincent

 Reblogged from D.G.Kaye: Today’s guest feature is Adele Marie Park and her newly published book, Wisp. Although Adele has published stories in two anthologies, this is her debut book, so we are both excited for her visit here today.  You … Continue reading →

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Reflections by Reena #writephoto

Posted on January 14, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Water is a colorless liquid that changes the properties of several other fluids. Water is an unassuming element that never asserts its own identity. It unleashes destruction on the planet, when powered by dark, underground forces, seething in its belly. … Continue reading →

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Legacy #writephoto

Posted on January 14, 2017 by Sue Vincent

The phone rang, dragging his attention from the columns of numbers. James glanced automatically at the display as his hand reached for the receiver…and stopped. He’d had enough for one day. He watched the vibrating phone as it rang insistently, … Continue reading →

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The Unforetold Threshold… Stuart France

Posted on January 14, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* We live with hidden presences. The village street, its air heavy under the hot sun, its surface baked hard beneath our feet, is lined with dwellings. Before we enter any one of these home-steads we are confronted by a … Continue reading →

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Promise #midnighthaiku

Posted on January 14, 2017 by Sue Vincent
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Does That Lettuce Look HUNGRY? – A TSRA Tale…

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Prompt originally from author Mary Beth Robb’s blog HERE It was all the fault of those pesky woodworms that chewed up old Grandma Archaeopteris way back around the Devonian Period when…

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Microfiction by Jane Dougherty #writephoto: Fire swan

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Sue Vincent

The fascinating photo is for Sue Vincent’s photo prompt. The conflagration grew in intensity as it swept across the planet, each exploded reactor, refinery, pipeline and chemical plant adding to the unquenchable fury of the flames. Shallow seas evaporated, tidal … Continue reading →

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Guest author: Paul Andruss – MOTHER OF GOD

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Sue Vincent

The final post in the series by author Paul Andruss… for now… Last year the National Geographic Magazine ran a cover story about ‘The Most Powerful Woman in the World’. It was Mary, the mother of Jesus. A woman, who … Continue reading →

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Simon’s Swan Song by Willow #writephoto

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Swan Dance  Simon the  swan was the last out on  the lake  as always. All the older  and may  I say  wiser swans  were  all nested up  and cosy. Not  Simon as always  he was out moon dancing and  dreaming … Continue reading →

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