Monthly Archives: March 2017

Bounty #midnighthaiku

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Descent #writephoto

Originally posted on Observations of The Urban Spaceman:
The darkness swells around you It fills your heart and mind Beneath your skin, you burn with fever Stung by words unkind You try to rise above it all To take the higher…

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Deep #writephoto

Originally posted on Isabel Caves:
Deep in the bowels of hell, a heart glowed fiercely on a cave wall. The devil found this most unfortunate. He tried having his minions scrub it off. That didn’t work. They poured water on…

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Comfort

I leave my dog curled up in bed, I say goodnight and stroke her head. The bed she’s carried to the hall To guard my door (and guard her ball) So all night long, I’ll know she’s there And I … Continue reading

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Are computers the death knell for writers? Ask Google…

A writer’s rant from the archives… It was the final straw… yet another article about how a stupendous programme can increase your readership. This one touted its ability to engage a reader’s emotions, based on statistical analysis of the emotive … Continue reading

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White-Skunk seeks medicine II… Stuart France

* ‘How you must have stopped and wondered How I must feel Out on the meadows While you roam the fields.’ – Shaman Blues * … So Skunk went on the land but before long he accidentally stood on and … Continue reading

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Gourmand #midnighthaiku

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Stilwater the Squid Wrestler from Tallis Steelyard

Strangely enough, recently a number of people have asked me to tell them the tale of Stilwater the Squid Wrestler. At one time I told it regularly, but after a short while you realise that there is a danger that … Continue reading

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Original tales

I was writing late last night and, on re-reading what I had written became aware of an odd juxtaposition of certain words. They took me straight back to a book where a particular passage had left its mark. There was … Continue reading

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White-Skunk seeks medicine… Stuart France

* “There will never be another one, like you. There will never be another one who can, do the things you do.” Shaman Blues * …”My musk-sac… my power,” cried Skunk as he drifted along the river on his raft … Continue reading

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