Category Archives: fiction

Photo prompt round up – Passage #writephoto

This week’s photo was taken in an underpass in Lincoln, close to the cathedral. The light and colour, windows and stone gave it a very strange feeling… far from simply utilitarian. There were some fantastic contributions again this week. I … Continue reading

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Guest author : Richard M. Ankers – Hunter Hunted

The Story Continues… HUNTER HUNTED Book 2 in The Eternals Series A Little Background and Something New. Hunter Hunted is the brainchild of Richard M. Ankers, me, and continues the story of the Eternal Jean and his love, Princess Linka … Continue reading

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Photo prompt round up – Anomaly #writephoto

This week’s photo was taken one cold, frosty dawn, looking west from the top of Higger Tor in Derbyshire. The iridescence is caused when light is scattered by water droplets in the clouds and produces an eerie, otherworldly effect. Iris … Continue reading

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Thursday photo prompt – Anomaly #writephoto

 Use the image below to create a post on your own blog… poetry, prose, humour… light or dark, whatever you choose, by noon (GMT)  Wednesday 9th November and link back to this post with a pingback. Please make sure that … Continue reading

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Photo prompt round-up: Creature #writephoto

I nearly missed the deadline this week, as I seem to have lost an entire day somewhere. Perhpas I too had an unseen Halloween visitor.The photograph for this week’s prompt was taken inside the cavern known as Odin’s Mine. I … Continue reading

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Nobody does it like that any more from Tallis Steelyard

How does one promote a book? This question continued to nag at me as I went about my business in Port Naain. How on earth was I going to live up to my promise to ensure ‘A Bad Penny’ gained … Continue reading

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The Butterfly Net

The computer has gone from working a speeds of a derisive ‘you’ll be lucky’ to an emphatic ‘you’ve got no chance’. Whether it is downloading things behind my back, updating things I’d prefer it to leave well alone or simply … 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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Photo prompt round-up: Moonlit #writephoto

The photograph for this week’s prompt was taken from my bedroom window one night, looking out over the fields. The moon was clear and bright, casting fabulous colours across the sky. Moonlit (tanka) No clouds to obscure One face reflects … Continue reading

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Microfiction: Endings by Jane Dougherty #writephoto

Jane wrote two versions… this is the start of the second story. Please visit her page to cotinue reading this one and the whole of the other… On the plain beneath the black sky and the pale light of the … Continue reading

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