Tag Archives: abuse

#writephoto prompt : Arch enemy by Joelle Le Gendre

Posted on April 11, 2017 by Sue Vincent

“It’s just an arch, not a god,” Arthur said. During our 2 years of marriage, I’d learned to read the upturn of his right lip, the timbre of his voice, and the inflections attached to the ends of his sentences. … Continue reading →

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The Porch by Sarah Brentyn #WritePhoto

Posted on February 21, 2017 by Sue Vincent

She was about five when she stopped crying. But she still crawled into bed with me. Me. The broken one, the brave one, the older one. My identity was older sister. I’d been alive three years longer than she. That’s … Continue reading →

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Hope is around the corner – Michelle Lunato #writephoto

Posted on January 8, 2017 by Sue Vincent

For months she had been hiding things. I few dollars here. An old, but valuable ring there. Little things that he would not notice. Insignificant things that would not warn him about her eventual escape. Some may call her hiding of things theft, … Continue reading →

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Secrets from Morpeth Road #writephoto

Posted on November 13, 2016 by Sue Vincent

No one knew what went on or why it did at 83 Dell Street. It was years before the secrets came out. In a darkened room, curtains drawn, anything was possible. Monsters could roam free; terror was a way of … Continue reading →

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Stalkers… know the signs

Posted on November 14, 2015 by Sue Vincent

We all have different criteria and reasons for using any of the various social networks. For most of us, it is simply that… a place to meet friends, both old and new. I’ve just been through my inbox for one … Continue reading →

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Locked in

Posted on January 11, 2015 by Sue Vincent

I had not been to the cinema in decades really, until Peter Jackson came along with Lord of the Rings. The TV remote was, for a long time, in hands other than mine. Consequently I have missed a lot. My … Continue reading →

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The other side of the street

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Sue Vincent

A reciprocal guest post from writer and friend Alienora Taylor. As always, she pulls no punches.   As a society, we become ever more desensitised, cynical and, at heart, disempowered. This concerns me hugely. Let me give you a very … Continue reading →

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Don’t Panic

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Sue Vincent

There are books one refers back to again and again through life, stories that get under the skin in some way or another, touch a nerve, move the heart or feed the soul. It is perhaps no coincidence that many … Continue reading →

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