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Childhood fantasy

He’s right… by the time you reach an age with double figures, fairy stories are for babies… and you are no longer a babe. In just the same way that we cease admitting to the guilty affection for the music … Continue reading

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The Arch (Songs of the Chosen) – Dorinda Dulcos #writephoto #poetry

Quietly, creeping down through the hall Silently listening, for those who would call Knowing, exactly, what the arch kept hidden This was a place, out of bounds, forbidden Trembling, hoping she wouldn’t be caught Leaving this life, no longer distraught … Continue reading

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Thursday photo prompt – Arch #writephoto

Every Thursday at noon GMT, I publish one of my photos as a writing prompt.  If you know where the photo was taken, please keep it to yourself until the challenge is closed. I usually share something about the place … Continue reading

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Photo prompt round-up: Dark #writephoto

* In silent shadows Perfect serenity waits Open to the light Earth reflects heaven’s canvas Beyond it we see our selves * The photo for this week’s prompt was taken a few years ago in Cumbria, in the Lake District, when … Continue reading

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Dark – from ‘C. M. Smile’ #writephoto

The silhouette of the hills paved the way home. Only few know the secluded path. It is only visible during the setting of the sun against the darkening sky. The shadowmen guard the entrance among the the treeline to throw … Continue reading

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The God of the Dark Hills – James #writephoto

It had taken five days for teenage Dani to guide the five children across the frozen tundra to near the base of the Dark Hills. They had all grown up in a city and were used to soft beds, a … Continue reading

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The Troll’s Apprentice – Wallie’s Wentletrap #writephoto

It was one thing to resist a lord’s command, but another, to ignore a child’s plea. So Orvald went to the elf. When he saw him, he forgot for an instant who or what he was, or had been, and … Continue reading

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Thursday photo prompt – Dark #writephoto

Every Thursday at noon GMT, I publish one of my photos as a writing prompt.  If you know where the photo was taken, please keep it to yourself until the challenge is closed. I usually share something about the place … Continue reading

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Photo prompt round-up: Dusk #writephoto

* Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting: The Soul that rises with us, our life’s Star, Hath had elsewhere its setting, And cometh from afar: Not in entire forgetfulness, And not in utter nakedness, But trailing clouds … Continue reading

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Thursday photo prompt – Dusk #writephoto

Every Thursday at noon GMT, I publish one of my photos as a writing prompt.  If you know where the photo was taken, please keep it to yourself until the challenge is closed. I usually share something about the place … Continue reading

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