Tag Archives: flash fiction

Thursday photo prompt – Between #writephoto

Posted on February 15, 2018 by Sue Vincent

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 – Sanctuary #writephoto

Posted on February 15, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Sanctuary * Willing sacrifice Standing open to the winds Stripped of artifice Naked before the altar The soul finds sanctuary * The photo for this week’s prompt is the Temple of Ancient Virtue. It was taken in the gardens of … Continue reading →

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Finding Peace – Geoff Le Pard #writephoto

Posted on February 14, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Rodney ap Tyron hated his father and mother, had a permanent dislike of his four brothers and absolutely abhorred his grandparents. Which was a shame as he had a rare and debilitating psycho-neurological ailment that meant he found it impossible … Continue reading →

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Sanctuary – D. Wallace Peach #Writephoto

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Sue Vincent

I shook off the transportal’s disorientation and trembled with the cold. Authentic cold. Maybe not what I’d expected, but a clear signal that I’d arrived. I’d grown sick of my shipbound existence, the sensory constancy, the monotony of routine, the … Continue reading →

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The sanctuary – Martha Frei #writephoto

Posted on February 13, 2018 by Sue Vincent

The King of Southland rose from behind his desk in the lush decorated baroque Conference Chamber and went to the window. With his forehead slightly frowned he looked over the spacious court garden to the little sanctuary on a low … Continue reading →

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The Attack – Anurag Bakhshi #writephoto

Posted on February 11, 2018 by Sue Vincent

The temple had been the only home my family had known for generations. Having been hunted like animals, my family was the only one to survive from our once noble and powerful House. But we were safe now, in our … Continue reading →

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Seeds

Posted on February 10, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Fairies in the wind Carrying childhood wishes Future uncertain ‘Rosebay willowherb’… tall summer spires of brilliant pink followed by a thousand fluffy fairies escaping autumn’s flame. Magical things, holding the future within them, like the child who watched them fly. … Continue reading →

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Solitary…

Posted on February 9, 2018 by Sue Vincent

It was cold in the cell. Cold, dark and  dank, with the kind of damp that gets right into your bones. There was no way of telling how long he’d been there. It had been a very long time since … Continue reading →

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Sanctuary – Sarah #writephoto

Posted on February 8, 2018 by Sue Vincent

They looked back at the small temple. There was no sign of the bus station that should be behind it, and the noise of the city was absent. Sam frowned, puzzled. “Why are all these trees in blossom?” she asked. … Continue reading →

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Sanctuary – Iain Kelly #writephoto

Posted on February 8, 2018 by Sue Vincent

He cowered in the shadows. Outside he could hear the screams and the howling. The others had left him. They promised to return by nightfall. Until then he was on his own. Footsteps pounded past the opening. He held his … Continue reading →

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