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Ship of Fools – a Sonnet for the Playwright …

“What’s that?” The gentleman standing beside me eyed the scroll in my hand. We had just completed the final ritual of Jewel in the Claw, the five-act workshop written by Steve and set in Elizabethan England. Steve had played Shakespeare… … Continue reading

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A Haunting We Will Go

One minute we were watching a moment together, and the very next minute, he was gone. I don’t even remember closing my eyes, but closed they had been, or I would have known when he had disappeared, or who had … Continue reading

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Thursday photo prompt: Ascent #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 – Splash #writephoto

* Disturbed reflections Exploding reality The mirror shatters  * The photo for this week’s prompt was taken beside one of the streams on the moors above Ilkley, where…bah’t ‘at… three adults played like children, damming the stream one solstice afternoon. … Continue reading

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Guest #midnighthaiku

Morning invasion Unexpected visitor Squirreling breakfast N.B. This one is a bone-fide grey squirrel… not one of the bald-tailed variety 😉

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The vicissitudinous growth of grass…

The winter before last caught me by surprise with the early onset of rain. The final cut of the lawn was postponed due to wet weather… and remained that way until spring finally decided to put in an appearance. Now, … Continue reading

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XOXO – Anurag Bahkshi #writephoto

Dear Xenobia, I have been meaning to write this letter to you for a very long time now, but every time I tried to put pen on paper, I developed cold feet, and so had to call to a maid … Continue reading

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FREE Download! First Lady Of The Keys by Lucy Brazier

To celebrate the release of new PorterGirl novel, Sinister Dexter, the first book in the PorterGirl trilogy is available on FREE download for five days from Thursday 26th April! First Lady Of The Keys is where we first enter Old … Continue reading

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Thursday photo prompt: Splash #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 – Waiting #writephoto

*  Who or what awaits Mysteries glimpsed in shadow Footsteps in the dark Fear or anticipation Drawing us ever onward  * The photo for this week’s prompt was taken in the Hellfire Caves in West Wycombe, where Sir Francis Dashwood and … Continue reading

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