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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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The Snowplate Nose- A Jack lockwood story from Geofrey West @GeoffreyDWest

Reblogged from The Jack Lockwood Diaries: Lily bashed the top of her husband’s coffin with her fist as she passed, muttering viciously: “You bastard, may you rot in hell for ever!” (This story was told to me by Betty, an … Continue reading

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Thursday photo prompt: Waiting #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: Footprints #writephoto

*  Ill-fated footprints; Synthetic separation Divided from earth Man’s ephemeral presence Washed away by Nature’s tears. *   The photo for this week’s prompt was taken at the little bay below St Patrick’s Chapel, Heysham. Stuart and I visited the place … Continue reading

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Afeared – Sight #writephoto

The trail leaving a mark on sand, ignite a curious mind to probe the reason, for which it was made. After all the footprints do seem to go on forever. And yet he couldn’t find the source, as for all … Continue reading

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Sweeping Up – Jane Dougherty #writephoto

The beach swarmed with police on their telephones, forensics in their white overalls with their tape, marking out and measuring. The tide would be turning soon. They had to be quick. Moll pulled up the hood of her anorak. It … Continue reading

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The Lone Survivor – Anurag Bakhshi #writephoto

As I swam desperately towards the still-distant land, I couldn’t hold back my tears. My parents, two older brothers, their wives, their kids. All dead. Only I had survived, but I had no idea for how long. Huge waves engulfed … Continue reading

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Thursday photo prompt: Footprints #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: Shelter #writephoto

Questions Stand on the threshold Are you looking in or out Which way will you turn? Birth into day or shadow Do you know the difference? * Perception is skewed Misled by appearances The darkness within Silent womb leading to … Continue reading

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