Tag Archives: short story

Steve’s First Day at School – Anurag Bakhshi #writephoto

Posted on March 25, 2018 by Sue Vincent

I looked at the mess on the ground and felt like banging my head against the wall. Two things stopped me: There was no wall readily available in the middle of the playground; and I knew that you need to … Continue reading →

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Carved in blood – Iain Kelly #writephoto

Posted on March 22, 2018 by Sue Vincent

They carried him over their heads, then strapped him down to the ceremonial rock they had spent the last six months carving out of the rocks and boulders. The sun broke through the dark storm sky, a fiery red glow … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt – Carved #writephoto

Posted on March 22, 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: Ahead #writephoto

Posted on March 22, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* Empty eyes see not The zephyr whispers softly Closed ears cannot hear Open yourself to Nature Earth sings only to the heart * The photo for this week’s prompt was taken at Brimham Rocks in Yorkshire, a magical place of … Continue reading →

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Banished – Anurag Bakhshi #writephoto

Posted on March 20, 2018 by Sue Vincent

We had to keep looking ahead, keep moving forward, for there was nothing left behind us, nothing but death and destruction. Uprooted from a land on which generations of us had taken birth, lived our lives, and prospered. Our lives … Continue reading →

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The Tale of the Owl and the Mouse – Gregg Savage

Posted on March 19, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from The Daily Tales of Gregg Savage: Once upon a time, near a lake that was as clear as it was cold, an owl sat watching the world from the branch of a tree she called her home. The … Continue reading →

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Thursday photo prompt – Ahead #writephoto

Posted on March 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: Arch #writephoto

Posted on March 15, 2018 by Sue Vincent

* Silent ghosts wander Half forgotten memories Cloistered past present * Glimpsed in the shadows Flickers of recognition Dance in the dust motes * Old stone holds magic Childhood imagination Remembers wonder * The photo for this week’s prompt was taken … Continue reading →

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#writephoto: Unexpected difficulties – Jane Dougherty

Posted on March 12, 2018 by Sue Vincent

Ellie blanked out the voice of the guide as he droned on, and gazed down the empty nave. Rows of columns strode up and down, and disappeared into the shadows of the transept. Where the altar and the choir stalls … Continue reading →

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Arch – Trent P. McDonald #writephoto

Posted on March 9, 2018 by Sue Vincent

No color or chroma reaches my night-dead eye.  The sun sets over the ruined cathedral.  And there is me, awake again, hanging in the middle, with the ghosts of the past on one side and the shadows of the future … Continue reading →

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