#writephoto Flash Fiction | Once a Fisherman…
Fisherman – a good prompt for #30DaysWild, too. I used to live by a river with loads of linked reservoirs around as part of the flood defences; it was a fisher’s paradise. Several of my friends fished,...
View ArticleMan of the Woods #writephoto #flashfiction
Man of the Woods sprang out at me as I saw the #writephoto prompt for this week. The picture of the Tree Man (below) is by fellow scribe Willowdot, and it’s wonderful! KL Caley runs the #writephoto...
View ArticleRough Steps | Flash fiction #writephoto
Rough Steps is my take on this week’s writephoto–of a stairway, which as you can see is pretty rough-hewn. My thanks go to KL Caley of New2Writing.com for continuing to keep us up to the mark with not...
View ArticleThe Community Hub | Flash fiction #writephoto
Community is the focus word for this week’s #writephoto. It’s not something I’ve experienced much in the last eighteen months, except for the magnificent community of writers and bloggers online. But...
View ArticleThe Submerged Antique Vase | Flash Fiction #writephoto
Submerged Antique Vase is connected to one I did a couple of years ago now, to the WEP prompt Antique Vase. As that’s now in Greed and Retribution you can’t look it up (although you can buy that...
View ArticleThe Forgotten Arch | Flash Fiction #writephoto
Arch is the prompt for #writephoto this week. It’s a lovely photo by KL Caley, and gave me several ideas, but only one that persisted. I’m having trouble fitting everything in at present. Editing...
View ArticleCliff Edge | Flash Fiction #writephoto
Cliff edge. How to write this one without being predictable? Memories of a real cliff edge came back to me. Let’s see how it goes. My thanks as always to KL Caley at New2Writing.com for continuing the...
View ArticleThe Crow and his Guest – Portal | #writephoto Flash Fiction
The Crow of Nine-World is no longer on this blog, since he’s in one of my flash fiction collections–Critters and Crises, probably. Although there are two stories about him… I wonder what the other one...
View ArticleBandstand | Flash Fiction #writephoto
Bandstand – a fixture of local parks in the UK, and I hope elsewhere in the world. I assumed that, like choirs, bands have had a tough time during Covid. This prompt left me thinking of the...
View ArticleHome is a Bridge | #writephoto Flash Fiction
Bridge is today’s #writephoto prompt from KL Caley at New2Writing.com. I’m a little behind in getting a short story together, and eventually it became very short: under 400 words. But I hope you enjoy...
View ArticleJemima’s Folly | #writephoto Flash Fiction
Folly is the prompt for today’s #writephoto prompt from KL Caley at New2Writing.com. I saw pretty much straight away that this was the view from the other side of the Arch we had as the prompt a few...
View ArticleWhose Money? | Flash fiction #writephoto
Money – a whole load of cash in trays, not the sort of old tobacco tins I keep my book fair change in… I have no idea where I got them. My dad used to smoke a pipe, but I’m The post Whose Money? |...
View ArticleEmerging | #writephoto Flash Fiction
Emerging: it took me a while to find inspiration for this one. Well, it just took me a while to find inspiration. I’m attempting to start or find an idea for three different projects at present, so I...
View ArticleThe Solitary Tomb | #writephoto Flash Fiction
Tomb is this week’s prompt from KL Caley at New2Writing.com. I must admit, from the picture below, I wondered whether this was also part of the arch complex. But if it is, that was nowhere near East...
View ArticleThe Scream | Flash Fiction #WEPFF
The Scream is the work continuing WEP’s art theme for this year’s flash fiction prompts. Edvard Munch was a Norwegian born artist who split much of his working life between Berlin and Paris. Mental...
View ArticleSkull-duggery | Flash Fiction #writephoto
Skull-duggery; skulduggery is mischief, of an underhand sort. And today’s picture prompt ‘skulls’ from KL Caley at New2Writing.com suggested skulduggery to me. I hope you enjoy the story, 985 words...
View ArticleThe Lonely Pumpkin | #writephoto Flash Fiction
The Lonely Pumpkin is a 250 word flash fiction story. I’ll be doing a few of these in the next few months as I work up to an entry in the Bridport Prize flash fiction section (max 250 words), as The...
View ArticleSlow Down to Go Faster | #writephoto Flash Fiction
Slow Down is the prompt from today’s photo. I admit I didn’t see the 5 mph sign until I read the prompt post at New2Writing properly! Thank you KL Caley for another intriguing photo, full of...
View ArticleStones of Wrath | #writephoto Flash Fiction
Stones. Large, flat stones, scattered around a field. I should warn you now, something weird appeared in my brain, and I decided to write it down! Thanks as always to KL Caley at New2Writing.com for...
View ArticleThe Shopping Spree | #writephoto Flash Fiction
Shopping is not my favourite occupation. I wondered how Sir Woebegone might cope with a shopping spree. Naturally the whole topic came to me as a result of this week’s #writephoto prompt from KL Caley...
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