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Visitor | #writephoto Flash Fiction

Visitor or squirrel? A tricky choice for the #writephoto prompt from KL Caley at New2writing.com. I leaned more towards the ‘squirrel’ aspect… Have I mentioned an idea for a book of Roscoe and Neville...

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Herd | #writephoto Flash Fiction

A herd of deer in the mist. It reminded me of a writephoto story from this time last year, in fact 6th December… The photo is the prompt from New2Writing.com, the story itself veers off slightly. I can...

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Neighbours | #writephoto Flash Fiction

Neighbours as a phrase gave me less to go on than the photo of this lovely pair of doors. For a time I thought of returning to the red door of September, but re-reading that gave me another idea. Thank...

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Krismas Wreath | #writephoto Flash Fiction

Krismas is a time of celebration in Corsair, very similar to our Christmas. I was not going to use the wreath prompt from KL Caley at New2Writing.com this week. I started on one of my favourite...

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Solstice 2022 | not #writephoto Flash Fiction

Solstice is on Wednesday, but this is my last post before Christmas, so I’m hopefully early on the Thursday prompt! Sorry, KL, I’m missing your Carriage prompt entirely. After last week’s wreath, I...

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Horizon | #writephoto Flash Fiction

Horizon: the start of another year of writephoto flash fiction inspired by KL Caley at New2Writing.com. This one came to me as I was cuddling Pippin, prior to phoning my brother on Saturday morning. I...

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Alley to the Past | #writephoto Flash Fiction

Alley to the Past came out of today’s #writephoto offering from KL Caley at New2Writing.com. I felt like I’d walked down this alley before. After a couple of days, I worked out where it was in my...

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Approach to the tower | #writephoto Flash Fiction

Approach to the tower. It doesn’t seem long since we had another tower along an approach for #writephoto, but I’m sure KL Caley at New2writing.com knows what she’s doing! This one came to me over...

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Vineyard | not #writephoto Flash Fiction

Vineyard – a picture that came into my inbox hot on the heels of KL Caley’s #writephoto notification. And I was so taken with it that I emailed the senders asking for permission to use it. So I have....

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Battleship | #writephoto Flash Fiction

Battleship. I guess this came into London recently as KL Caley’s post on New2Writing.com suggests a news item. I missed it. But I had a vivid thought of another time and place. So I wrote it pretty...

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Big Ben | #writephoto Flash Fiction

Big Ben is actually the bell inside the clocktower at the Palace of Westminster, but everyone refers to the tower as Big Ben. It is instantly recognisable, worldwide–like the Eiffel Tower, or Sydney...

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The Blue Door | #writephoto Flash Fiction

A lovely blue door, but not just one. I am intrigued, even more than when we had the door in the tree. I wondered for a while whether the two were in some way connected. This of course is my The post...

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Camel | #writephoto Flash Fiction

A camel train… I saw this and thought of a Carruthers tale I did some years ago, but it’s now in my Greed and Retribution collection of Unexpected Twisty Tales. Click the title to buy it! [this post...

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Cannon Fodder | #writephoto Flash Fiction

A cannon in an embrasure at the top of a castle wall. Several things sprang to mind for this week’s #writephoto from Kl Caley at New2Writing.com. I remembered my recent visit up the winding stair in...

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Ceiling | #writephoto Flash Fiction

Ceiling is today’s #writephoto prompt from KL Caley at New2Writing.com. My thoughts on this one scattered like autumn leaves, but then when I settled down I decided that it really was an opportunity to...

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Chess | #writephoto Flash Fiction

Chess pieces, life size – what a wonderful spot from KL Caley at New2Writing.com for today’s #writephoto prompt. I’m extremely grateful to Joy Weese Moll for her comment on last week’s...

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Footprints in the Sand | #writephoto Flash Fiction

Before I get to Footprints, which is the #writephoto prompt from KL Caley at New2Writing.com for the week, I must apologise to anyone who came to Chichester on Saturday hoping to meet me. I had to pull...

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Fort | #writephoto Flash Fiction

‘Fort’ is the writephoto prompt from KL Caley from New2Writing.com this week. It popped up just as I was considering the James Lovelock book the Vanishing Face of Gaia, which prompted a very unwelcome...

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Fresco | #writephoto Flash Fiction

Fresco – well it definitely looks like one, although I am tempted to call it Al, and do something a little more off the wall 🙂 It’s today’s #writephoto prompt from KL Caley at New2Writing.com, anyway....

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Galleon | #writephoto Flash Fiction

Galleon was crying out to be part two of last week’s Fresco story. Well, you seemed to want a part two, anyway. Fortunately the #writephoto prompt from KL Caley at New2writing.com fell right into my...

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