Geometric in Florence | #writephoto flash fiction
A geometric hexagonal building in Florence. That was my interpretation of this week’s writephoto prompt from KL Caley at New2Writing.com. And that reminded me of Venice, where a couple went searching...
View ArticleStairs | #writephoto Flash Fiction
Stairs is this week’s prompt from KL Caley at New2Writing.com, and I actually got some inspiration. I trimmed it to around 1300 words, so I hope you don’t mind me making up a little for my #writephoto...
View ArticleTreehouse | #writephoto Flash Fiction
Treehouse, the prompt from KL Caley for #writephoto, brought me inspiration today, I’m very pleased to say. And my hands felt well enough to type, even after a busy craft fair at Salisbury on Saturday....
View ArticleGrotto | #writephoto Flash Fiction
Grotto – a great #writephoto prompt from KL Caley at New2Writing.com. It took me less than five minutes to get the spark for the first line of this one, and I enjoyed writing it. I hope nobody is...
View ArticleArrowslit | #writephoto Flash Fiction
Arrowslit is a writephoto prompt from January 23. We haven’t heard from KL Caley for a while, and I hope all is well with her and her family. Sending love, KL. I’m back in the Realms, picking up on the...
View ArticleFlashback Fiction #writephoto | Still waters
Still was this week’s #writephoto prompt from Sue Vincent in 2020. It was my first writephoto; I planned to do one a month, and ended up doing them weekly till my hands went just over a year ago (is it...
View ArticleDesk | #writephoto Flash Fiction
Desk was provided as a prompt last March (2023), so I thought I’d slip it in here. It’s from the writephoto meme by KL Caley at New2Writing.com, but unfortunately KL is on hiatus. I have recently...
View ArticleFlashback Fiction #writephoto | Lambent
Lambent is the title Sue Vincent gave her #writephoto prompt this week in 2020. It refers to the quality of light in the stunning photo she’s chosen. I’m doing some Flashback fiction at present, and...
View ArticleCrossing | #writephoto Flash Fiction
Crossing was provided as a prompt last April (2023). I wasn’t inspired by the chicken so much as the word prompt… which reminded me of the short story X Marks the Spot, that in turn gave me book 8 of...
View ArticleRibbit! | #writephoto Flashback Fiction
Ribbit! was a fantastic prompt from KL Caley at New2Writing.com for a #writephoto in 2022. We’re well past frog mating season in the UK although the weather’s so changeable I expect some places still...
View ArticleFlags | #writephoto Flash Fiction
Flags was a writephoto prompt from April last year. I’ve been catching up now that K L Caly is on a break. I had an idea as a result of the photo, but somehow when I sat down to write The post Flags |...
View ArticleThe Gallery | Flashback Fiction
The Gallery is a bit of balderdash that set Pete, the Swede, and their women off on a wild goose chase across the universe which eventually became The Perihelix. And I wrote it ten years ago! The fact...
View ArticleIncline | Flash Fiction #writephoto #30DaysWild
Incline, or perhaps sheep, is today’s prompt. I’m working my way though the #writephoto prompts from KL Caley at New2Writing.com from last year, when I wasn’t doing much with my hands. I’m still not...
View ArticleHijack! Flashback Fiction
Hijack! was written in 2014, a 1000 word idea of events that would happen sometime in the Princelings future. The sub-plots were there, but didn’t come out quite how this one develops. The pirates at...
View ArticleGreen | #writephoto Flash Fiction
Green was the keyword KL Caley attached to this colonnade of growing plants last year at new2writing.com. It more or less fitted an idea I had, responding to our dismal summer this year, and...
View ArticleGorg in Pursuit of Bale (part 2) | #flashback fiction
Gorg is a troll, and not my invention. Even the quest he is on is not my invention. But as Chuck Wendig gave us the task of completing a story someone else had written the previous week, I chose...
View ArticleThe Steam Railway | #writephoto flash fiction
Steam was the writephoto prompt for last October. One of my visitors at the Lymington Craft Fair last weekend gave me the germ of an idea for this one, but most of the thanks go to K L Caley at The...
View ArticleThe Scream | Flashback Fiction #WEPFF
This month’s flashback, The Scream was a work continuing WEP’s art theme for 2021’s flash fiction prompts. Regrettably the WEP hung up its pen this year, I think the admin had become burdensome. This...
View ArticleSnicket #writephoto Flash Fiction
Snicket was the #writephoto prompt at the end of August 2023. Thanks to KL Caley at New2Writing for the prompt. I thought it was time for Lars and Pete to show their faces again. The trouble is, this...
View ArticleHumphrey Goes East | Flashback fiction
Humphrey seems to have been going East forever. I wrote this story before The Talent Seekers, which was Humphrey’s starring role after his escape from the vile ladies of the Lost City. I thought it...
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