Category Archives: imagination

The Prisoner

A couple of years ago, I started writing a piece for a weekly flash fiction blog. I have no idea which blog it was now, but it was back in 2016. I only found the draft while doing some “house … Continue reading

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The Curse

The snow fell faster and faster; flakes upon flake piling ever higher. At first, it was just a few random flurries, but now… now the square was covered and the sense of despair and realisation of the inevitable grew with … Continue reading

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What if…

Saul woke from a deep but troubled sleep. ‘Blasted mosquitoes!’ He cursed as he sat up, and tossed his rug aside. It was dark outside – probably still within the third watch. The campfires still glowed and he could hear … Continue reading

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Mint Juleps and Little Green Men – J’Sharn’s World

  This week’s word prompts – laugh, saw, lord, degree, binge The river swirled and eddied as she sat on the small jetty, her feet dangling above the water, the shotgun cradled in her arms – a shotgun almost as … Continue reading

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The Kreeve

One of the exercises this week for a writers’ workshop group I’m part of was to write some free verse around the prompt ‘Wild Blue’. I had fun doing it. A flash if iridescence way up in the trees; My … Continue reading

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The A-Z Writers’ Challenge

Some time ago, a fellow writer on a writers’ forum issued an A-Z challenge. Easier enough we thought, then he said, ‘The first word of the first line has to start with the letter ‘A’  and each following line has to … Continue reading

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