Tag: #shortstory
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The Lady Shadow… #ShortStory #Fiction #CarrotRanchLiteraryCommunity
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Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay January 16, 2023, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about a lady shadow. Who is this person and why do they lurk in the shadows. What is the tone and setting for your story? Go where the prompt leads!
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Friend or Foe?
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Image by Manfred Richter from Pixabay I had just moved from the PC to my writing chair to try and get my head around a book review I was working on. Things were going well when I happened to look up from my work to look out of the window in front of me. Something had made me…
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Anita Writes… #True Story
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A Day Remembered A few years ago now, Jaye and I decided to visit a zoo; it was more like a safari park without the need for a car. Jaye read that there would be a display by an orca, a black and white whale. The Ying and yang of the ocean, I call them.…
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The Grey Squirrel ~ #FFFC #Shortstory
Fandango’s Flash Fiction Challenge #162 For the visually challenged writer, the photo is of a woman with a pensive expression on her face as she sits upon a large, mossy rock deep inside a forest. She was starving and very cold. Her feet hurt, bleeding in several places from stumbling on the sharp stones scattered about…
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Linda, Wednesday…
Sorry that we missed a day yesterday! I wonder what you think of Linda… I found the Rose and Crown too smoky. Pushing open the door, I remembered Brian had thick, blond hair, a crew cut back then, dark blue eyes. Making my way to the bar, trying to look without swivelling my head too…
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A slip in time…
“What’s your name,” I ask the old man, sitting on the park bench feeding the pigeons. I liked the look of him. Small, with a slight hunched back, snow white hair and the beginnings of a beard. “My name, do I have a name?” “Everything has a name.” My reply did not fuel the conversation.…
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BlogBattle ~ Owl
April #BlogBattle: Owl I love watching the birds in my garden. This year, we have more birds with the feeders, including red kites in the skies above. The robin with his wonderful red breast and skinny black legs is my favourite. Jackdaws with their pale blue eyes can look a little menacing, especially after watching…
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#Writephoto ~ Appointed ~ #Poetry
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Thursday photo prompt: Appointed #writephoto This week’s prompt ~ Appointed For visually challenged writers, the image shows the black silhouette of a crow perched atop a blackened and dead-looking tree. In the background the sky is blue and the trees are decked in the full green leaf of summer… It was my habit to take a…
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A Picture paints a Thousand Words…
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A Picture paints a thousand words Time has run out, the clock no longer ticksWho lies beneath the weeping angel?The stone etched name, faded, lost to historyI look upon her weeping form, her personal story aching to be toldHer face too young for tears so painfulHer beautiful hair is folded back, like wings that no…
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Diamonds…
Just another ordinary day, she thought, as the kettle began to boil for her first cup of tea. Nothing planned or expected, so nothing much to look forward to. Moving to the office, she switched on the computer to start work and while she waited for the machine to boot, she turned her attention to…