Tag: #shortstory
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#Writephoto ~ Vista
Thursday photo prompt: Vista #writephoto For visually challenged writers, the image shows a wide, summer landscape, seen from a narrow path near the top of a hill that looks out across a valley. I once stood on a hill very much like this one, breathing in the hot sunshine as I tried to figure out which…
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Blown Tyre…
Blown Tyre I am leaving the small town of Hooton, my five-year-old daughter asleep on the back seat. Barely five yards from the last gas station for seven miles according to the sign, my right front tyre blew. Managing to keep the car on the road, I pulled over. Cathy remained asleep. Not the best…
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Not Yet Born… #Supernatural Fiction
Jessica’s day felt all wrong. She seemed invisible. No one spoke to her at school. She knew she hadn’t upset anyone, so they couldn’t have sent her to Coventry. She stopped off at the corner shop on her way home to buy the pint of milk her mother wanted. Paying for…
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A Fairytale for Grownups!
(This amazing image was created by Ben Phillips) Our Little Green Friend I went with Jaye to meet the strange little fellow she had found at the bottom of our garden yesterday. Sitting beside him, I wondered if he could speak. He looked real to me. ‘I may be small, young lady, but I’m not…
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#Short Story #Fiction
The Pompey Bookshop “I love the smell of this old place, don’t you, Fred?” “Yer, it smells of death, all that paper and old trees whispering. You found anything good to read yet?” “Not so far. Quiet, here comes one now. I wonder what she’s looking for? Watch out, she’s coming your way, to…