Category Archives: Fiction

Curtain Call – a 100w story

Posted on December 29, 2016 by Siobhan McNamara

Below is this week’s contribution to Friday Fictioneers. The challenge is to write a piece of fiction in 100 words based on a weekly photo prompt. This week’s photo is courtesy of Shaktiki Sharma To join the fun, click here To … Continue reading →

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Horse and Trap – a 100w story

Posted on December 14, 2016 by Siobhan McNamara

This week’s 100-word story photo prompt comes from Friday Fictioneers host Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. The challenge as always is to write a piece of flash fiction inspired by the photo. To join the fun, click here To read other contributions, click … Continue reading →

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#Aleppo

Posted on December 12, 2016 by Siobhan McNamara

#Aleppo Pictures on Twitter of children smeared with blood and dust, being dragged from piles of rubble are as familiar in 2016 as the television images of Ethiopian children 30 years ago.   People said back then that sending food … Continue reading →

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Dance Me To The End of Love – a 100w story

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Siobhan McNamara

From the moment I looked at the picture prompt courtesy of ©Björn Rudberg, I couldn’t get the title song out of my head. I had to sleep on it to work it into a 100-word story for this week’s Friday Fictioneers … Continue reading →

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Slipping – a 100w story

Posted on May 27, 2016 by Siobhan McNamara

For this week’s prompt I have reworked a flash fiction that has been published in the National Flash Fiction Day 2013 anthology ‘Scraps.’ I did start to write a new story  but this kept coming to mind so I decided to see if I could … Continue reading →

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Special Delivery

Posted on May 20, 2016 by Siobhan McNamara

Today’s writing prompt from the Daily Post is ‘Brick.’ Genre: Fiction   Refugee It’s only a brick. It’s not even all that heavy. And the glass can be swept up, the broken window repaired, the scratches on the floorboards sanded and … Continue reading →

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Something in the Water – a 100w story

Posted on May 18, 2016 by Siobhan McNamara

The photo prompt for the weekly 100-word story challenge Friday Fictioneers is courtesy of ©J Hardy Carroll. To find out how to join the challenge, click here. To read some of the many other wonderful and diverse contributions, click on the … Continue reading →

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Wounded- a flash fiction

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Siobhan McNamara

This week’s contribution for Friday Fictioneers is below, with thanks to ©Madison Woods for the photo prompt and Rochelle Wisoff-Fields for hosting the weekly 100-word story challenge. To get involved click here To read other contributions, click on the blue froggy. … Continue reading →

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Jonjo – a 100w story

Posted on April 13, 2016 by Siobhan McNamara

My offering for Friday Fictioneers this week is Jonjo, inspired by the photo prompt below which comes courtesy of ©Kent Bonham. To get involved in this weekly challenge, click here To read other contributions click on the blue Froggy   … Continue reading →

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Pilgrim – a 100 word story

Posted on March 30, 2016 by Siobhan McNamara

Here is this week’s 100-word story for Friday Fictioneers. The photo prompt comes courtesy of Marie Gail Stratford. To find out more about this group or to get involved, click here. To read other contributions click on the blue Froggy … Continue reading →

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