Tag Archives: creative writing

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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A Poem to the Character of Death

Posted on April 1, 2016 by Siobhan McNamara

I had more or less decided not to do NaPoWriMo (National Poetry Writing Month) this year because I have a bit too much going on at the moment but here I am. I came across this post from Lagan Press … 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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Grace Under Pressure …

Posted on January 29, 2016 by Siobhan McNamara

This is my response to today’s prompt from the Daily Post. Today’s theme is Just Another Day Grace Under Pressure … I took the Christmas tree down today. Yes, I know it’s January 28 and it should have been out of … Continue reading →

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An Appropriate Send Off – a 100 word story

Posted on March 25, 2015 by Siobhan McNamara

Below is this week’s 100 word story for Friday Fictioneers from the photo prompt by ©David Stewart To find out how to get involved in this group, click here To read other contributions click on the blue frog An Appropriate Send … Continue reading →

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Always Read The Label – A 100-word story

Posted on July 16, 2014 by Siobhan McNamara

This week’s Friday Fictioneers photo prompt is courtesy of Adam Ickes. To find out how to get involved, click here To read other contributions, click here Always Read the Label Gruff was proud of his horns. Then men came, measured them, … Continue reading →

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A 100-word story – Item 401: Letter found among the brickwork during renovation of government buildings

Posted on June 18, 2014 by Siobhan McNamara

Below is this week’s 100-word story for Friday Fictioneers. The photo prompt is courtesy of ©Mary Shipman To find out how to get involved in this weekly writing challenge, click here To read other contributions, click here   Genre: Fiction   … Continue reading →

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At Eas a’Ranca on a Summer Evening

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Siobhan McNamara

I was working on this poem on the computer when my daughter said: “Look, the waterfall we went to is on the telly.” It’s not somewhere you would usually see on TV, so it was quite a coincidence. I think … Continue reading →

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Perilly Whites – a 100-word story

Posted on June 11, 2014 by Siobhan McNamara

This week’s photo prompt for Friday Fictioneers made me think of the ‘dental tourism’ craze that existed in Ireland for a while during the boom years. I think common sense has since prevailed, but I can’t be sure… To get … Continue reading →

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An Ill Wind

Posted on June 5, 2014 by Siobhan McNamara

Below is a 100-word story for Friday Fictioneers. This week’s photo prompt is courtesy of ©Douglas M MacIlroy. To find out how to get involved, click here. To read other stories from the great range of contributors, click here.   An … Continue reading →

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