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Tag Archives: creative writing
Slipping – a 100w story
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
Posted in Fiction
Tagged 100 word story, creative writing, flash fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Slipping, Tide
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A Poem to the Character of Death
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
Posted in Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged April, creative writing, Death, Lagan Press, napowrimo, poetry, writing prompt
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Pilgrim – a 100 word story
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
Posted in Fiction, Uncategorized
Tagged 100 word story, creative writing, fiction, flash fiction, Peru, Pilgrim
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Grace Under Pressure …
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
Posted in Non-fiction
Tagged cello, Christmas tree, creative writing, lung cancer, parenting, widowhood
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An Appropriate Send Off – a 100 word story
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
Posted in Fiction
Tagged 100 word story, creative writing, fiction, flash fiction, Friday Fictioneers
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Always Read The Label – A 100-word story
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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Tagged 100 word story, creative writing, fiction, flash fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Siobhan McNamara
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A 100-word story – Item 401: Letter found among the brickwork during renovation of government buildings
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
Posted in Fiction
Tagged 100 word story, creative writing, fiction, flash fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Siobhan McNamara, writing prompt
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At Eas a’Ranca on a Summer Evening
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
Posted in Photography, Poetry
Tagged Ardara, Bluestack Mountains, creative writing, Donegal, eas a'rance waterfall, ireland, Maghery, photography, poetry, Siobhan McNamara, waterfall
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Perilly Whites – a 100-word story
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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Tagged 100 word story, creative writing, dental tourism, flash fiction, Friday Fictioneers, Siobhan McNamara
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An Ill Wind
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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Tagged 100 word story, creative writing, flash fiction, Friday Fictioneers, ice-cap, Siobhan McNamara, woolly mammoth
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