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  • Here’s your Monday smile – it’s limerick time. Send in your own or here’s a prompt for you – SPACE Here are a few limericks to make you smile this Monday. The prompt last week was TRUST. Keith Channing: Trust isn’t given, it’s earned Regardless of what you have learned Unless you enthuse Some credence…

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  • Can You Tell A Story In…

    It’s Thursday and your new five-word challenge is here. This week, your prompt is LOST. So can you tell a story in five words, using the word LOST in it somewhere? Here are your THWARTED stories from last week: EDC Writing: Thwart? I’m not having that! Ritu: Thwart is a strange word! “Th’wart is on…

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  • Daffodils – Part One

    I pick a pretty daffodil from the vase on the sideboard. But then they’re all pretty, aren’t they, Jenny? I gently stroke the soft silken surface of the flower and tears stream down my face. Daffodils were always your favourite. They were just coming into bloom on the day you were born. I was standing…

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  • A Dose Of Flash Fiction

    Choices Fay couldn’t stop the terrible thoughts trampling through her head. She battled for calm. Think! Think! she shouted to her tormented mind. This was a matter of life or death. Well, almost. At the very least, it would change her life forever. She looked at her hands, at the objects held in them. The…

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  • Can You Tell A Story In…

    It’s Thursday and your new five-word challenge is here. This week, your prompt is THWART. So can you tell a story in five words, using the word THWART in it somewhere? Here are your BREATHE stories from last week: Darlene: Help me. I can´t breathe. EDC Writing: Yes, breathe but not here. Kim Smyth: I…

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  • Here’s your Monday smile – it’s limerick time. Send in your own or here’s a prompt for you – SCARY Here are a few limericks to make you smile this Monday. The prompt last week was FAKE. Keith Channing: Political cynic, 2020: Politicians? They really are fake. So many appear on the take. Not out…

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  • Can You Tell A Story In…

    It’s Thursday and your new five-word challenge is here. This week, your prompt is BREATHE. So can you tell a story in five words, using the word BREATHE in it somewhere? Here are your TRICKY stories from last week: Darlene: Watch out for Tricks or Treats. Up to his old tricks. You can´t trick me…

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  • Can You Tell A Story In…

    It’s Thursday and your new five-word challenge is here. This week, I want to know if you know any TRICKS. So can you tell a story in five words, using the word TRICKS in it somewhere? Here are your MILKY stories from last week: Darlene: My story, don’t milk it. Farmers milk cows on time.…

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  • Your Brave Tales

    Here are your entertaining five-word stories of BRAVEry from a couple of weeks ago: Trent’s World: Put on a brave face; it’s a brave new world. Kim Smyth: I was brave and parasailed! Writing is a brave act. Ritu: Am I feeling brave enough? Would you brave a bungee? Christine Mallaband-Brown: Scotland the brave and…

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  • Can You Tell A Story In…

    It’s Thursday and your new five-word challenge is here. This week, I want to know what you think about SPIDERS. So can you tell a story in five words, using the word SPIDERS in it somewhere? Here are your COAT tales from last week: Darlene: This paint needs another coat. The wall, coated with butterflies.…

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