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  • Daffodils Part Three

    For part one, please click here. For part two, please click here. I went blank after that. I couldn’t think, speak, move or function in any way. I didn’t want to either. I wanted to die too. I didn’t want to wake up and know you weren’t going to be there any more. But 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 – STUDY Here are a few limericks to make you smile this Monday. The prompt last week was SPACE. Keith Channing: Space is a place we can see Pharmacologically A virtual anthill Coming out of a pill…

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  • Bullies

    So quiet at the back, No one can see her. If she closes her eyes tight, No one can see her. The bell rings, lessons done, Now they can see her. They wait while she walks past, Now they can see her. She runs all the way home, Still they can see her. Their feet…

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  • Daffodils Part Two

    For part one, please click here. But I didn’t know. You were only ten. You were looking forward to going to the big school in the autumn, to being in the school play and travelling on the Inter City up to London with me and your friend for your birthday treat. You weren’t supposed to…

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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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