"Look at this," said Wilking indicating the ground. "Looks like just another big lump of Granite," answered Maggiestone. "Remember the lava from this era would have been acidic." "Not at the chill margins," insisted Wilking. "The mineral streak, it looks like it could be pure Lulconol." "If it is we could have riches beyond the … Continue reading The Rock
Fandango's One Word Challenge: Challenge Now tempted as I was to continue my recursion theme I started in the Prompt Word Challenge, I will not. No, today good reader I am going to set you a challenge. Write a short fiction using one of the three groups set below. Set up a pingback to this … Continue reading Fandango’s One Word Challenge: Erm… challenge
As I feeling a bit Lazy, here is an older post which fits in with the. Ragtag Daily Prompt: Blizzard
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A Single Ticket to Infinity
By
Michael Storm
Chapter One
The cheerful landlord
It was a particularly heavy snowfall and despite being a very competent driver Dr. Webster was beginning to find it difficult to go on, even with the wipers on at full he was the snowflakes were still filling the windscreen almost as quickly as the spread of bacterium. He had just passed a sign for a Pub which did B&B and decided there and then rather weather the snow he’d sit it out, after all he wasn’t in a hurry for anything. He pulled into the car park of The Golden Egg noting that there were precious few other cars on the car park, not really a surprise out in the sticks with the weather the way it was. He checked himself in for the night and luckily…
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Ragtage Daily Prompt: Sport I have never been much of a sporty person, either to watch or play. At the most I have a passing interest in the Olympics and the Paralympics as sports viewing habits, the latter no doubt being down to having had a very small six degrees of separation connection to a … Continue reading RDP: This Sporting Life
"So how exactly did you and Krissy meet?" Lady Midnight asked Tracy, intrigued. "I know she is something of a social darling with her ample charms, but I think even she would draw the line at an Affluence distributor." The tone and manner of her voice told Tracy everything she needed to know about her … Continue reading Inquiries
Fandango's One Word Challenge: Prompt The demise of the WordPress Daily Prompt was a bit of a bummer, however the legacy of the Prompt stays on. They say every cloud has a silver lining, something which must be a great concern for airline pilots, and in this case it the death of the Prompt, prompted … Continue reading “I CAN’T STAND THE CONFUSION IN MY MIND”
As it is October and Halloween is on the horizon, I thought I would share some seasonal reads with you. These are all short story collections published by Penguin Classics and are available from all good retailers in the high street and of course online. Two of these books are dedicated to a single author … Continue reading Some Seasonal Reads
Fandango's One Word Challenge: Draw I was never a particularly good artist in the sense of drawing, painting and pottery etc... My biggest flaw was that the topic didn't entice me to pull my full effort into the subject at school. I liked to draw but the po-faced seriousness of academic Art class did little … Continue reading The Death of Art
I am a man with a beard. I have had a beard since I was 16 years old, obviously not the same one but the for the vast of majority of my post School life I have had a beard. I shaved it off for my college trips to the USA because my passport photo … Continue reading Mr Beardface
Looking out the window and it is indeed a wet and windy October day. So here's a couple of rain related jazz tunes. Stan Getz: Here's That Rainy Day https://youtu.be/xUp243hw1Xo Bob Wallis and his Storyville Jazzmen: Oh Didn't It Rain https://youtu.be/WJ_MRcjJ4-A Joe Williams with Count Basie: Singing in the Rain https://youtu.be/OkdRU_c3IvA Your Daily Prompt: Rainy
