It’s Friday, time for another Friday Fictioneers Flash Fiction story! Last week, Alice and her mother caught Kevin on a date with another woman. When Alice confronted Kevin, she discovered the woman was her father’s half-sister, Clara, who is in serious trouble. This week something dreadful will happen to Alice as a result… Thanks toContinue reading “#FridayFictioneers ‘Brooklyn Heights’ #FlashFiction #100words”
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#FridayReads ‘The Good Girl’ by Mary Kubica @Audible #BookReview
Blurb I’ve been following her for the past few days. I know where she buys her groceries, where she has her dry cleaning done, where she works. I don’t know the color of her eyes or what they look like when she’s scared. But I will.” One night, Mia Dennett enters a bar to meetContinue reading “#FridayReads ‘The Good Girl’ by Mary Kubica @Audible #BookReview”
#ThursdayDoors ‘No Intruders’ #Haiku #Spain
Thursday Doors is a weekly feature, hosted by Norm 2.0 allowing door lovers to come together to admire and share their favorite door photos from around the world. These are some of the gates I saw on a recent walk. It’s along a street called Avenida del Brillante, in Cordoba, Spain, which could be translated as DiamondContinue reading “#ThursdayDoors ‘No Intruders’ #Haiku #Spain”
Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction ‘Speed Dating’ #99Words #SundayBlogShare
This post was written in response to Charli Mills at Carrot Ranch’s weekly #99 word Flash Fiction Challenge. This week’s prompt is to include ‘a line’ in the story. Check out other entries or take part yourself! Speed Dating Lines “You’re a writer?” She nodded, expecting him to make an excuse and move away, insteadContinue reading “Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction ‘Speed Dating’ #99Words #SundayBlogShare”
#TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE ‘Cute Dandelions’
This Tanka is for Colleen Chesebro’s challenge. This week’s challenge is to include #Synonymsonly of Sing and Celebrate. I’ve used ‘humming’ and ‘saluting’ Dandelions Cute dandelions, The loveliest wild flowers, Humming in the breeze, Swaying with daisies and blades Of grass, saluting the sun. **** These photos were taken this morning while I went out for a walkContinue reading “#TANKA TUESDAY #POETRY CHALLENGE ‘Cute Dandelions’”
Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction ‘Passing on the Spear’ #99Words
This post was written in response to Charli Mills at Carrot Ranch’s weekly #99 word Flash Fiction Challenge. This week’s prompt is to include a fishing tale in the story. Check out other entries or take part yourself! Passing on the Spear After Ernest Hemingway’s novella ‘The Old Man and the Sea’ Manolin pounded hisContinue reading “Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction ‘Passing on the Spear’ #99Words”
#SundayWalks ‘A Rose at the Zoo’ #haiku ‘Not a Rose’ #Poems #Poetrymonth
A rose at the zoo Watches elephant cry, while Poet writes haiku Not a Rose The rose is a rose, Loveliness extreme. The elephant is not a rose, And it is not lovely. An elephant at the zoo is loneliness extreme. The poet is a woman, Who writes about beauty and despair, While she thinksContinue reading “#SundayWalks ‘A Rose at the Zoo’ #haiku ‘Not a Rose’ #Poems #Poetrymonth”
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman #TuesdayBookBlog #amreading #Bookreviews
Eleanor Oliphant is completely Fine is one of those exceptional, unsettling and ultimately uplifting novels a reader never forgets. It’s a special novel that made me feel a multitude of contradictory and strong emotions; optimism, devastation, shock and joy, but overall enthusiasm and positive energy. Eleanor is definitely not fine. The reader will walk in herContinue reading “Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman #TuesdayBookBlog #amreading #Bookreviews”
Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction ‘Forest Bathing’ #99Words #MondayBlogs
This post was written in response to Charli Mills at Carrot Ranch’s weekly #99 word Flash Fiction Challenge. This week’s prompt is to write a story about forest bathing. You can use the Japanese term, Shinrin Yoku. Check out other entries or take part yourself! Inspirational Walks The Verger at Rochester Cathedral heard the author’sContinue reading “Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction ‘Forest Bathing’ #99Words #MondayBlogs”
#BookReviews ‘Our House’ by Louise Candlish #amreading @Audible
If you like contemporary, suspenseful and dark domestic thrillers, which take place in London, and you only have time to read one novel, you need to read Our House, straight away. Blurb FOR BETTER, FOR WORSE. When Fi Lawson arrives home to find strangers moving into her house, she is plunged into terror and confusion.Continue reading “#BookReviews ‘Our House’ by Louise Candlish #amreading @Audible”
