This week Charlie Mills at Carrot Ranch has asked us to write 99 words about ‘dance’. I remembered a wonderful wedding I have recently witnessed where a beautiful hymn was sung. Most of you will recognise it woven into my flash. Weddings are stressful moments. Bride and groom make a lifelong commitment to each other.Continue reading “Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction Challenge November 18: Dance”
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Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction Challenge November 3: Frozen
This post was written in response to Charli Mills Flash Fiction Challenge over at Carrot Ranch November 3, 2015 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a frozen story. Is the weather the source of freezing or is a character frozen by emotion or lack of it? It can also be a momentContinue reading “Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction Challenge November 3: Frozen”
Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction Challenge October 28: Tools for Homework
This post was written in response to Charli Mills Flash Fiction Challenge over at Carrot Ranch ********** Homework ‘Can I go out, mum?’ ‘Not till you finish your Spanish homework.’ ‘Can’t do it. It’s a six-word flash fiction post on the class blog, about homework. In Spanish!’ ‘Six words. Sounds simple to me.’ ‘How’sContinue reading “Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction Challenge October 28: Tools for Homework”
Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction Challenge October 21: Final Resting Place
This post was written in response to Charli Mills Flash Fiction Challenge over at Carrot Ranch **** The Day of the Dead “Eve, You’ve been chosen to read the Sacred Words this year on the Day of the Dead.” “I don’t want to rest without you!” “If we take turns and rest for a year,Continue reading “Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction Challenge October 21: Final Resting Place”
Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction Challenge October 14: Serendipity
This post was written in response to Charli Mills Flash Fiction Challenge over at Carrot Ranch October 14, 2015 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that reveals or explores a moment of serendipity. How did it come about? What did it lead to? You can express a character’s view of theContinue reading “Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction Challenge October 14: Serendipity”
Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction Challenge October 7
This post was written in response to Charli Mills Flash Fiction Challenge over at Carrot Ranch October 7, 2015 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about a thief or a theft. Consider motives and repercussions. Is the act a matter of perception? Is it a daring maneuver or a desperateContinue reading “Carrot Ranch #FlashFiction Challenge October 7”
Carrot Ranch Flash Fiction Challenge 22nd April: Stories including vices
99-Word Flash Fiction Challenge April 22, 2015 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that includes a vice. It can be part of a character or a part of the story. The vice can be the focus or it can be subtle. Think of ways to use a vice (or multiples,Continue reading “Carrot Ranch Flash Fiction Challenge 22nd April: Stories including vices”
Carrot Ranch Flash Fiction Challenge 15th April and #1000Speak Nature or Nurture
This 99-word Flash Fiction was written in response to this week’s prompt: Nurturing a neighborly relationship and also #1000Speak on the topic of Nature or Nurture. The Adult Education Centre where I work is in a low income neighbourhood with rampant unemployment and social problems. There are many families living in tiny dwellings in uglyContinue reading “Carrot Ranch Flash Fiction Challenge 15th April and #1000Speak Nature or Nurture”
Carrot Ranch Flash Fiction Challenge 8th April
This 99-word Flash Fiction was written in response to this week’s Prompt: Life’s Semicolons The Letter ‘It’s arrived.” He said grimly. My unsteady fingers ripped the envelope. I held the folded letter in my hands and looked up at his furrowed brow, ‘I want to stay with you.’ He nodded and forced a smile,Continue reading “Carrot Ranch Flash Fiction Challenge 8th April”
Carrot Ranch Flash Fiction: The Day the Earth Turned Brown
I’ve just returned from a family holiday, and by family I mean three generations: Grandparents, my husband and I, our three children, and three grandchildren. It’s amazing how our children and later our grandchildren change our lives. My outlook on life first changed when I had my children, in my twenties. At that time, IContinue reading “Carrot Ranch Flash Fiction: The Day the Earth Turned Brown”
Rereading Jane Eyre 