This post was written in response to the picture prompt at Three Line Thursday. It’s a simple and creative writing challenge: One picture. Your response. Three lines. Maximum thirty words. More information here My response: Nefertiti’s Eyes **** Hope is the cruelest dream, drawing Tears from Nefertiti’s eyes, mixing Her memory with my desire. ****Continue reading “#3LineThursday: Memory and Desire”
Tag Archives: Flash Fiction
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”
Three Line Thursday #3lineThursday Week 28 and #WordBookDay 23rd April
Today is World Book Day according to UNESCO, to commemorate the deaths of Shakespeare and Cervantes. And it’s Thursday, so it’s also Three Line Thursday. Being the efficient blogger, writer, and teacher that I am, I’ve linked both events in this post! This is the photo prompt for Three Line Thursday. Rules: Three lines, noContinue reading “Three Line Thursday #3lineThursday Week 28 and #WordBookDay 23rd April”
One Word Photo Challenge: Rain, And #EarthDay 2015
Although I’ve been following her blog for some time, this is my first time on Jennifer Nichole Wells’ One Word Photo Challenge. When I saw the topic: Rain, two things sprang to my mind, and I had to take part. Firstly, I remembered I had some wonderful photos, which bring fond memories of a rainy day in London, whereContinue reading “One Word Photo Challenge: Rain, And #EarthDay 2015”
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”
Flash! Friday: Vol 3 – 16
Here’s my Friday Flash Fiction Entry for this week. This is this week’s picture prompt: The required story element the conflict between man (not gender-specific) and self. what struck me about this picture were two things: the empty chair and the hats! How varied and amazing they are. I would have liked to write a story aboutContinue reading “Flash! Friday: Vol 3 – 16”
Carrot Ranch Flash Fiction Challenge: Symptoms
This week, at Carrot Ranch’s weekly flash fiction challenge, Charli Mills asked us to write a story to reveal a character’s symptoms in 99 words exactly, no more, no less. The symptoms of Dementia are devastating. My flash deals with the symptoms of Alzeimer’s, which is the most common type of dementia, by focusing onContinue reading “Carrot Ranch Flash Fiction Challenge: Symptoms”
Building from Bullying. #1000Speak 20 March
A Peer Mediation Project While I was a High School teacher, I witnessed a lot of bullying. Mainly seemingly minor incidents such as: name calling, hiding or stealing personal objects, excluding by ignoring, spreading cruel gossip, etc. More recently, cyber bullying also became popular, where the same actions were performed on social media. Although teachersContinue reading “Building from Bullying. #1000Speak 20 March”
Rereading Jane Eyre 