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Raine replied to the topic Monthly Competition – September 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years, 9 months ago
449 words. CW – it’s a little bit dark.
The Hounds
Dark water curls around the bases of the towers and somewhere the hounds are baying. From here, on the bared skeleton of the top floors you can see fires burning on other towers, flags red as blood flying like strings of prayers and there is safety there, possibly, but they are as far away as…[Read more]
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Sandra replied to the topic Monthly Competition – September 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years, 9 months ago
Another pieced-together piece, and only 245 words, but best I can manage.
Bourbon dreaming
A bottle of Makers Mark from my husband for Christmas and a wine-free tea (Köstritzer Schwarzbier instead) so I took a glass of bourbon to bed with me, along with John Rebus.
And I dreamt, more vividly and memorably than usual, with more logic than usual…[Read more]
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Seagreen replied to the topic Monthly Competition – September 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years, 9 months ago
Couldn’t make more than a patchwork quilt of the remnants of my dreams so was forced to resort to the daydreaming option. (Can you tell I’ve been watching Supernatural? 😊)
SACRIFICE
Awareness filters into my consciousness like oil seeps into unleavened bread, slowly and without fanfare. The darkness in my mind begins to withdraw.
I feel not…[Read more]
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Knicks posted an update 4 years, 9 months ago
Gentle one-week reminder for the Monthly Competition. This month’s prompt is dreams (or nightmare). Your piece can be inspired by a recent dream, or a recurring one. If you don’t dream, you can still write anything you like, so long as the story is dreamlike, and the writing dreamy. 300-500 words.
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I’m trying, Knicky. To date, I have 200 + words, unfortunately not in the right order.
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Gimme 😊✨
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Actually managed it this month!!! A wee treat to myself in between *stuff*!! 🙂
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Knicks posted an update 4 years, 9 months ago
Half way through the month! Just your gentle midway reminder to dream a little dream for me and enter this month’s short story competition ✨ Entries so far definitely do the theme justice, full of streams-of-consciousness and the beautifully bizarre nocturnal meanderings of the minds of those who penned them. Your entry can be based on a…[Read more]
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Knicky, I have tried/am trying but have nothing yet .. and may not do so. Sorry.
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It’s okay. No pressures at all. Hoping to get at least 5 entries by the end of the month. Still time yet ✨
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RichardB replied to the topic Choices in the forum
Coming Home 4 years, 10 months agoTrain
Cheese
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Daedalus replied to the topic Choices in the forum
Coming Home 4 years, 10 months agoSpacecraft
Vegetable
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Knicks posted an update 4 years, 10 months ago
My endless summer vacation comes to an end on Monday. I’ve been doing my best to be as active as possible here over the last several weeks, but we all know where my promises to keep that up go once a new school year commences, haha. Gonna still try tho 🙈😊
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Squidge replied to the topic Monthly Competition – September 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years, 10 months ago
In the place and time I found myself, I had done something wrong.
My punishment? A chain of large metal links, secured around my throat, pressing against my flesh, reminding me of its presence every time I swallowed or turned my head.
A man, with whom I had a connection – were we related? Was he the reason for my wrongdoing? – received the sam…[Read more]
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Woolleybeans replied to the topic Choices in the forum
Coming Home 4 years, 10 months agoBoat
Fruit
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Knicks replied to the topic Monthly Competition – September 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years, 10 months ago
Most of my dreams are about me being chased, and my running away. Seems to be a recurring motif in my dreamscape. Sometimes it’s horrifying, other times a call to adventure, and most times, something in between the two 😊
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Knicks replied to the topic Eagle! in the forum Blogs 4 years, 10 months ago
The link works, @libby, and the news really warmed my heart along with my morning coffee. The fact that the river was declared dead in the 1950s also brought to mind The Great Stink in @kazg‘s Time Catchers, though the Stink and the declaration were almost a hundred years apart. So happy to hear about the baby seals, sunning on the banks, eating…[Read more]
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Kate replied to the topic Choices in the forum
Coming Home 4 years, 10 months agoBicycle
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Libby replied to the topic Monthly Competition – September 2021 in the forum Monthly Competition 4 years, 10 months ago
One of my instant thoughts was teeth dropping out! But like you, Squidge, I’ll set that one aside. Though perhaps there’s horror story material there…
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