Category Archives: Just Sayin’

Uncle Oscar’s Flight of Fancy

Posted on April 10, 2013 by

This week’s prompt for Friday Fictioneers is one of my  photos, taken at Fairview Vineyard in the Western Cape area of South Africa.  For a picture of the inspiration for Fairview’s ‘Goats du Roam’ wine, see my Creatures Great and … Continue reading →

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Let Your Love Grow (Friday Fictioneers, April 2013)

Posted on April 3, 2013 by

Today’s photo prompt from Friday Fictioneers is a photograph submitted by Scott Vanatter with permission-Copyright- Indira.  Thanks to Rochelle for her continued dedication to making this site work.   One fine spring morning we planted the biodegradable cylinder containing a … Continue reading →

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Strawberry Fields (yeahwrite speakeasy #103, April 2013)

Posted on April 1, 2013 by

The sun was setting when she finally arrived home.  It had been a long journey, each mile dredging further memories from a past long buried, but she was here now. Finally ready to say goodbye. The house bore the ravages … Continue reading →

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Two Easter Stories

Posted on March 30, 2013 by

  ‘Jessica and the Rabbit’ is an Easter story which was published a couple of years ago by Every Day Fiction and is now getting an airing at The Story Shack.  The illustration here is provided by the talented Jordan … Continue reading →

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When It’s Over… (Friday Fictioneers, March 2013)

Posted on March 27, 2013 by

This week’s Friday Fictioneers prompt comes courtesy of Rochelle herself.   I love this kitchen! She’d lit the lamps signalling the coast was clear. Then she waited. The kitchen door creaked and her glittering eyes caressed every curve of his magnificent … Continue reading →

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Cocoon (Trifecta Writing Challenge Week 70, March 2013)

Posted on March 26, 2013 by

Keith Weston / Foter.com / CC BY-NC-SA Her only glimpse of the outside world, and the way she marked the passage of time, was through a skylight in the ceiling of the room that had been her prison for years. … Continue reading →

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A Special Bond (yeahwrite speakeasy #102, March 2013)

Posted on March 25, 2013 by

It was impossible.  I still couldn’t believe it.  Dumping my suitcase I went through to the kitchen. The table bore the evidence of breakfast, a half-eaten slice of toast, an egg-stained plate and a coffee cup, the remains now slick … Continue reading →

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Prairie Devil (Friday Fictioneers, March 2013)

Posted on March 20, 2013 by

I’d just about resigned myself to not taking part in Friday Fictioneers this week, so bereft was I of inspiration.  I’m not happy about this one, but as little as I know of horses, I was pretty much stuck.  I … Continue reading →

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Going Home (Trifecta Challenge Week 69, March 2013)

Posted on March 19, 2013 by

kevin dooley / Foter.com / CC BY “Emily thinks she’s going home again,” says Matron as I start my shift. “Yes, I saw her in the hall.”  Emily had been sitting primly on the chair by the front door, handbag … Continue reading →

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Helvellyn (yeah write speakeasy #101, March 2013)

Posted on March 18, 2013 by

“I can never go back there.” She would, we’d both known that.  Janine just needed her moment at centre-stage. I’d turned away irritated.  We all missed Mel, but trust Janine to try to claim the greatest loss. Jack had sighed; … Continue reading →

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