For Whom the Bell Tolls is of course a Hemingway title. It tolls for thee, I know, but I don’t know anything else about it, except it’s set in the Spanish Civil War. The more I looked at this image
#CCC038 – For Whom the Bell Tolls #booksky
#ccc037 The Crossing Place | Flash Fiction #booksky
The Crossing Place brought back an instant memory for me. Nothing to do with Elly Griffiths’ first book in the Ruth Galloway series, no this involved a riding school horse who had been born to be a racehorse but just
#CCC036 The Ent and the Bluebell Wood #booksky
The bluebell wood was the main feature in the pictures Crispina Kemp gave us for this week’s Crimson’s Creative Challenge. And there were bluebells – just not as many as Crispina expected. And mine all went very quickly this year…
#CCC035 The Goblins’ Tree Party #booksky
Goblins in trees, I’ve been seeing them for years… I once did a pastel picture of some beautiful lumpy trees in Epping Forest, and then did another adding in the goblin faces! I sold them both! And I discovered I
#CCC034 The Windflowers are Pink this Year #booksky
Windflowers… well, I think these are windflowers, but the ones I know are very much paler. But I think the leaves are the same. Anyway, the picture of pink ones is my choice for Crispina Kemp‘s weekly Crimson’s Creative Challenge.
The Ghost Door | Flash Fiction #booksky
The Ghost Door comes from Ruth at Ruth Blogs Here. I just knew there was a story here when Ruth posted it to say the blog would be blank for a few days. It turned out to be 900 words
#CCC033 | The Snail Who Sang #booksky
The Snail Who Sang was a pretty much instant response to Crispina’s challenge this week. CCC is Crimson’s Creative Challenge. Each Wednesday Crispina posts four pictures as prompts for us to do something creative — in 150 words or less.
#CCC32 | Breydon Water wash-out #booksky
Breydon Water – a well-known spot for bird watching in Norfolk. Junction of several rivers all fighting to get out into the North Sea through a narrow gap. And featured in several Princelings books, notably Princelings and the Pirates! CCC
Where the Birds Fly | #Flash Fiction #authorsky
“Where the birds fly” came as a prompt from Bluesky’s book community, of which there are many strands. I usually check out booksky, authorsky and the guineapig areas(!). I think this came from Author Sharon Lopes in #authorsky. Today’s story
#Flashback Fiction | Dylan, my hero #authorsky
I was searching for a suitable flashback today, and one with Dylan crossed my search path. Apart from links to stories that featured him and his buddies, there was an extract from the BookElves Anthology featuring him. I didn’t want
Reality screaming | #writephoto Flash Fiction #booksky
Reality screaming swam into my brain shortly after reading Rebecca Douglass’s review of The Worst Hard Time by Timothy Egan, a story of the people in the Great Dust Bowl. In fact the title/prompt I invented after I’d finished writing
Flashback Fiction: Willow’s Day Off #booksky
I’m giving you a flashback to the early days of the Princelings stories today. Specifically, this belongs to the end of October in the Traveler in Black and White. Hugo is visiting Sowerby, up north, when Willow has to squeeze
Wonder | #writephoto Flash Fiction
I often wonder where I get these things from. This came from a mention of the theme, possibly for the IWSG/Reedsy short story event, plus seeing a lovely picture on Willowdot’s blog. The two melded into a story in my
A Merry Viridian Krismas | #flashback fiction
This Krismas story appeared on the Viridian website for 2021. It’s set between books 2 and 3 of the series, and I think you need to click on the heading 🧑🎄
The Mill #writephoto Flash Fiction
The mill is today’s writephoto prompt from K L Caley. Actually it was 14 December 23, but I didn’t use it then. It’s just under 1000 words, and iI hope you enjoy it, especially as it’s probably the last new