Category: mixed flavours

  • A Reason for November

    A Reason for November

    Part 1 ‘Mind the Gap’, a phrase that had stuck in her head and come into play every train ride since she was a child, she thought it again as Elise stepped off the train into London Waterloo after a four and a half hour train journey from Exeter. She closed her large green eyes…

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  • Blocked

    Just write something. Anything.  The white page is my true Nemesis. I want it to be filled with words,  But I can’t face it.   Why so gloomy? The page is white. It’s not clever and it’s not fun,  It’s just empty.  So write something.  Write something!

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  • The Great Run

      Hearts beat through our chests we run.  The chase had begun. Naive we were, oh so young.  Still, we knew where we were going,  We had a dream, a future awaited us.   First through the fields, until we reached the forest. The forest we ran through until we reached the lake. The lake…

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  • Waiting for Moses

    Since I’d played here as a little lass,  The rushes had grown tall,  I peered through the striped green wall and focused on my task.   I was there to find the basket,  the basket that had been placed,  oh so gently into the water, into the hands of faith, My brother was  hidden inside, …

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  • The Frozen Lake

    I took a glance into the ice,  My reflection glimmered back,  How did I end up here? When did I roll the lucky dice?    A watery outline of my body was all that the lake could reveal,  The faceless shape was the one I knew most, I stand in these tranquil surroundings and breathe…

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  • The King’s Curse

    After years of searching, the King had finally found the magic wand that would ultimately change his entire life. The wand would give him everything he had ever dreamed of.  “I’ve finally got my hands on it!” he bellowed from a high castle window. Melodic chimes of glockenspiel floated through the air as the king…

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  • Seahorse Saviour

    The mermaids danced in the cavern under the sea. Their tails were coloured like rainbows. The party had just begun and the night was brazen with excitement. Music pulsed through the water making a gentle ripple. Suddenly, the clock struck twelve and terror began to seep through the group as the ground shook, upturning the…

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  • Feelings in the Fire

    Feelings in the Fire

    The fire told its story, loud and clear. It crackled as it burned, warming the sitting room. It held many secrets about the past, and many said that the flames in this fire held secrets about the future, that only they would ever know.  A whimper came from the scruffy dog. It was a whimper…

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  • Good King Wenceslas

    Good King Wenceslas

    “I’m freezing,” muttered Max. “So sing louder,” whispered Mary. It was the first year that the children had been old enough to join in with carolling around the village and the reality of standing in the cold was setting in. Max’s songbook wobbled as he shivered. The tall man next to him sang so loudly…

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  • “Nobody goes there” (400)

    “Nobody goes there” (400)

    The fog hung heavy over the hilltops, caressing them like an itchy blanket. Our car spluttered and burped as we drove up the aptly named ‘mountain road.’ You see, it had been a sort of a dare. In fact, we dared each other. We had been given our fair warning and the comeuppance that we…

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