Thursday photo prompt Is this you, running toward me, in the dying light of our star? Is it you, or your double, or your servant? I know it cannot be you, how much I wished it were. But I know: I lost you, eons ago, far away. Tonight I remember, the long voyage, the … Continue reading Glisten #writephoto
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#DailyPrompt: UnsungHeroes
In response to The Daily Post's writing prompt: "Unsung Heroes." Your face haunts my sleepless nights, so far away and yet so familiar, I see the immense plain, covered with snow, and the litter of war, to the horizon. Victory was then still deep in your future, but I know now that you saw the wings, … Continue reading #DailyPrompt: UnsungHeroes
#FiveSentenceFiction: Maps #Valleys #Normandy #Eu #1914
We look at the map: in front of us runs the long road, above the shore, bordered by legendary harbours, and wildlife reserves. Here Saint Laurent O'Toole came from green Ireland, and blessed the town where he now rests. Here William took his future young bride, fair Mathilde, to the altar, and then, with his … Continue reading #FiveSentenceFiction: Maps #Valleys #Normandy #Eu #1914
#DailyPrompt: From the Top
From the Top... "What is it you like so much in me?" she asked. "The blue of your eyes, the red of your hair" he said, bowing low. "Nothing unusual" she replied, "there must be something else, something that drew your attention..." "What is it you like so much in me?" she asked again, her … Continue reading #DailyPrompt: From the Top
#FiveSentenceFiction: Wishes
She was their benefactor, their protection, the One, fearless, who could keep the Enemy at bay. When She disappeared, they held vigils, sacrificed a calf to the Goddess, prayed for Her return. All their wishes were for Her to be back in their midst, honoured and more than a little feared; their planet completed a revolution around … Continue reading #FiveSentenceFiction: Wishes
#DailyPost: Binding Judgement
Does it ever make sense to judge a book by its cover? It was old and dusty, and must have been hidden in the ancient trunk for centuries. For a while she contemplated the cover, cracked leather worn by the passing years, touched by the hands of long dead knights. Around her was silence and the … Continue reading #DailyPost: Binding Judgement
#DailyPost: Dream Teacher
Any person from history... As he entered the room he saw her: a diminutive woman of about his age, wearing her kimono tight, and a white belt, both immaculate. Before his first step on the tatami he paused and bowed. After all, he had not forgotten his manners on the battlefield. From the corner of … Continue reading #DailyPost: Dream Teacher
#DailyPrompt: Pride and Joy
What's your most prize possession? He could not understand those youngsters glorifying a past which was alien to them: how could they know? How could they even understand what it had been like? He could tell them, but he doubted they would listen. So they marched in the streets of still peaceful cities, ignorant, holding flags and … Continue reading #DailyPrompt: Pride and Joy
#FiveSentenceFiction: Whimsical
"We will build it here", she said, her young face lit by her angelical smile. He looked at the mountain, above, and below them: the sheer vertical rock, down to the lonely valley. He looked at his lover, smiled: their fortress would be impregnable. She took his hand, suddenly serious, taking him in, deep, with her … Continue reading #FiveSentenceFiction: Whimsical
#FiveSentenceFiction – Ruins
She stood, very still, in the shadow of the ruined tower. The massive door was now wide open, no light came out from the depth of evil inside. There, through corridors guarded by hideous titans, she knew the God King would be waiting, a corrupting and seductive smile on his lips. There too, in the … Continue reading #FiveSentenceFiction – Ruins
Of Glass & Paper 