Thursday photo prompt He remembered an old science fiction story, set in the Middle Ages of a world in a far-away galaxy. The hero's weapon is a sword, its blade honed from a single crystal. This was different. The jade colour of the blade, its transparency, made the material uncertain, implausible even. Yet it … Continue reading Blade #writephoto
Sword
Tower #writephoto
Today's photo prompt by Sue Vincent She crouched behind a short spiky bush, and waited for a sound. There was none, not even the usual discrete footfall of small creatures in the dark. A hawk could be seen, circling silently around the dark silhouette of the tower. “So,”she thought,”This is where you died, so … Continue reading Tower #writephoto
To Saint George #5words
Writing Prompt #102, by the Secret Keeper In a field so vast it looked like space, there, was the charming dragon slain by your hand, even though you had scarce reason, and none to provide: gratuitous act in a field so vast... it broke my heart. Image: Fallen Empire© (2017 / Digital) - Bahrull Marta, via scribe4haxanscribe4haxan.tumblr.com
#Haibun: Bushido knows no gender
This piece is inspired by the driving rain of the past week, and an article I read about gender and Bushido. Their ragtag troop walks through the deep ravine, sharp rocks cutting through their feet, the rain drowning rivulets of blood down their legs and cloaks. They are starving. Only faith in their beloved leader … Continue reading #Haibun: Bushido knows no gender
#AtoZChallenge: April 25 – V is for Vagabonde
As a small child, she had lost her parents early, in the poor village where she was born, when the famine struck. Since then she had survived, a little tramp, living from begging, from village to village, eating what she found in the forest, or what poor peasants gave her when they took pity on … Continue reading #AtoZChallenge: April 25 – V is for Vagabonde
