Weekly Writing Challenge #123 The pale sun light reflects on the pages of the book open on the table. From where she stands, she sees the children playing, beyond the garden, she hears their laughter, she can guess at the pretend war which is their game. She, and they, have escaped: the real … Continue reading The game they play #fivewords
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#DailyPrompt: Going Obsolete
Of all the technologies that have gone extinct... The president sat silent in the well-known office. This was not a day for triumph, nor gesticulation: the country, or rather its establishment, singularly of the military variety, had by now sobered up. The proof was there, on the President's desk. The report that spelled out the … Continue reading #DailyPrompt: Going Obsolete
Daily Prompt: Green-Eyed Monster
Tell us about the last time you were really, truly jealous of someone. Did you act on it? Did it hurt your relationship? I admire him, he is the father, the imperious maître, perhaps the last of the Renaissance men. And you loved him, you loved him beyond your life, and for him you … Continue reading Daily Prompt: Green-Eyed Monster
#AtoZChallenge – April 10: I is for Ibuprofen
“Ibuprofen works as a painkiller by affecting chemicals in the body called prostaglandins. Prostaglandins are substances released in response to illness or injury. They cause pain and inflammation (swelling). Prostaglandins that are released in your brain can cause a high temperature (fever or pyrexia).” (From http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Painkillers-ibuprofen/Pages/Introduction.aspx) He knew he had been hit: instant darkness, the … Continue reading #AtoZChallenge – April 10: I is for Ibuprofen
