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#100WCGU – Wk85 – Photo prompt – 100 words – “Wishing”
Locked in darkness for perhaps centuries, it’s easy to lose time when there’s little reason to keep it. The outside world passed me by until the day hope returned. I sensed a presence. Something very...
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#100WCGU – Wk86 – Prompt; “the queue was so long”– 105 words – “Punishment”
He made his way down an impossibly long hall. Entering a vast room, something ushered him into one of the numerous queues, some moving forward and some moving back towards him. He heard some complain,...
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#100WCGU – Wk87 – Prompt: “the hairs on my arms stood up” – 107 words –...
This was the day for which I had longed. I was now a teacher. There was a mixture of excitement and apprehension as I saw their young faces. They too wondered what was ahead. The hairs on my arms stood...
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#100WCGU – Wk88 – Prompt: “parting is such sweet sorrow” – 105 words – “Fred”
Fred Shakespeare had not inherited the gift for words of his ancestor. For that matter, he hadn’t inherited a gift for anything except one. He had a gift for choosing the wrong words in most given...
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#100WCGU – Wk89 – Photo Prompt – 105 words – “Wishing”
A moment in time captured, a memory formed so many times brought to mind in future thoughts. The twins, so little, lost in their dreams. They stood close together at our wishing place. Did they dream...
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#100WCGU – Wk90 – Prompt: “…the points were sharp…”– 104 words – “Echidna”
I saw an echidna waddling its way around my garden and marvelled at a little creature more akin to the past, a monotreme, an egg-laying mammal. They’re gentle creatures. Their only defence when...
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#100WCGU – Wk91 – Prompt: “…there’s always a sting in the tail…” – 107 words...
Their teacher was fond of facts and encouraging his class to share experiences. “There are ten Australian bee species without stings.” “…but there’s always a sting in the tail of the bee,” one student...
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#100WCGU – Wk92 – Prompt: YELLOW – 100 words – “Primrose”
There are pixies. When whiling away the afternoon in my garden I sensed movement out of the corner of my eye. Turning quickly, I saw one on a yellow daisy. Discovered, she froze. I assured her I meant...
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#100WCGU – Wk93 – Prompt: …when the judgement came it…– 105 words – “Eternity”
The time came to be observed, to review the happenings of the days. I was promised a fair and impartial assessment. Hopes were high as was the apprehension of the unknown. We’ve heard said our lives...
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#100WCGU – Wk94 – Prompt: …the angle was very acute… – 105 words – “Giant?”
Eyes followed the unknown visitor accompanied by one well known. The visitors stood before those gathered. The angle was very acute as they tilted their heads to study the unknown. Was he a giant? The...
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#100WCGU – Wk95 – Prompt: …”Pink nails?” she cried… – 104 words – “Better...
Beth was born at a time when girls were expected to marry and become mothers. From a young age, she rejected her dolls and favoured a construction set. At first, her father frowned at her love of...
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#100WCGU – Wk96 – Prompt: photo – 100 words – “Kelads!”
They stood contemplating their plan. Five kept their eyes fixed forward, scanning those passing, looking for weakness. To the right, Ninja was ready for action, his eyes hidden behind his mask. “These...
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#100WCGU – Wk97 – Prompt: Heat – 100 words – “First Light”
Nothing… a burst of matter… expansion… form… planets… growth… billions of years of marvellous creation. We sit seemingly alone in the vastness of space. I marvel at what we are yet to discover in the...
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#100WCGU – Wk98 – Prompt: photo – 100 words – “School”
I’ve heard people say you could fry an egg in the heat when the temperature had reached only the low 30sC. Memories of my first school came to mind. It was summer when I first arrived. A drought had...
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#100WCGU – Wk99 – Prompt: … the air was expectant… – 104 words – “Play”
The air was expectant as students waited their call. It was time for the annual school play. Rehearsals had gone well. Backdrops had been painted, performance bugs smoothed out (mostly), positions...
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#100WCGU – Wk100 – Prompt: 1st letter of each line to be “C”– 100 words –...
Colin Calvin Cucclecorn couldn’t count. Colin’s cousin, Cheryl Carla Cucclecorn, could. Clare and Chad Cucclecorn, caring custodians, concerned for their countless child, “Can’t Colin comprehend...
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#100WCGU – Wk102 – Photo Prompt – 100 words – “Aloft”
* Please Note… Due to an intensive pressure on time while preparing a twin DVD set for a 15 school performing arts festival, I haven’t been able to complete this story in time to add it as completed. I...
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#100WCGU – Wk3 – Prompt: about SILENCE without using the word – 100 words –...
I remembered the school’s Easter Hat Parade. The excited children had murmured, giggled and chatted yet there was one who was alone in the crowd. I’d caught his eyes as he read my lips, “I love you.”...
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#100WCGU – Wk104 – Prompt: …but where did the noise come from…– 100 words –...
“Listen, can you hear that?” I listened intently but heard nothing, “There’s no sound. You’re imagining it.” “Listen!” He insisted but older ears don’t hear as well as the young. Faintly, I thought I...
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#100WCGU – Wk105 – Prompt: about HARVEST without using the word – 100 words –...
“…whatever a man sows, this he will also reap.” I remember this favourite quote of scripture teachers in classes when one of us dared transgress what they thought forbidden. They taught us our future...
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