Category: Words
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Lady in Waiting
“I’m ready to do your hair and make-up,” the lady with the immaculate make-up herself said as she popped her head around the door of the slightly darkened star dressing room caravan, “that is, if you’re ready yourself, Miss F.” “Yes, I’m ready,” Edith interrupted sharply, “I’ve been ready for over an hour, but that’s…
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False Alarm?
Through the steamy, sticky heat of the engine room, and over the constant rattling and whirring of the various parts of the aging EveryNook core generator, Sam heard the ship’s emergency proximity alarm sound – an interrupted, three-tone sound which increased in pitch from a dull bass sound to an extremely high screech; all of…
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The Icebreaker
The shade from the large oak tree gave respite from the glaring brightness and heat of the midday sun; the soft fabric of the foldable chair provided the means for a moment’s rest at least; the icy-cold and extremely effervescent lemonade gave a much needed refresh to the expected thirst; and the rhythmic songs from…
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Lost
For One Word Sunday this week, Debbie’s theme is Lost. So, I’ve gone for this little terrapin, who could easily get lost in the waters of the Lake, but somehow seems to manage.
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Rainbow Harvest
For Six Sentence Stories; the theme word is ‘Match’. “Turnips shouldn’t be blue…” Alice laughed as Godfrey finally found what he’d spent had felt like hours looking for – yet another disappointment after the four red onions all came up orange and the two carrots a dull shade of yucky green/brown – “…but at least…
The Mansionic Perspective 