Tag: Writing
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Not to Scale
That’s a heavy lizard, Elgwynne cackled as she scooped Estradamous off the plate on the covern scales. Estradamous hissed, clawed, and shrieked at being handled, preferring very much to be left in his own space. He spat fiery venom onto Elgwynne’s left cheek in annoyance, causing her artificial synthetic skin to melt away, revealing the…
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The Unicorn Challenge: The Long and Winding Road
Lord Edward Ayr–Gray, an eccentric chap with a passion / compulsion/ obsession for 1930s bicycles, suddenly grew tired of the winding lanes he’d had built in the vast Yelby Estate. “Rip them all up!” he commanded Giles, his groundsman, one summer morning. “I want a square lane that runs around the edges of the estate,…
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The Unicorn Challenge: The Portal
Callum finally completed trimming one side of the square arch on the main path in the gardens of Yelby Manor. He wished he’d started on the opposite side when he finished, after realising it was the trickier side of the two… then, he had to do the top. He decided to take a break, and…
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Vision
He just hovered there. Not flying, but not on the ground. The concept of angels should only exist in the mind, in thought, not physical… abstract, in fact. But there he is. Hovering. Not flying, and not on the ground. Posted for Six Sentence Stories where Denise’s prompt word this week is abstract.
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The Unicorn Challenge: Unexpected Getaway
Miles sat on the sandy beach in despair. How has it come to this? He pondered, head in hands, elbows on bent knees, pain in back. He shifted into a more comfortable position and looked around. Soft white waves washed upon the golden shore nearby, cobalt blue waters touched the sapphire blue sky on the…
The Mansionic Perspective 