Tag: Writing
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A Pioneer Poem
This reverse rhyme poem is quirky, as the rhyming word begins the line. Each line can be up to five syllables, but never more. It can be any length, line wise, but the first two lines must be repeated in reverse for the last two lines. It’s all total nonsense, of course, as although the…
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The Unicorn Challenge: Still Life
The day was quiet. Early morning: quiet. Midday rush: quiet. Afternoon lull: well, considering it felt as though it took a week to get to the midday rush, the afternoon lull was beyond quiet. The only people in the marketplace were the traders. Some sat literally twiddling their thumbs waiting for a customer. When the…
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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…
The Mansionic Perspective 