I'm still playing catch up, but here is my offering for day 13. Somewhat disturbingly, I really enjoyed creating this short story! *** “Micah Andrews! Come in please.” The doctor called, his head and torso appearing through the open door. No sooner had he appeared, he was gone again. Micah Andrews, deep, dark circles around …
Continue reading Hideaway Fall Writing Challenge Day 13 – Harrowing
A few days late, but here's a dark story for day 12. *** The shrill call of the phone tore through the dark bedroom. Its incessant noise dragged him from his slumber, and earned a groan of annoyance from his wife. A phone call at this frankly ungodly hour could never be good. “Yeah? Uh …
Continue reading Hideaway Fall Writing Challenge Day 12 – Scintilla
The eleventh day of this challenge delivered me a theme that I really enjoyed writing a short story for. *** He wandered aimlessly through the dense forest. The chill in the air invigorated him, for he knew his season approached. Nervous eyes regarded him warily from a distance, animals ready to run. Leaves carpeted the …
Continue reading Hideaway Fall Writing Challenge Day 11 – Nyctophilia
Today is the tenth day of the challenge, and my eighth story. With this theme, I've come up with a ghostly little tale. *** The king was not a bad man. Naive, ignorant and often selfish, but by no means bad. At the very least, he was not malicious. He wasn’t greedy, or mean-spirited. He …
Continue reading Hideaway Fall Writing Challenge Day 10 – Poltergeist
Having struggled with inspiration for yesterday's theme, today I am back in the saddle. The story that came to me for today's theme ended up being a little darker. *** The landscape before him was scorched, razed to the ground. Skeletal trees and the ruins of a village charred black, smouldered in the cool morning …
Continue reading Hideaway Fall Writing Challenge Day 8 – Elderwich
This theme conjoured up all kinds of imagery in my mind, it made for a fun one to write about. Another word I have learnt new for this challenge, it's something I love to just sit and listen too. *** The Ancients had existed from the very beginning. Longer than anyone or anything could remember. …
Continue reading Hideaway Fall Writing Challenge Day 6 – Psithurism
Today brings a nice wintery theme for me to write about. Today's theme describes one of the things I love most about the winter period. I look forward to crisp, frosty days coming back. *** Winter. My favourite season. The ever-present hope that I might actually get snowed in by a blanket of fluffy white …
Continue reading Hideaway Fall Writing Challenge Day 5 – Ammil
Another day, another word I've never seen or heard before! It made for a challenge today. Today was a touch more of a struggle. A word I'd never heard or seen before meant a bit more thinking was needed. It took me a bit longer to work out what I wanted to do this time. …
Continue reading Hideaway Fall Writing Challenge Day 4 – Dwale
Today's piece of writing continues the story of the man first introduced in my short story for Day 2 of this writing challenge. It's as if Hideaway Fall have turned to my personal list of favourite words. First 'susurrous', and now 'petrichor'. Not only do I love the word, but I love the smell too …
Continue reading Hideaway Fall Writing Challenge Day 3 – Petrichor
I thouroughly enjoyed writing my piece for the theme set on Monday of 'susurrous'. Today I am sharing my take on the second theme: Kairos. This one fascinated me. It's not a word I knew of before now. That's not overly surprising considering it is an Ancient Greek word. I had to do some research …
Continue reading Hideaway Fall Writing Challenge Day 2 – Kairos
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