Tag Archive | short fiction
Flash Fiction: Another dream, another place
Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes:
This story is derived from a real experience and telling my eldest daughter about the rather strange goings-on, she suggested the creepy reason. Thanks, Marthe for the inspiration 🙂 Two paintings for this one because I like them both. The first is by Théo Van Rysselberghe, the second by…
Write Me a Story Challenge
Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes:
Lately I’ve been having a lot of fun writing one or two sentence stories and finding suitable pictures to illustrate them. Occasionally I’ve done it the other way round; seen a picture and thought of a story to match it. Today it’s your turn. I’m posting a painting that…
Microfiction: They took a boat
Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes:
Microfiction of less than 200 words based on the painting by Odilon Redon: la barque mystique They took a boat, a blue boat with a yellow sail. Where could two runaway slaves go but the river? No one would chase them to the sea. Yet she shivered. He smiled…
Brigid’s Day
Originally posted on Jane Dougherty Writes:
Tradition honours this time of year, the mid point between the winter solstice and the spring equinox, with a feast. The crone months are behind us and we look forward to the spring. The ewes are giving milk and we will not starve. Okay, the local supermarket is always…
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 