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After 30 indecisive years, she took the 35mm wedding photos from the forgotten reaches of the wardrobe, removed dust and gunge, and sent them off for digital copies. Then continued with her perfect life. Weeks later, Detectives arrived and arrested her. It wasn’t the wedding photos. (280 Characters) Tuesday is Twittering Tales Day. Thanks Kat! … Continue reading Twittering Tales #138
Foibles Kevin was a freakish child. His Dad despaired each time he gave him a present of Lego or Meccano. His mother only smiled. Instead of constructing cars, aeroplanes or ships, Kevin would string pieces of Meccano together and slide them from bedpost to doorknob. Strange aerial objects, bolted loosely together that made odd noises … Continue reading Sunday Photo Fiction – 26.5.19
Those that survived named it the Bullet Spider (Bulla Araneae), a mutant species; a consequence of the fifth great nuclear incident. It had a voracious appetite for Silica. No window was safe. Then it invited its spidery companion the Humanis Carnivoris Araneae. In colossal numbers. (279 chars) It’s Tuesday and I’m more or less on … Continue reading Twittering Tales #137
Harsh light escaped from the open fridge where rancid butter, wilted carrots and mouldy yoghurt beckoned. Other pervasive odours lingered in the kitchen. Was that a body hidden in the shadows? As I approached the fridge, I glimpsed the gleam of a knife. But it was already too late. (277 chars) I’m a bit late … Continue reading Twittering Tales #136
I’m combining several of my passions on a plate. One is of course eating and this lunchtime plate was cooked by Anne-Claude and it was so yummy! Secondly I’m heading towards better food photography and this was taken with my iPhone with a little post treatment in Lightroom mobile. Lastly I’ve been creating some food … Continue reading Poached Eggs and Asparagus
“It’s really down to a question of being in the right place at the right time. I often spend hours, even days, waiting for the ideal conditions.” Final photograph of John Jones (7.5.1956 – 10.4.2018) (198 characters) I just missed posting this Twittering Tale on the day of the challenge by less than an hour … Continue reading Twittering Tales #135
Dragons Mum and Dad said I chortled with pleasure as the dragon mobile turned round and round. I don’t really remember the dragon, but I do recall the nightmares, a gleaming pointy end, and the warm, sticky blood spurting from deep gashes in scaly reptilian flesh. All that gore, night after endless night. Eventually the … Continue reading Sunday Photo Fiction (5.5.2019)
