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Delilah – 100 words

February 7, 2023 By Ellen Leave a Comment

Delilah Once upon a time there were stories about women who pined and sighed and sat about in big pants drinking gin. If only, they wailed, he would come and rescue me from this life of solitude. Because a man is what I need to complete me and bring me socks to wash. Then one […]

Filed Under: 365, other things I have learned Tagged With: 100 words, 2023 challenge, banning, creative writing, fairy tales, feminism, patriarchy

Therapy or selfcare – 100 words

February 6, 2023 By Ellen Leave a Comment

Therapy or selfcare One of them makes you cry, the other smells of roses One of them is an unscheduled trip to a strange new country, the other guarantees great views One of them is all the ways you were wrong, the other feels oh so smug One of them accepts your catastrophic cock-ups, the […]

Filed Under: 365, 365 photos, other things I have learned, review Tagged With: 100 words, 2023 challenge, creative writing, selfcare, therapy

Snow Moon – 100 words

February 5, 2023 By Ellen Leave a Comment

Snow Moon A bright springward afternoon – cirrus fringes the blue. Snowdrops nod benign. Sunshine seduces – a facsimile of kindness. Walkers pocket gloves, loosen scarves. They sit on benches and smile – trusting season’s end. There’s a sigh as the day slides away and horizon bleeds pink to orange. And shadows exhale biting cold. […]

Filed Under: 365, other things I have learned Tagged With: 100 words, 2023 challenge, creative writing, Hungry Moon, Snow Moon

Cinderella – The Sequel – 100 words

February 5, 2023 By Ellen Leave a Comment

Cinderella – The Sequel Was that the Amazon guy again? More shoes? The box is from GlassSlippers.com – again. Cinders, you can’t keep buying more. There’s nowhere to put them. We haven’t danced for years since the ball room filled with footwear. It has to stop. Your godmother won’t help after she enchanted the planning […]

Filed Under: 365, other things I have learned Tagged With: 100 words, 2023 challenge, cinderella, creative writing, fairytale, flash fiction, shopping addiction

Moldewarp – 100 words

February 2, 2023 By Ellen Leave a Comment

Moldewarp What is a molehill? An inconsequential pile of soil, sifted and airy, like baking flour, field acne, rashing across the grass. It’s raining – but subterranean, who cares? Talipidae are busy: worm-trap tunnels bear fruit mole spit paralyses and underground larders fill with the once squirming. Peckish predators squeeze supper until earthy guts squidge […]

Filed Under: 365, other things I have learned Tagged With: 100 words, 2023 challenge, animals., creative writing, moles, spring

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