Six Word Story – An Enchanted Place

Six Word Story: Discontent

25/06/2016

This post is for The Sometimes Stellar Storyteller’s Six Word Story Challenge. This week’s prompt is: discontent. Irritation simmers, expanding: ready to explode.

This post is for the Sometimes Stellar Storyteller’s Six Word Story challenge. This week’s prompt is tease. “Mum! Charlie keeps on poking me!” As soon as I saw this week’s prompt I knew I had to write a six word story about siblings teasing each other! Working with kids I tend to see a lot of that. 🙂 I chose … More Six Word Story: Tease

Six Word Story: Insult

13/06/2016

This post is for the Sometimes Stellar Storyteller’s Six Word Story Challenge. This week’s theme is insult. Thick skinned? He’d had to be. I didn’t really know what picture I was going to use to illustrate this six word story until I went hunting around on Pixabay. Then I entered the search term ‘thick skinned’ and elephant pictures appeared. Perfect! One of … More Six Word Story: Insult

Six Word Story – Dark

31/05/2016

This post is for The Sometimes Stellar Storyteller’s Six Word Story challenge. This week’s theme is dark. Within shadows he watches, waiting. Soon…

Six Word Story: Luck

23/05/2016

This post is for The Sometimes Stellar Storyteller’s Six Word Story Challenge. This week’s theme is luck. Copper circle glints: fortune’s promise claimed. I have to admit that I was a little stumped at first when it came to this week’s prompt. I had a number of different ideas but nothing that really leapt out at … More Six Word Story: Luck

Six Word Story: Horror

14/05/2016

This post is for the Sometimes Stellar Storyteller’s Six Word Story Challenge. This week’s theme is horror. I tried out several different approaches to this one but then couldn’t decide which to actually use so I decided to include three different ones! I hope you like them. Empty swing creaks: a mother weeps. Screams echo as … More Six Word Story: Horror

Six Word Story: Paranoia

07/05/2016

This post is for the Sometimes Stellar Storyteller’s six word story challenge. This week’s prompt is: paranoia. Skin itching; eyes peering; creatures lurking. I’m not sure I’ll ever manage to come back on this post -that spider picture is making my skin itch. Yes, this is definitely a paranoia that I have. If I see a … More Six Word Story: Paranoia

Six Word Story: Revealing

28/04/2016

Vicious words exposed seething bitterness within. This was written for The Sometimes Stellar Storyteller’s Six Word Story Challenge. This week’s prompt is: Revealing. I actually put together this post at the weekend, during a lull in the chaos at work – as usual, finding the picture took longer than anything else. I then forgot about … More Six Word Story: Revealing

Six Word Story: Perfection

06/04/2016

This post is for The Sometimes Stellar Storyteller’s Six Word Story Challenge. This week’s prompt is Perfection. Crumpled papers lie discarded: standard unattained.

Six Word Story: Superfluous

20/03/2016

This post is for the Sometimes Stellar Storyteller’s Six Word Story Challenge. This week’s theme is superfluous. Hat, scarf, gloves – just in case.

Six on the Sixth: March

07/03/2016

It’s a day late but this post is for Adam Icke’s Six on the Sixth Challenge. For this challenge we are given six prompts and are asked to write between six and ten six word stories on the sixth of the month. I’ve written one story for each prompt and whilst each can be read … More Six on the Sixth: March

Six Word Story: Anticipation

01/03/2016

This post is for the Sometimes Stellar Storyteller’s Six Word Story Challenge. This week’s theme is anticipation. Delighted giggles: “One more sleep, Mummy!”

Six Word Story: Supernatural

21/02/2016

This post is for the Sometimes Stellar Storyteller’s Six Word Story Challenge. This week’s theme is supernatural. Piercing screams echo through abandoned rooms.

Six on the Sixth: February

06/02/2016

This post is for Adam Icke’s Six on the Sixth Challenge. For this challenge we are given six prompts and are asked to write between six and ten six word stories. We can use whichever prompts spark our imaginations. I’ve written one story for each prompt. Whilst each story stands alone they are all on a magical … More Six on the Sixth: February

Six Word Story: Failure

24/01/2016

This post is for the Sometimes Stellar Storyteller’s Six Word Story Challenge. This week’s theme is failure. If you’d like to leave me a vote please follow the link above and like my story in the comments section. Thank you! Next time they’d hire a professional.

Six Word Story: Amusement

17/01/2016

This post is for the Sometimes Stellar Storyteller’s Six Word Story Challenge. This week’s theme is amusement. Like nourishing raindrops, laughter tumbled free.

Six Word Story: Sin

10/01/2016

This post is for the Sometimes Stellar Storyteller’s Six Word Story Challenge. This week’s theme is sin. Religious constraints abandoned, she accepted herself.

Six on the Sixth: January

06/01/2016

This post is for Adam Icke’s Six on the Sixth Challenge – six six word stories – one for each of the six prompts. Each one stands alone from the rest. Wrong Unease gripped her. Something was gone. Cap Twisted hat lay discarded: apology refused. Splendid Confidence shone: she owned the stage. Cantankerous “Approach,” he growled … More Six on the Sixth: January

Six Word Story: Accomplishment

05/01/2016

This post is for the Sometimes Stellar Storyteller’s Six Word Story Challenge. This week’s theme is accomplishment. “No,” she said and walked away.

Six Word Story: Joyous

19/12/2015

This post is for the Sometimes Stellar Storyteller’s Six Word Story Challenge. This week’s theme is joyous. My thoughts instantly went to Christmas morning. Wide-eyed laughter scatters amidst paper scraps.

Six Word Story: Believe

12/12/2015

I enjoy writing six word stories so much that I decided to join in with another challenge. This post is for the Sometimes Stellar Storyteller’s Six Word Story Challenge. This week’s theme is believe. She’d always known they were real.

Six Word Story – Return

09/12/2015

I was very happy to see that the Six Word Story challenge, run by Ben at A Hopelessly Wandering Mind, had made a return. I find the challenge of writing a story in only six words very enjoyable. Aptly, this week’s theme is return. The image I’ve included is from Pixabay. Young eyes open; old soul sees. To read … More Six Word Story – Return

Six Word Story – Help!

08/10/2015

This post is for the Six Word Story challenge, run by Ben at A Hopelessly Wandering Mind. This week’s theme is Help! Check out Ben’s blog to read the other entries. Years passed. Dreams of freedom faded.

Six Word Story – Betrayal

02/10/2015

This post is for the Six Word Story challenge, run by Ben at A Hopelessly Wandering Mind. This week’s theme is Betrayal. With eyes opened, conscience demanded action. If you’d like to read the other entries , click the blue frog.

Six Word Story – Delay

24/09/2015

This post is for the Six Word Story challenge, run by Ben at A Hopelessly Wandering Mind. This week’s theme is Delay. Anxiety multiplies as appointments run late. If you’d like to read the other entries , click the blue frog.

Six Word Story – Prejudice

18/09/2015

This post is for the Six Word Story challenge, run by Ben at A Hopelessly Wandering Mind. This week’s theme is Prejudice. Empty seats bring sadness: invitation refused. If you’d like to read the other entries , click the blue frog.

Six Word Story: Purgatory

06/09/2015

This post is in response to the Six Word Story prompt provided by Ben Nicholson of A Hopelessly Wandering mind. This week’s theme is Purgatory and I ended up writing not one but three responses to it, plus some accompanying historical information. Hopefully each of the six words works as a story even for those who don’t wish … More Six Word Story: Purgatory

Six Word Stories – Loss, Passion and Murder

30/08/2015

For the past couple of weeks I’ve been spotting a number of fascinating stories, all written in only six words. This week I thought I’d join in. The challenge is run by Ben at A Hopelessly Wandering Mind and each week he gives a theme for your six word story. As I’m joining in at week three … More Six Word Stories – Loss, Passion and Murder