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LAST MINUTE!

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For today’s prompt, write a shopping poem.

LAST MINUTE!

by John Yeo

“Come on Mum! Hurry up, we have to do everything now!
It must be done by a certain time! Have you got the list?
Straight away, without delay, amid the appalling crush.
We must get everything now, in a fast and furious rush
We must get things under full control, time is passing by.

 

A pair of slippers for Grumps, his are wearing out fast.
A box of chocolates for Grandma to nibble by the fire.
Toys for the kids, go for the best to ignite their interest.
Uncle will welcome socks, in dazzling fluorescent green.
Hampers all around the family, made up specially by us.

 

For Aunt Mary, delicate, lacy white hankies are nice.
The cousins will welcome a bottle of sparkling wine
Two cases should be enough to nicely go around.
We must do it all today, in a fast and furious rush
Straight away, without delay, amid the appalling crush.

 

This is a mega-market place, everything is right here,
Piled up and for sale, to take home some Christmas cheer.
Still once we get home wth the shopping done,
We can raise a glass of cheer. Cheers everyone!
Good job this shopping season only comes once a year”

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYBODY!

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MAN-TRAPS

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Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers ~ Writing challenge.

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The goal is to write a story between 100-150 words (give or take 25 words) based on the provided photo.

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MAN-TRAPS

by John Yeo

   The ship landed on an Earth-like planet, a huge single green sea, bounded on all sides by a mountainous land. The vegetation was stunning, multi-coloured trees, covered in succulent fruit that looked edible and appetising.

        “Looks like we have found what we are looking for!”  The Captain said to his second officer, who was operating the outer periscope to survey the terrain.

   “Yes Sir, there doesn’t seem to be any visible inhabitants, just those strange purple mushroom-shaped plants on the fringes of that forest.”
Johnson, the second officer, had travelled with the Captain on many missions before.

     “Good!” Exclaimed the Captain, “We’ll send an exploratory team and a rover to explore.
As the team got out from the rover, and began walking forwards there was a whoosh as a tentacle whipped out from one of the plants and picked up an explorer and calmly swallowed him. The other members of the team tried to escape but they were surrounded by alien plants.  Cousins of the Earth’s, Venus fly-trap. Alien man-traps. 

(175 WORDS)

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A prompt response for “INSPIRATION MONDAY:” ~ NETHERDOOR

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NETHERDOOR

by John Yeo

Billy coughed and spluttered as he shouted with glee. “It’s true, unbelievably true. Google doesn’t know!”

“Google doesn’t know!” Betty laughed, “Impossible, Google knows everything, I rely on Google a lot!”

“Google has no response to Netherdoor. I wanted to find out about Netherdoor before we make the trip. Where we are going, the brochure clearly says to go through Netherdoor, and take the magical mystery tour of Netherworld.” Billy was absolutely flummoxed and amazed at this fact.

“Oh! Come on Billy! Google knows everything: Are you sure you typed the words in correctly?” Betty was astonished. “What did they come up with?” She trusted in Google implicitly.

Billy smiled as he said.. “All sorts of irrelevant, nonsensical advertising, for books and games, based on the medieval meaning of the Netherworld, as the underworld or hell. No guidebooks for the real magical Netherworld behind the Netherdoor. Google hasn’t got a clue about the world on the other side of the real Netherdoor.”

Betty asked Billy for the brochure, to check the spelling as she still firmly believed in the limitless power of the knowledge available through Google.

“The brochure?” Billy giggled, amused at her reaction to the fallibility of the powerful search engine. “I thought you had the brochure, don’t tell me the brochure has vanished!”

Betty looked bemused as she started to hunt everywhere for the missing brochure. “It is here somewhere Billy. I know for certain I saw it. Are you sure you haven’t got it? How can we go if we don’t know where the Netherdoor to the Netherworld is located. Shall I ask Google where it is again?” Betty grabbed her iPad and keyed in Netherdoor again.

Suddenly a metallic voice asked “How can I help you?” Betty was startled, she had forgotten Google had learned to talk. Quickly she recovered and explained the situation. “I’m sorry I didn’t get that!”

Betty was shocked. Google is fallible! “What are we going to do Billy? We are on our own, we will have to find the brochure.”

Billy nodded and agreed, as he asked, “Where is the brochure?”

“OK!” said Billy, with a twinkle in his eye. “Ask Google?”

 Betty suddenly caught on and replied, “I have an idea lets ask Google the way to Disneyland instead. I am sure they know where that is.

“OK!” said Billy, with a twinkle in his eye. “Ask Google?”

 

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