Writing Prompts: Roswell

Of all the UFO stories, perhaps the most famous by far is the notorious narrative about Roswell, New Mexico, in the USA. It could well have innocent explanations, but that has not stopped conspiracy theorists from clinging to the idea that an extra-terrestrial craft crashed near the ranch of W.W. “Mac” Brazel, in mid-1947. Mr […]

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Writing Prompts: Piercings

To answer the question, no, I do not have any piercings. My wife considers piercings to be very sexy, but I am not brave enough to get one done! To be fair, at one point I’d have never considered tattoos, and now have several, but a piercing – especially of say, a nipple, or the […]

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Writing Prompts: Favourite Place

What is your favorite place to go in your city? I don’t really know the answer to this one. Assuming that I cannot say ‘home’ (though home is my absolutely favourite place!), and because whilst I enjoy my job, I will never think of the showroom as a ‘favourite’ place, I need a place that […]

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Writing Prompts: Gambling

Have I written about gambling before? It doesn’t appear so, so here we go! Gambling is not something I have ever been particularly interested in (unless you count the occasional lottery ticket), as I do not consider myself particularly lucky. The exception to this rule would be the bingo that we won on holiday last […]

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Writing Prompts: Valentine’s Day

Are you a hopeless romantic? Is Valentine’s Day an overly commercialised holiday, taking advantage of people? Is it a day devoted to that most chaotic of emotions, love? Is it bawdy? Is it sickly? Is it somewhere in-between? In my house, Valentine’s Day is not wildly celebrated, save for the offerings of cards, chocolates, maybe […]

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Writing Prompts: Golfu

Today, this meerkat is in Malta, and is being chased by a Golfu! Malta has many mysterious, legendary creatures in its history, and they all might have made for an intriguing post, but I decided to go with the Golfu. The Golfu is an owl, but an owl with a difference. It is said that […]

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Writing Prompts: Nāga

It’s been a minute since I’ve written about mythical creatures, so I thought I’d continue my alphabetical voyage, which takes us to Laos. Laos is home to tales of the mighty and fierce Nāga. Nāgas are usually depicted as half human, half serpent beings, though the word Nāga means snake in in Sanskrit, which may […]

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Writing Prompts: Three Wishes

You have three magic genie wishes, what are you asking for? I have a funny feeling I’ve answered this before, but I might as well answer it now, seeing as the opportunity is there. The cop-out answer would be more wishes, or more genies, but there’s a clever answer, should you wish to exploit the […]

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Writing Prompts: Paperless Society

For as long as I can remember, from virtually the moment I stepped into the working world, this meerkat has heard the message ‘we will soon be a paperless environment’. I swear each and every time I heard that, there ended up being more paperwork instead. The idea behind a paperless environment is not that […]

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Writing Prompts: Cashless Society

I was picking up up daughter from school the other month, and it occurred to me that over the course of the day, I paid for a few things, without once exchanging coins or notes. It also occurred to me that this is now virtually the norm in UK society, but is that necessarily a […]

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