Tag Archives: 3 Line Tales

May 12, 2017

The Price of Dreams

As the crowds cleared the smokey, dim-lit arena, Joe sat on the edge of the stage softly crooning the first song he ever wrote; her song.

It had launched him into the spotlight; a whirlwind of gigs, the fame, awards and accolades and fawning groupies that he had dreamed of when he plucked that first lick on a second-hand guitar.

But dreams die hard when the road is your mistress, home is an empty shell and all that is left of her is a song.

~kat

For Sonya’s Three Line Tale Challenge based on this photo by Paulette Wooten via Unsplash.

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April 28, 2017

Dead Fish – A Haiku

By Kat Myrman

photo by Clay Knight via Unsplash

the fish are dying
their ecosystem poisoned
you know we are next

kat

A Haiku for Sonya’s Three Line Tale Challenge based on the photo by Clay Knight via Unsplash.

6 Comments | tags: 3 Line Tales, global warming, Haiku, photo challenge, Poetry, Three Line Tales | posted in 3 Line Tales, Challenges and Writing Prompts, Flash Fiction

March 30, 2017

Sludge

By Kat Myrman

photo by Caleb Woods via Unsplash

Sludge

Charlie spent months researching, attending conferences, test driving models, doing side-by-side feature comparisons and saving extra cash, a lot of it, until he settled on the perfect drone.

On the day of her maiden voyage, Natasha (Charlie liked to name things) was magnificent to behold hovering in the wild blue sky, dipping, weaving, soaring, with Charlie at the controls orchestrating her every move until a gust of wind tossed her just out of radio contact range.

Charlie felt the hiccup first in his fingers, like a skipped heartbeat, the empty disconnect that plunged him into despair and poor Natasha into the middle of a nearby lake where she sunk and settled into the ooze, never to be seen again.

~kat – 30 March 2017

For Sonya’s Three Line Tale Challenge based on this photo prompt by Caleb Woods via Upsplash.

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March 2, 2017

Mission Accomplished – A Three Line Tale

By Kat Myrman

Photo by Fleur Treurniet via Unsplash

Mission Accomplished!

Agent Jones, boarded a flight to the remote island, with alias credentials in tow and strict orders to remain under cover at the local inn until she received a green light from command.

On the morning of the mission, an alert pinged from her laptop providing a detailed map that showed where she would find her mark, as well as instructions to wear the disguise that had been waiting for her in her room.

The costume, though it made her chuckle, was brilliant as it turned out, and the secret weapon that guaranteed the mission’s success because it allowed Agent Jones, aka “Unicorn”, to slip anonymously through the crowds of the festival to the abandoned storeroom where she found the kidnapped child.

~kat – 2 March 2017

A Three Line Tale for Sonya’s challenge this week, based on the photo above by Fleur Treurniet via Unsplash.

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May 26, 2016