Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Continuing with a red theme...

 Here are 160 characters of a somewhat dubious kind, to accompany a flight of fancy inspired by the Mag photo this week, thanks to Tess, and her image by Robert and Shana Parke-Harrison.


Molten rock spewed from the tunnel mouth. A hideous, winged fiend clawed its way along the inhospitable terrain.  
There would be no place to hide from its jaws.

Of course, a less colourful option is still intriguing, suggesting as it does the birth of a new phoenix, perhaps...

Sunday, March 11, 2012

Red In Tooth And Claw


Inspired by Mag108 image: Uzengia Aleksander Nedic

And here as a BOGOF special, are 140 characters for Grandma's Goulash:-

Mister Raccoon
stomped past the broom.
"This yard's a tip.
I think I'll quit
nosing around such a location.
Hello starvation.
Botheration!"