Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred
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The Found Finger
Introduction While I am tempted to just go for the fifty to a hundred word challenge for this as it is twenty to eleven at night I have decided not to and just have a normal length story. This may imply that I am not clever enough to write an engaging story in a hundred words, but I have already done one so that should be enough.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 years ago in Fiction
Slow Slow Stop. Top Story - May 2023.
The computer was getting slower He wasn't sure whether it was the broadband connection or the innards of the device. He needed this to work correctly to get the application finished or he wouldn't get paid. If he didn't get paid he could not eat or pay his rent. The computer had ground to a complete halt. He couldn't afford to buy a new one, he needed to fix it. Reluctantly he took the side of the computer and he saw the problem. The hamster had died!!
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 years ago in Fiction
No Way Out
Introduction This is an experimental monologue. As I start, I am not sure that I can complete six hundred words for this story but this is the sort of challenge that I set myself. I hope to maybe surprise you a little and hope that you can keep with me to the end.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 years ago in Fiction
More Temptation
Introduction. I have to agree with Orscar Wilde in that I can resist anything but temptation and I believe that is true of most people, especially artists and creators, although that can be extended into life where temptation turns into something terrible, dot dot dot
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 years ago in Fiction
The Next Stop
This is for the Vocal "Sky's the Limit" Challenge that you can read about below. Original image By NASA The Apollo 11 mission emblem was designed by Collins, who wanted a symbol for "peaceful lunar landing by the United States". At Lovell's suggestion, he chose the bald eagle, the national bird of the United States, as the symbol. Tom Wilson, a simulator instructor, suggested an olive branch in its beak to represent their peaceful mission. Collins added a lunar background with the Earth in the distance. The sunlight in the image was coming from the wrong direction; the shadow should have been in the lower part of the Earth instead of the left. Aldrin, Armstrong and Collins decided the Eagle and the Moon would be in their natural colors, and decided on a blue and gold border. Armstrong was concerned that "eleven" would not be understood by non-English speakers, so they went with "Apollo 11",and they decided not to put their names on the patch, so it would "be representative of everyone who had worked toward a lunar landing".
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 years ago in Fiction
The App
Statistics The average person with a smartphone has eighty apps on their device. Of these eighty apps, most smartphone owners use nine apps per day on average and thirty apps per month. So while new apps are not downloaded as often as they once were, the average user still has a decent number of apps already vying for their attention.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 years ago in Fiction
Toast
The Premise This is another experimental piece just based on the fact that the spoken phrase “Your Toast” can have a few totally different meanings. This piece is meant to illustrate a few of them. I hope it stimulates your grey cells. Shakespearean wordplay it isn’t.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 years ago in Fiction
The Chessboard Tightrope
Introduction This is a story based on eight drawn tarot cards and Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt's "Oblique Strategies". The drawn cards are here. The story is determined by these cards but may feel crazy and confusing because the oblique strategy method will be used for each card and I will weave that into the story.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 3 years ago in Fiction
