Photo Challenge #396

Image credit Sarah Whiley

Use the above image as inspiration for a poem or short story.

Alternatively, if you are an artist or photographer, use this as an opportunity to showcase your own work.

You have 1 week to complete this challenge.

Please credit the artist!

When you’re done, TAG the post Photo Challenge and MindLoveMisery’s Menagerie, and add your link to the comments or Mister Linky.

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  1. Combining what is evoked by the picture with a 6-Sentence story. Hope you enjoy!

    Old World Charm
    Solveig had gathered nearly everything Old Baba had asked her to bring for their midnight meeting on the strand and underneath the clear-night crescent of the new moon; the girl had yet to find the final potion ingredient, water scooped in a wooden cup, from the Silverword Cascade, a waterfall rumored to be located in the third chamber of one of the many caves on the far side of Hidden Cove…
    https://valleyofthetrolls.blog/2021/12/29/old-world-charm/

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  2. Part Two of the tale begun above, in the mind of Old Baba, with a ray of hope for the coming years:

    Prayer For a New Year
    I meant well, sending her off on an impossible quest for the Silverword Cascade, hoping she’d find distraction and joy during the painful waiting time until her childhood friends return to her; No Baba Yaga am I — my magic is limited to perception of magic’s heady limerance, and I hadn’t felt her subtle glow…
    https://valleyofthetrolls.blog/2022/01/01/prayer-for-a-new-year/

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