September 2026

The Sea.

“ The first time I saw the sea, I became someone else.”

– Prompt by Abi Daré

This sea-inspired writing prompt resulted in four very different pieces - evocative, lyrical, quirky and chilling.

Read them all below.

Lise Lise

Dark sea

When I close my eyes every detail of that day still comes to life, even as I sit here on the porch in the sun.

Opening scene - 2 min read

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Seemi Seemi

The Sea

I arrive in the still before dawn, searching through narrow streets in the hazy grey of the waning night. A door is waiting at the end of a dirt passageway, the symbol etched into it. 


2 min read

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Charlotte Charlotte

Salty

It is my happiest time, in this cool and dark space, where the air rests all around me, and I do not have to think too deeply about why I am here, until …

Flash Fiction - 3 minute read

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Chrissie Chrissie

Sunset

Arrested initially by the drama, I took a closer look, to be then captured by something I hadn’t first noticed: a little white croft in a corner of the strand with a figure in a homespun shift and grey shawl standing by its gate.

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