Jim Adams is the far-seeing host of Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie Music Challenge. Jim says: The challenge today is to focus on [“Midnight at the Oasis,” by Maria Muldaur] and use it for a short story, a piece of flash fiction, or a poem that you can share with the WordPress writing community. My favorite part of…
Month: May 2020
Thursday Inspiration 58 — Queen Mab and the Rains
Blue greeted the sky like a long-lost stranger, shoving the months-long blanket of clouds that seemed to have an infinite supply of rain to pour down on the land aside. Queen Mab’s castle, Dreamstone, was made of multi-hued faerie stone. Dreamstone was built in the time of The Crones and stood at the top of…
Novelty Song Friday #11 — “Bubbles in the Wine,” by Dex Dubious
15 remixes by today’s hottest underground DJs, Lawrence Welk like you’ve never heard before. ‘A preposterous idea? Absolutely. But that’s what makes the set so charming. This concept should not work, but it does – in a very quirky Playboy mansion pool party way.’ – Billboard. “Dance of a peppy chill-out variety reigns here, which…
Fandango’s Flash Fiction Challenge #67 — They Live and They Live lives on…
Nada and Frank, just trying to survive in the mean streets, ended up duking it out in what has been called, “the bloodiest buddy battle in cinema.” Afterwards, Nada put the glasses on Frank. Shepard Fairey took the concept and ran with it. Frank Shepard Fairey (born February 15, 1970) is an American…
Doodads — sunset over Lake MI 052720
I mowed the yard less than 2 weeks ago, but the weather has made it grow like weeds. It was a scorcher out there so I waited until around 6pm to mow, then immediately jumped in the shower as I saw the creeping menace of poison ivy all along the edge of the lawn along…
What do you see # 31 — The Last Nightmare
Every night it is the same. In my dream I find myself on a dark pathway in a foggy night forest, moving towards an eerie-looking house with a single light in the upstairs window. I am petrified but unable to stop my feet from walking up to the front door. It appears to be…
#FF — Pink Peace
Ladies Of The Universal Sacrament’s (LOTUS) operations convene in their new headquarters on Tuesday. The mobile complex includes She-House, habi-condos, and a silver jade fountain that flows with artesian spring water. LOTUS assesses, monitors, and enforces The Sacrament – peace in the galaxy. Like its predecessor, the Bat Light, the Telepathic Neon Lotus (aka Pink…
Tao Talk 