The people of Marchini had been under attack for months. The dark wraiths traveled like mist under doors, no matter how well stuffed with rags, and sucked the souls from dreamers. Instead of waking, the dreamers would be found in a comatose state, their bodies looking shrunken as if they had been mummified. People tried…
Author: Lisa or Li
mother, grandmother, gardener, observer of nature, reader, writer, learner, bicyclist, woman who runs with the wolves, lover of music, philosophical daoist. Welcome.
#FF — “Teach Me”
They say when the student is ready the master will come. For Marcia and Meg, the student came to the master, or in this case, mistress. Marcia, eighty-six years old, was homebound. Marcia was also the author of a dozen books on bdsm*. Her pinnacle tome, “On Their Knees,” was “The Bible” in some circles….
#Haikai Challenge #144: Summer Solstice Midsummer (manastu) I — Day at the beach
Blue skies linger as plovers skitter down the shore; Waves whoosh lullabies. Gulls wheel as minnows flash, catching dayflies at surface. Solstice days extend. Cloud’s shadows dance along bright beach umbrellas while babies sleep in cool shade. Sunset is still hours away. I tried to put the double tankas side by side but…
dVerse — Merfolk — Ondine
He found her floundering in his net, which was empty until then. Lost troubled face; confused and spent. Docked at the empty cottage where his mother lived before; he gave her baggy clothes to wear. Off to the village to see Annie, he didn’t see her bury something in the garden. She sang, the fish…
Movies, Movies, Movies! #38 — June 23, 2020
Welcome to another installment of Movies, Movies, Movies! Last week was curbside service at the library. Without notice, when I called to set up a time to pick up the holds today, I was told the library is open to patrons now. I also upped the discs at netflix/dvd.com to 2 out at a time,…
#FFFC — The Merman
Every night at 11:30 he sent it. She would be waiting with her cloak on for its faint glimmer at the far end of the field. Its glow would grow brighter as it got closer, until finally it was at her door. She followed it to him, to the cave she could never find in…
dVerse — Flower Blooms in May
In February of 2018 our department decided to use an empty suite of offices one floor up. Our intake workers, including me, had offices now instead of cubicles for the first time in a long time, with the suite accessible only by key card. Quiet and secluded is a positive when asking clients sensitive questions….
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