Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay Jean frowned when she saw icicles dangling like glass shoelaces from the eave of the roof. The weather man said it would be in the 50s on the report last night. When would she learn? Never must be the answer because she turned the radio on as she drove to…
Category: fiction
Twittering Tales #136 – 14 May 2019 — Chill Goddess
Kat is the host of Twittering Tales. Kat says: Your mission, if you choose to accept the challenge, is to tell a story in 280 characters or less. Photo by NRD at Unsplash Chill Goddess From the moment I came onto the scene I became the center of your frame. I am your light, full…
Origin Story
Image by Robert Ramsay from Pixabay The team of astrophysicists took a small cell sample from the large blue crystalline eye and examined it on a slide under a superelectroplasmic photon microscope. They were shocked that the cells were just as lustrous under 1 million times magnification. “It’s unnatural!,” said Senior Scientist Margo French. “It’s…
Rest in Peace
Image by Elsemargriet from Pixabay Since I was a young child, it has been hammered into my head that humans share the planet with wildlife. This has given me a base of kindness and conservation for nature’s intricate ecosystems. In college my field of study was aquatic biology. Each summer, a group of students traveled…
Saturday Mix – Sound Bite, 11 May 2019 — Escape (mature audiences only)
Clanking and clinking, she paced back and forth across the cold cement floor, feet slapping, waiting for the cheap tin plate of stale bread crusts and rotten fruit breakfast to scrape under the door. The last time she tried to jump on his back when he entered the room meant now she was affixed to…
The Story of The House of Haggis
Image by Michael Gaida from Pixabay Rita was driving from Minneapolis to Wisconsin for the Annual Storytellers Festival that was held every year in Madison. Caught in the crosshairs of interest and talent, the organizers heard Rita telling a story in the hotel lounge last year and were impressed, as Rita was an accomplished storyteller….
Zigzag (Wo)man
image link My name is Baron, yes, Baron, and I’ve been robbing banks all of my life. Bank robbing and prison go together like tea and honey, like frogs and ponds; you’ll seldom find one without the other. There’s always going to be somebody saying, “Put the money in the bag.” There’s always going to…
Tao-Talk 