PHOTO PROMPT © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields The Secret Ingredient My tastes are very particular. He has to be part Viking and part Mr. Rogers, part Sisyphus and part Quixote, part God and part earthworm, part wizard and part toad. I am each suitors’ Excalibur as they approach my stone heart and attempt to draw positive regard…
Category: fiction
To Chris, One of the Angels (was#FFFC — Angels Unaware)
I’m reposting this in remembrance of the passing of Chris Cornell 7 years ago today. First posted 11/25/2019. I was forty-two years old when the bus hit me. I died instantly, suddenly finding myself floating upwardly to that place that you only know is real once you’re headed there. One of the first things I…
#FF — Sanctuary
PHOTO PROMPT © Dale Rogerson Sanctuary Laurel doesn’t get the geometry of religion, only that most of them have females drawing the short stick; and those different, between-genders draw matchsticks that want to burn them at the stake. As she’s a spiritual person seeking sacred community, she decides to do online research to see if…
#FF — Earth’s Overlords
PHOTO PROMPT © Lisa Fox Earth’s Overlords Concrete cannot withstand them. Water hastens them. Eating them slows them, but herbivores can eat only so much. Wood gives way with persuasion. Metal withstands, but rust eventually conquers it. Humans have taken to the waterways. We go ashore periodically, seeking sources of meat, fruit, and herbs. Mycellial…
#FF — Miss, Right?
PHOTO PROMPT © Ted Strutz Miss, Right? “Mom and Dad, I want you to meet her! She’s my everything!” Chip, our thirty-five-year-old son, chose video games over partnering up years ago. His proclamation fills me with glazed confusion peppered with hope. “Where’d you meet her?,” my wife asks. “Gaming chat room six months ago. She’s…
#FF — Portal
PHOTO PROMPT © Fleur Lind Portal On our daily lunch walk, we passed a faerie tree. Most people regard faeries as Tom-thumb-sized sprites who flit meadows and ponds like fireflies. Some know that faeries have mischievous spirits, so it’s best not to antagonize them thus earning their ire. “Dale, stop a minute. I want to…
#FF — Betsy and Old Glory
PHOTO PROMPT © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields Betsy and Old Glory Betsy Ross’ ghost still glows with pride for the manifestation of her design. Despite attempts by mansplaining vexillologists to steal credit for it, glory will remain hers. Do you remember a time when the country’s flags flew proudly on the winds of freedom? A time when…
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