PHOTO PROMPT © Ronda Del Boccio There were things that needed to be cleared up between them. Jake was mild-mannered but salty and firm when necessary. Gayle was sweet with a textured personality. Their seven-year relationship became complicated on their sailing vacation to the Pacific Rim’s Ring of Fire. While scuba-diving, Jake found a jewel-encrusted…
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Twittering Tales #161 — Darkness Still Lurks
Photo by Michael Gaida @ Pixabay.com Ed’s father was killed on his job when Ed was 3. Ed had no trouble getting into the now-defunct factory. Near station 5 he saw blood stains on the floor. “Eddie, why are you here!?,” a voice boomed from a bright bolt of light. “Dad?” “Son, you must go!…
What do you see? #2 — Karma is a b…..
Miranda’s symptoms were becoming harder to ignore – and hide. The day she vomited blood in the kitchen in front of her children, husband, and her parents who were over for dinner was the day there was no more hiding. Her mother loomed over her as she punched the number to the family doctor into…
#FFFC –Rolando Wilkerson Origin Story
Papafox at Pixabay.com. Rolando Wilkerson was born on December 18, 1943 at Livingston Hospital, in Dartford, Kent, England. He is the only child of Doris Maud Lydia (née Dupree) and Herbert William Wilkerson. His father was a factory worker who was wounded in the Second World War during the Normandy invasion. Rolando’s paternal grandparents, Ernie…
Thursday Inspiration 28 — Demon Hunter (long)
Geonni came home from the war on a stretcher and was minus a limb. Back in those days, prosthetics were of a more primitive nature. Johnny’s was a carved, featureless facsimile made from wood. As polished as the part that met with his skin was, wearing and walking with it left bleeding ulcers that resulted…
#FF — Bitten
PHOTO PROMPT © Fatima Fakier Deria She felt empty inside; her source of sustenance had been consumed. On top of that, her reservoir for hope held nothing. James stood as a ghost of the man she remembered by the window, almost physically translucent. The expression on his face showed the anguish of a person with…
Twittering Tales #160 – 29 October 2019 — The Halloween Dance
Photo by kalhh at Pixabay.com The Halloween Dance She was dressed as a belle Jimmy said, “You look swell!” While she danced in his arms Jimmy, bursting with charms Laughing, led her away Where the dark shadows play When she told Jimmy, “No” His strong hands grabbed her throat. Once a year on this night…
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