Old Henry had been distilling gin for as long as the junipers had grown on the mountainside. As a younger man he wasn’t satisfied with the tried-and-true recipe his father and his father before him used and thought he could do better. He began to errantly experiment, and only the Good Lord knows why he…
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#FF — Missing Child(hood)
PHOTO PROMPT © Linda Kreger Araba, Akuba, and Ekuwa invited the stranger to sit with them. Kwaku told of going with Boss Kobby when he was six and living in a hut on the shores of Lake Volta. His job was to dive underwater to untangle nets. He almost drowned many times. When he asked…
Emerald’s Eyes
Dustin had been a military man since he was fresh out of high school. Up until boot camp, Dustin’s long flowing blond hair had been the babe magnet that kept him beating the ladies off with a stick. After boot camp it was the uniform that drove them wild. As Dustin was ambitious, the Corps…
Twittering Tales #151 – 27 August 2019 — Let Sleeping Dragons Lie
Brave Pitter and Patter wandered deep in the forest, looking for dragons, and came upon a sign: There’s a place in this woods where she sleeps Pleasant dreams of the gold that she keeps She wakes late, so be smart Or be burnt to a fart Sip your tea, munch your toast, and no peeps!…
Growing Friendship
image link Mayzey started volunteering twenty hours a week at the community garden. She hoped to build new friendships with other volunteers, and it wasn’t long before she met one of the regulars. Matiz was in his 70s and had been helping with the garden since it was first planted twenty years previously. Matiz was…
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Aunt Mim instructed Otto to give each of her princes and princesses a tattoo of the well-known androgynous symbol that Quince called himself once upon a time. Tattoo in this scenario was euphemism for tag of ownership. Aunt Mim had been adding to her royal family for a long time. Scouts other appointed brokers were…
The Missing Naked Ape
Cairo Jones was the biggest shock jock to hit the talk radio airwaves in 2019. He loved to bring controversial guests onto his show, The Naked Ape, and put them to the test – his own specialized test. What nobody but he knew is he had a giant wheel of fortune like device in his…
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