Photo by Nadiya Ploschenko at Unsplash.com “How long has it been dark, Mama?” “Since you were five, Sil.” “I remember a big orange ball in the sky, Mama.” “Yes, Sil, that was the sun, what lights and warms the world.” “Will it ever come back, Mama? I’m cold.” “Maybe one day it will, Sil.” And…
Category: fiction
FFFC #31 — The Touch
Hermina was born on the road, the daughter of two gifted parents. Her mother, Gemma, was a psychic, and her father, Ronson, was a musician. They traveled the roads in their covered wagon as part of a caravan of entertainers who brought their gifts to rural bergs across Europe. Also among their band were other…
#FF — Reunion
PHOTO PROMPT © Penny Gadd “How did you find us, brother?,” asked Araba. “Mother hid a family photo in my pack, which I have protected all of these years,” said Kwaku, as he pulled out a dog-eared photo. It was of all six of them, with their names, their city, and a date. The quadruplets…
Twittering Tales #152 – Fried
Photo by Geralt at Pixabay.com Gynoid X loaded data by reading through screens at a nanosecond a page – until she got to the screen full of blue zeros and ones. In robotspeak zero is off and one is on. X went into “robot seizure,” turning off and on over and over again. When they…
Trouble in Paradise
DJ said caller number nine I speed-dialed the station, ninth on the line Winner of a trip for two to the tropics Choice of trip-mate became a hot topic Jax was da man, so sexy and raw. Dreamed on the plane of his chiseled jaw Hawa’ii, like always, perfect time of year Jax and I…
Montana Blue and the Mountain Boys
Montague Michaels began life on the edge of Boston Bay. As soon as he could walk, he was helping his father catch crabs at the water’s edge to sell to the fine restaurants along the harbor. When his father bought a fishing boat, young Monty would help throw out the lobster traps, then haul them…
Charley the Woodcarver
image link Charley was a wood carver who had learned the trade from his Great Uncle Horatio, aka “Uncle Ray”, a grand adventurer who rejected the comfort of a privileged lifestyle of inherited wealth and who instead chose to globe-trot well into his 80s. Charley was able to spend each January with Uncle Ray, who…
