Image by Larisa Koshkina from Pixabay “You orbit me like the planets orbit the sun. Always there, always circling. I feel suffocated!,” Ginger said as she put the finishing touches on her alluring witch outfit. Despite what she said, a smile played about her lips, as Ginger would have it no other way. She loved…
Category: fiction
Twittering Tales #140 – 11 June 2019 — Be gone!
Photo by nahidhatamiz at Pixabay.com Be Gone! Joe stood outside Witch Em’s hut with a bouquet of flowers each morn as Em let her cat out. He promised daily flowers until she agreed to marry him. On day 1, Em was irritated at the intrusion and told Joe to leave. On day 30, she flung…
dVerse — Prosery #1 — An interrupted cry
image link Lebanon, a sensitive, observant man, began to notice subtle changes in Lita, his wife of 30 years. Her smile was not as bright when she greeted him after he’d labored 12 hours a day at the fish market. Her eyes did not hold his as long after they made love. Her consistent timetable…
Rocky Raccoon: The Next Chapter
Image by pasja1000 from Pixabay “Somewhere in the Black Mountain Hills of Dakota, there lived a young boy named Rocky Raccoon.”* Rocky lived on a small island in the middle of a perfect blue lake fed by pristine springs from deep under the mountains. Rocky had lived there, willingly isolated, after his torrid love affair…
Science Village
Image by suju from Pixabay Science Village is a residential experimental community where one can rent lodging, lab space, and equipment to study whatever needs a lab and equipment. It can be anything from molecules to nitroglycerine, an explosive. There are only two rules: sign liability waiver and no animal (including human) research subjects allowed….
Mountain Trials
Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay The following tale is true, I swear it upon my holy inheritance to pass through the pearly gates. In the year 1706, when us who traveled the Atlantic and found this new paradise, I and a party of 19 decided to cross the mountains now known as the Appalachians with…
50 Word Thursday — Gifts of the Gods
Since their human creations did not keep them as entertained as they used to with their many adventures and follies with the humans as unwitting victims of exploitation; and likewise, the humans did not trust the Gods and Goddesses or turn to them for assistance as much anymore, the Gods and Goddesses needed to find…
Tao-Talk 