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…
Category: Friday Fictioneers
#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…
Don’t hide your light?
image link Gabi’s story: Before the Dawn Even the darkest night ends with light’s victory. Light. Brilliant, dazzling light that burnt my soul to ashes, day after day until nothing was left. Light that fights darkness and reveals every secret. There’s no hiding in shadows; that’s why I love the light. No one suspects someone…
#FF — Imelda’s Surprise Part 3
PHOTO PROMPT © Sandra Crook Imelda’s Surprise Part 3 Gecko made it easy to fall in love. When he started asking her to go with other men to prove her love, Imelda didn’t mind. She did wonder if she would have the strength to leave him when she’d saved enough. Mother’s strategy to hold her…
#FF — Imelda’s Surprise Part 2
PHOTO PROMPT © Dale Rogerson What Constable Willow hasn’t told Old Hilda is that a man is dead and that her employers are suspects. Last June, Gecko opened a dance hall at the old church. Most of the religious in this backwater remain aghast at sullying sacred ground, no matter that the congregation abandoned the…
Tao-Talk 