Climbing (mature audiences warning)

image link At thirty-five years old, Andy became the youngest professor to chair the Semantics Department at Hoddopscott University. Andy was at the apex of his career, and no one would dispute he’d worked his butt off for it. He had left a string of scorched corpses, personal and professional, along the way, but in…

Please Tell My Story

Fandango’s FOWC is forthright, the Word of the Day Challenge is noodle, Paula’s 3 Things Challenge words are truck, skin, library , and Teresa’s Haunted Wordsmith’s Daily Prompt is the photo below. Image by PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay Willy woke up in a forthright state of mind and thought, “Today is the day I begin research…

The Garden of Goddess Danu

Fandango’s FOWC is anyway, the Word of the Day challenge is river, Paula’s 3 Things Challenge words are ghost, loan, password , and Teresa’s Haunted Wordsmith Daily Prompt is the picture below. Rodolfo was the right hand servant of Danu, Goddess of the Rivers. When the goddess loaned her water divining rod to Anubis, the…

Fire-breathing Job via del Toro (fiction)

Fandango’s FOWC is finest, the Word of the Day Challenge is seam, Paula’s 3 Things Challenge words are dragon, logic, lawnmower , and Teresa’s Haunted Wordsmith Daily Prompt is the photo. Image by Pete Linforth from Pixabay For anyone who has watched the film, Lawnmower Man, you know that, aside from Tron, it’s the finest…

All’s Well that ends Well

Fandango’s FOWC is arrears, the Word of the Day Challenge is luscious, Paula’s 3 Things Challenge words are doctor, caramel, fire , and the Haunted Wordsmith Daily Prompt is the photo below. Image by Jill Wellington from Pixabay After being laid off from her job at the medical office of Dr. Fanny, a plastic surgeon,…

No More Blind Dates

Fandango’s FOWC is compass, the Word of the Day Challenge is bazooka, Paula’s 3 Things Challenge words are cupcake, kitten, romance, and Teresa’s Prompt Challenge is the photo below. Image by PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay ***MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY*** Harold was a good friend of one of Myra’s co-workers. Myra had agreed to go on a blind…