“Miss Wonderly murmured, “Thank you,” softly as before and sat down on the edge of the chair’s wooden seat.” – The Maltese Falcon – Dashiell Hammett. Miss Wonderly learned that the refugee couple, Elvira and Javier Miro, now attending their church, were stopped at the border six months ago. They were separated from their children…
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the cursed of the white house
The town hall clock struck midnight; ghouls clamored around the white house. The twelfth gong’s peal faded away; creaking echoed into silent darkness as the front door opened. Fluorescent green accented a stout figure who clomped onto the raised porch, its shellacked pompadour rising in the night like an unholy erection, belying the lack of…
50 Word Thursday — Up to No Good
“I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.” by J.K. Rowling, The Prisoner of Azkaban Being ruler of my realm hasn’t been easy. I solemnly swear that I am up to no good, but good never got anyone anywhere important with any speed. I wanted my power and wanted it while young enough…
50 Word Thursday — Friends for Life, or Trouble at the Rubbles (Jim Adams’ title)
Betty said to Wilma, “I think my milk is dried up, as Bam-Bam keeps crying.” Wilma said, “Are you eating enough greens and drinking plenty of water?” “What do you mean, Wilma? I eat yak meat three times a day. Isn’t that enough?” asked Betty. “I can see you haven’t read Dr. Rock’s latest tablet,…
50 Word Thursday — Let the wild rumpus start
“Let the wild rumpus start.” — Maurice Sendak, from Where the Wild Things Are job’s a drag, need some free dropped a tab of ecstasy first i heard it in the thump then i saw it in his scrump primal bongos crazy beat ‘bido rising feel the heat bodies writhing in the night fill…
50 Word Thursday #27 — Do no harm?
“He hoped that by remaining where he was, he might do some good, even there.” – Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens Baby Nicholas was born in the asylum, the son of Anna, a woman who had been there for a year, and Dr. Phibes, her psychiatrist. The previous year, Anna had gone to the police…
50 Word Thursday — A Possum’s Tale
Image by Prawny from Pixabay Bobo the Clown was very sad because his pet opossum, Huckabee, was sick. Huckabee refused to eat, and for a possum food is their world, so Bobo was worried. The circus was in Palm Beach for a week, then the troupe was shutting down for vacation. Bobo had plans to…
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