Bewitched

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…

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…

Crystal Blue Persuasion

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay   The ivy-covered cottage rests Set in the clearing of green dale Where oxygen so thick lays low Black ink with woe will tell this tale Of the spirit in the mirror’s Love for witch and thirst for freedom. How she dabbled to release him, With uttered spells and…

A flip of the coin

Image by Stefan Waldvogel Stefan Waldvogel from Pixabay Belina was what some might call an “A Personality.” As Head of Marketing, it became more and more difficult for Belina to maintain her professional edge while still remaining a team player with the rest of the division heads. Nobody worked as hard as Belina did, yet…

The Grinder

Image by PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay Liam and Kati had dreamt of a trip to New York City for as long as they’d known each other. The two met in 1980 and here it was almost 40 years later and their dream was coming true. Their favorite couple, Will and Rose, they’d known almost as long…

Lucky Winner

Image by Peter H from Pixabay OK, this story is way longer than I wanted it to be, but… Bella had been working as an accountant in a humdrum job for a number of years. Right when she started, her co-workers asked her to join a lottery club for $2 a week. After a dozen…

Ready

Image by pixel2013 from Pixabay Peace was on an extended vacation. She’d gotten fed up with the petty bickering and always the conflicts between humans. Enjoying herself in the delicious quietness of floating on a windless sunset, Peace decided to ask Ocean what her secret was in keeping so still. Ocean responded, “As you know,…