Yeah Write #135: When Night Comes ( #amwriting #microstory )
Portals hum in the purple sky. The invaders hate light. Without the grid, streetlamps are spent matchsticks. Shadows descend and swallow. What will I do with nothing to burn? I … Continue reading
Yeah Write #132: Sisyphus’s Bane ( #amwriting #microstory )
The five-bedroom house loomed amid a thick carpet of fall leaves. Beautiful to the new owners. Gracie wouldn’t burst their bubble. “Mom–” “Sisyphus should’ve dropped the boulder.” The spare key … Continue reading
Yeah Write #122: Vis-à-vis With a Time Traveler ( #amwriting #microstory )
Ethan shifted; a sofa spring twanged. “Say again!?” Alice sipped coffee. “Marbles in deep grooves stay stuck–” “–without a catastrophic catalyst.” “Right,” she said. “No groove…easy to make them fall.” … Continue reading
Protected: Yeah Write #120: The Unbinding (#amwriting #flashfiction )
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Protected: Yeah Write #119: Shatterglass (#amwriting #flashfiction )
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Yeah Write #118: Granny Knots ( #amwriting #microstory )
Her fingers are dressed in weathered rings. A lifetime of lacework mottles her skin. Wrinkled, rough knuckles slide beneath tatting threads; fingers shift the shuttle, pulling assured knots. My flower … Continue reading
Protected: Yeah Write #117: House of Bones (#amwriting #flashfiction )
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Yeah Write #115: The Goat Girl’s Corruption ( #amwriting #microstory )
You burned my goat skin, charred my soul, and wedded me to your son. None asked which of my dreams had turned to ash. You feasted upon my beauty. Dine … Continue reading
Yeah Write #112: The Parting (#amwriting #flashfiction )
They intended to burn me. I recalled my mentor’s words and they wrapped me in comfort: Some you can push and others nudge but a bit. Orra would berate me … Continue reading
Protected: Yeah Write #108: Lovers Bloom Eternal (#amwriting #flashfiction )
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Yeah Write #107: For You I Wait ( #amwriting #microstory )
Dearest Mine, I think I should perish shackled in matrimony these seven years. Upon my bed, your musk clings in the sheet folds and pillow dents. Your caresses linger in … Continue reading
Yeah Write #101: The Lonely Dead ( #amwriting #microstory )
My skis skid on fresh powder and wind breaks my face. A presence pursues. “Apparitions collect the unwary,” I had warned. The enthusiast didn’t believe what his camera couldn’t snare. … Continue reading
Yeah Write #96: The Cottage ( #amwriting #microstory )
“Witch,” men spat, clawing gingerbread, shattering spun-sugar, leaving slather and destruction. The horror wasn’t the invasion but knowing they’d return. She torched them alive. The Hansels and Grendals would endure … Continue reading
What’s Up Doc #37: My Book Is Live Today (#selfpublishing #indiebookspromo #shortstories))
My love’s labor of pages speak between the lines. The book is out there. Enough of that… What’s really in my head right now? This: Mindful Things: Tales from a … Continue reading
Yeah Write #90: Butterfly and the Flycatcher ( #amwriting #microstory )
“Come be eaten. Your hue fools me not.” “Let’s wager, Flycatcher,” Butterfly challenged. “If I make it to the yarrow you won’t catch me.” Flycatcher puffed her crest and attacked. … Continue reading
Protected: Yeah Write #87: Transference ( #amwriting #flashfiction )
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