Category Archives: Fiction

The heart of the matter

Mr. Evers was droning on about the use of semi-colons, colons and Leslie couldn’t remember what else. God, if you loved me you’d make him stop talking. Why do I need to know about colons and semi-colons? Besides, I can … Continue reading

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A Time To Dance

Momma was happy today. No there had to be a better word for it, Momma was jubilant, ecstatic really.  She hummed a tune as she danced around the kitchen.  She was making the family oatmeal cookie recipe.  Sarah always helped … Continue reading

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Ageless: Can These Bones Live Again?

The boy crept silently through the back alley to the elderly lady’s house.It was a small bungalow with overgrown bushes all around. He liked the bushes. Great cover for getting in and out of a house at night, especially a … Continue reading

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Fiction: A Time To Dance

Momma was happy today.  No there had to be a better word for it, Momma was jubilant, ecsactic really.  She hummed a tune as she danced around the kitchen.  She was making the family oatmeal cookie recipe.  Sarah always helped … Continue reading

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Fiction: Walk on the water?

She was struggling to stay afloat in an angry deluge swollen, waters from Drover’s Creek.  Frantically she looked around for a tree limb to grab on to, but the current was swift and the banks were quickly disappearing. She had … Continue reading

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Fiction: The Emotional Breakdown

I was just helping Mommy set the table for supper.  It wasn’t like I meant to spill Adam’s glass of milk.  I put Mommy’s special pink bowl full of green beans on the kitchen table.  I did it very carefully … Continue reading

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The Parting

  The brisk breeze necessitated laying closer together, at least that’s what he told himself.  It seemed the dark violet sky wanted to swallow them surrounding each completely.  In contrast, the three moons of Trikala glowed various neon colors first … Continue reading

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Living in Abundance: A Tale of Two Farmers

This is a tale of two farmers. The first farmer didn’t have any money. He lived in a small wooden shack with dirt floors. The house was owned by his employer a rather wealthy farmer. Each day the farmer went … Continue reading

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Laying in on the line

The ambulance driver hit the switch as lights and siren cut through the hot August night. Tattooed and pierced 13-year old girls in shorts shorter than their baby’s diapers stepped back to let the vehicle through. Two older men with … Continue reading

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Ice Cream Prayers

“Mommy, I want some ice cream,” whined three-year-old Matty. “You know we’re going to have supper soon,” Jeanine Anderson answered wiping her hands on a nearby towel. “Besides we don’t have any ice cream.” “I want ice cream,” the toddler … Continue reading

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