The party boat, a tall red cruiser, shudders in its own wake, loosely tethered to dock’s end by a thin rope dipping in and out of the slowly rolling waves; behind it, dark clouds gather with increasing speed and the winds pick up.
“C’mon,” he hollered over the southern-fried blare and bass from the boat’s own speakers, adding “It’ll be fine and I’ll protect you like I always have!” Continue reading
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Many thanks to Jenne Gray and C.E. Ayr for their photo prompt, The Unicorn Challenge (05/31/2024). No more than 250 words in length.
Marjorie awoke, the song in her heart matching those of the birds twittering in the sunrise. Stretching her pale, lithe arms over her tousled head, she rolled out of bed, feet fairly dancing on the wood floor of her new Uptown apartment.
Change was in the air. Continue reading
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Many thanks to Jenne Gray and C.E. Ayr for their photo prompt, The Unicorn Challenge (05/24/2024). No more than 250 words in length.
I can’t say I hadn’t been warned. Miranda had told me time and again that when dealing with this particular type of book at my stage of apprenticeship, it was critical that I read carefully, and be sure to look neither backward nor forward. It would be seen as an impertinence…as if I hadn’t cared enough to pay attention the first time. Continue reading
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High atop the mountain, trees look more like shrubs, demarcating flat plats of land,
Spreading toward an as yet to be determined line
When land drops away and sky begins. Continue reading
Many thanks to Jenne Gray and C.E. Ayr for their photo prompt, The Unicorn Challenge (05/10/2024). No more than 250 words in length.
Hildie was at her wit’s end. Franz had always been forgetful, more interested in the mechanics of lock-work, how to build a better mousetrap, and getting just the right measurements to repair the town’s old clock tower. His work was much admired, his prices more than reasonable, so his peculiarities were forgiven by the townsfolk and accepted as the oddities of a brilliant mind. Continue reading
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Many thanks to Jenne Gray and C.E. Ayr for their photo prompt, The Unicorn Challenge (04/26/2024). No more than 250 words in length.
It’s a tricky business, one that grows trickier as the millennia pass. Continue reading
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