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Saints Marching

05/27/201704/21/2018 / Liz H-H / 5 Comments

They clattered down the long hallway, down stairs littered with rocks, crossing the division into darkness.

“There it is again,” they whispered. A low bellow moaned from the depths below. Continue reading →

Intuition

05/21/201704/21/2018 / Liz H-H / 5 Comments

BlackThey circled the pit, noted the downward spiral that curled into thick darkness. Dropped a stone and waited for a splash, a thud, the clatter of a change in angle. Continue reading →

Trading Up

05/21/201704/21/2018 / Liz H-H / 2 Comments

Did he follow?

He never had. She’d always looked back, grabbed his hand to pull him with her. Continue reading →

The End

04/25/201706/03/2018 / Liz H-H / 8 Comments

StormVast ocean pounded a heavy drumbeat, intense wind carrying bright droplets up to the woman poised on cliff’s edge. A sheer of brine slowly covered her naked form.

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A Bacon Bit (Sizzlin’ in the Old West)

04/16/201704/21/2018 / Liz H-H / 7 Comments

Leadbelly sidled up to the bar, tossing a small leather bag on the counter. His boot hooked over the bar rail, spurs jangling, as he leaned toward the buxom barkeep. Continue reading →

A Midsummer’s Dear John

03/31/201704/21/2018 / Liz H-H / 6 Comments

Dearest Oberon,

Although I swore to renew our vows this Midsummer’s Night, I cannot in good conscience re-marry you.  Your cruel joke on Nick Bottom backfired, and I’m still pissed that you snatched my changeling to make him one of your warriors. Continue reading →

The Art of Creation (or vice versa)

03/20/201704/21/2018 / Liz H-H / 5 Comments

In the beginning, there was darkness. No movement. No sound nor smell. Continue reading →

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