The Huntress’ narrow prow cuts through darkness,
The only sound a plashing single paddle.
Destination known, she’s grateful to see nothing
Below the river’s surface. Continue reading
Sci-Fi
AI Dating Fail
The challenge? Write a story in exactly 6 sentences based on Denise’s one word prompt: VISION. Visit, comment, and write & post your own on Six Sentence Stories
The image is too perfect, too symmetrical, with none of the off-kilter that would give it the semblance of life, of moving and breathing humanity.
This whatever-it-was before me is dead, or more accurately said, has never been alive. Continue reading
And Only I Am Left To Tell the Tale
© Ayr/Gray
From Jenne Gray and C.E. Ayr’s photo prompt, The Unicorn Challenge(11/10/23). No more than 250 words in length. Otherwise, let your creative flag fly!
In the days of yore, a peaceful village nestled in the arms of a twinkling ocean inlet and rolling flat fields, graced with beautiful and unique birds. For years, the village was content with its few sailing boats, small school, single church, and a millenary that made the finest hats. Each hat was graced with an iridescent tail feather from those birds, who monthly shed just one tail feather, enough to suit the vanity of the townsfolk. Continue reading
Seasons Greetings
Mushrooming
Rainfall and temps drop
Puffballs are the favored crop
You are what you eat
© Liz Husebye Hartmann (2023)
Soulful Samhain to those who celebrate, and Happy Halloween to the rest o’ yez!
Happily Never After
The challenge? Write a story in exactly 6 sentences based on Denise’s one word prompt: TEXT. Visit, comment, and write & post your own on Six Sentence Stories
The woods are not normally so still: birds whistling, squirrels crashing through piles of autumnal brush, foxes barking and screaming, the peel and crunch of deer stripping tree bark, their gyrating jaws masticating what food they can find in these sere times; all has been silenced. Continue reading
Valley of the Trolls 