Modern Tales

12/09/2023 / Liz H-H / 19 Comments

From Jenne Gray and C.E. Ayr’s photo prompt, The Unicorn Challenge (12/08/23). No more than 250 words in length. Otherwise, let your creative flag fly!

Seven swans, seven brothers, and one sister unable to speak… Continue reading →

Harrison’s Release

12/08/202312/08/2023 / Liz H-H / Leave a comment

Humor is very hard to place.//Many thanks to Doug Jacquier and Witcraft.org // For accepting my sense of humor // And my alter-ego, Tessa Kjeldsdottir.

I was giving the Qtip a final twirl when my cousin Jonny hollered up to tell me that Harrison had been released from prison. At first I’d heard “Harry’s song had greased the prism,” which made no sense at all. But then I remembered the Qtip in my one good ear…

Please click here to access the rest of the story: https://witcraft.org/2023/11/22/harrisons-release/

© Liz Husebye Hartmann (2023)

Sweet Memory

12/04/2023 / Liz H-H / 10 Comments

Carrots. Original public domain image from Wikimedia Commons

American tourists with roots in rolling mountains and cows mooing in Norwegian dialects, they assumed it was fine: drive up to the rural farm, request a tour. Continue reading →

Baba and the Hood

11/29/202311/29/2023 / Liz H-H / 14 Comments

The challenge? Write a story in exactly 6 sentences based on Denise’s one word prompt: DETAIL

Visit, comment, and write & post your own on Six Sentence Stories :

Squinting, she ran a wrinkled hand around its polished brass curves, walking all around the vehicle as she examined all surfaces and admired its fine detailing, inside and out. Continue reading →

Sleeping Rough

11/28/2023 / Liz H-H / 16 Comments

Brass sculpture of a homeless person, lying on a bench

From Jenne Gray and C.E. Ayr’s photo prompt, The Unicorn Challenge (11/24/23). No more than 250 words in length. Otherwise, let your creative flag fly!

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Temperature fluctuations from global warming had made our job a lot more challenging. If crime-solving technology had kept up to environmental press, we might’ve had a chance in solving this case that’d happened sometime in the snowy months. As it turned out, the body hadn’t been discovered until Third Spring Thaw. We were called in determine: murder, or societal neglect? Continue reading →

Pomegranate

11/25/202311/26/2023 / Liz H-H / 13 Comments

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 →

Advert: A Cautionary Tale

11/24/2023 / Liz H-H / 7 Comments

For FlashNano Day 24, we were challenged to write a flash in the form of an advertisement. Many players had fun with this. Here is my answer:

A middle aged man with a bad comb-over of fading blond hair, dressed in khaki dress pants, a short-sleeve shirt and man sandals, rambles down a city street, bending to pick up dollar bills from the sidewalk right in front of him. He stuffs them in his pants pockets, front and back.

[Announcer: Dick spends his entire life chasing the all-mighty dollar] Continue reading →