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Another Saturday Night

02/05/202402/07/2024 / Liz H-H / 17 Comments

cracked heart picture in pavement

The challenge? Write a story in exactly 6 sentences based on Denise’s one word prompt: GAME. Visit, comment, and write & post your own on Six Sentence Stories

The Two sit across from one another, their gaze held by the flame of a single candle, burning steady and still in the cut-glass candlestick; their relationship had been nothing like, for the past three months.    Continue reading →

Well, Why Not? (Part 4)

08/16/202108/16/2021 / Liz H-H / 8 Comments

Sister Indelicata left the cacophony of squeals and laughter behind her; the tall, hardwood door sneezed delicately shut, blessing the happy, healed family. Indelicata’s bare feet whispered swift and sure, softer than the guttering of the beeswax candles that provided more scent than light. Continue reading →

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