“Dunno, Jimmi.” Patrick stared at his cell and the clouds that gathered there. Building themselves into a wall of alarming color, they ticked across the screen until the county outline was obliterated, over and over again. “Weathercast says storms all day. The summer festival is gonna be a washout.” Continue reading
dreams
How to Grow a Unicorn
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
A Crone’s Cup of Stars
Autumnal Days settling in to cool
Assets and payments all coming due
Black coffee burns and bites
As I ponder the breadth of lifetime delights… Continue reading
Cover Reveal!
Announcing…Glass and Feathers by Lissa Sloan.
We all know one version or another of the Cinderella story: rags to riches, dumping a dysfunctional family, but getting the handsome prince and a new home by story’s end. But what happens next?
Lissa will tell you all about it, coming March 2024. Here’s the beautiful book cover!
For more detail on the upcoming book and a link to present-day fairy tales, poetry, and Enchantment in general, please visit The Fairy Tale Magazine.
© Liz Husebye Hartmann (2023)
Lonely Heart
“I’d rather be swinging on a star than crouched over this bowl of stale pretzels,” Thomas moaned into his lowball. Continue reading
January 27-28: Understanding and Abscission
(For the previous installment in this story, please click to my earlier post: What’s in a Name?)
January 27: Understanding
Decisions
Flora has been my BFF for longer than either of us can remember. And she was always a Flora, and I was always exactly who I am: a Megan. Continue reading
Just-Jot-It-January (Jan 10-11)
So, this month I’m doing a challenge to write a micro a day, for Just-Jot-It-January. Thanks to Linda G. Hill, bloggers in the “Play Group” have proposed a one-word prompt for each day. We share our responses back to Linda’s page, and are able to read what others come up with. I’ll post my responses every few days in bundles, to respect your in-boxes. But if a prompt tickles your imagination, please click its connecting link to read more!
Jan 11: Cosmopolitan
Summer Dreams
Joshua hooked up the donkey to the wagon, checking that the traces were secured to the yoke and tongues. He patted the donkey’s neck and laid an affectionate arm across its withers while he waited for his pa. Scanning their small lands, the half-grown fields, the river that flowed past the hardwood forest, and big sky, his eyes rested again on their wagon. Continue reading




