The Big Bang

12/16/2021 / Liz H / 22 Comments

Source: PNGEgg.com

“What is all this stuff?” George leaned into the workroom, one hand on the door frame, afraid to step beyond the door sill and into what looked to him like an explosion in a junk yard. Continue reading →

Quarter For a Love Song

06/10/202106/10/2021 / Liz H / 20 Comments

Agnes scratched her head with her pencil, slipped it into the bun on the back of her head, and reached in her pocket to count out her tips for the night. “Yes, Arthur, Mickey’s still here, still waiting for Delores.” Continue reading →

Playing Leapfrog

03/03/202103/03/2021 / Liz H / 21 Comments

“So, you think if I hop there, launch to the next one over, and make that final leap, it’ll take me across the water, fast enough and close enough to be safe?” Continue reading →

Four and Twenty

02/07/202102/07/2021 / Liz H / 7 Comments

cook carrying a blackbird pie, like the nursery rhyme

Source: “The Song of Sixpence” (1881), Walter Crane

The Hunter’s moon rose high as Henry knelt, pulling the pie out of the oven. Dear Liza’d been sent, holey bucket in hand, to gather autumn leaves for decoration. For their 154^th anniversary, he’d sworn to make the pie on his own, Continue reading →

Superhero Stuff

01/20/202101/22/2021 / Liz H / 19 Comments

The challenge? Write a story in 6 sentences, no more & no less, and if you’d like, share your creation or just visit and comment on others’ ideas, with GirlieOnTheEdge, Denise. The prompt is “Marvel”, and here’s where you join the party: Six Sentence Stories