It's Fandango's Friday Flashback! This story was originally written for MindLoveMisery's Menagerie. Once upon a time, there lived a giant named Frank whose left foot was bigger than his right. Of course, when he went to the Jaunty Giant Shoe Emporium, they wouldn't allow him purchase two different sized shoes. Frank couldn't afford two pair, [...]
Once again it's time for Chelsea Ann Owens' Terrible Poetry Contest! This week our prompt is Big Rock Candy Mountain. When I ain't got no tomorrows when the strings all bust on my banjo I'm gonna change my undershirt an' go to my hunka hunka heaven on dirt. It's paradise, hell yes it is [...]
Today's writing prompt over at MindLoveMisery's Menagerie is pet. I was a homeless, pregnant calico cat living in an upscale residential neighborhood in Mobile, Alabama. I’d had humans at one time, but they moved away and left me behind. After new people moved into our house, I realized my people weren’t coming back. I [...]
When I visit my father's grave, I leave a stone on it. We're Jewish. That's what we do. Just a nondescript piece of rock. Gray, generic and anonymous— aptly symbolizing our relationship.
It's Quadrille Monday over at the dVerse Poets Pub! Today our prompt is the word, glow. ∞ That exquisite glow in your velvet-brown eyes — even the flecks of amber sparkle like topaz bathed in moonlight. I try to imagine what thoughts may evoke such magic, but it is quite impossible considering it has nothing [...]
