“It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.” Alice…in Wonderland
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100 word challenge: Moonman
“Grandpa, mum says it’s all nonsense, that you came from the moon.” “Did she, girlie? Nonsense can be true.” “Is it true? Did you come from the moon? Why did you leave?” The old man was quiet for a moment, thinking of his beautiful home and the silver sands and inky black sky. Then he […]
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100 Word Challenge: In the mud
Mother looked up from the stove at the child covered in mud. “Where have you been?” she demanded. “Digging in the creek bottom,” the girl perked. “We found a man.” “What do you mean you found a man? Stay put, you’re filthy!” “In the bottoms. Tommy and I were digging, and we found him.” “A […]
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100 Word Challenge: Lost and Found
He sat on the ramshackle steps, broken with grief and despair. After all, they had barely survived, was this the end? The sickness had taken what little family they had. The riots, their jobs. The fires, their possessions. They escaped the ruins with only their lives. But the pains came far too early. Somehow, the […]
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100 Word Challenge: Waiting
The old man settled himself in the sand, the same time and exact place he had waited for the past 58 years. Early on, he watched with anticipation. Later, when he was eager to get back to his family and work, he sat with perfunctory duty. Now he kept his vigil with longing. His […]
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June reads
Although I’m not very consistent with it, I find it helpful to blog my books because it helps me think more clearly about them. It’s the adult version of narration, if you will. I was going to do a full post on a couple of these books, but the best-laid plans of mice and all […]
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100 Word Challenge: Payback
The third threat came by courier. The first was a call; the second, a letter. Now this package addressed in the same scrawl as the letter. Jones laughed as he remembered the old lady’s angry threats when she realized her “safe investment” wasn’t. He ripped open the package and dumped a crumpled paper into his […]
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100 Word Challenge: The Rite
Her knees quaked as the clouds rushed at her. Bracing herself against the bare rock, she breathed, “I can do this. Withstand the storm; stand in the assembly.” A too-close crack of lightning shattered a tree in the valley below. Cowering, her wide eyes fell on an arrow, made visible in the bright flash. It […]
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