Monthly Archives: February 2013
Growing Up in Pictures
He opened the envelope carefully, hopefully. A small pile of photos slid out – the kids on a slide, eating ice cream, laughing. They looked good. A little bigger, maybe, than last month when their mother sent the thank you note for the child support check. He pinned them to the wall – a growing collection of time passing. The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a story in exactly 55 words. Flash Fiction 55 is […]
Suzie’s House 300 : Promises, Promises
Rey hated to douse on Tracy’s parade, but when he found her hanging by her fingers from a climbing rope in the gym, he felt he better do something about it. Not that he hadn’t found the entire day entertaining, but she looked so pale she might drop at any minute. She’d gone from naughty into dangerous.
The Serialists of Feb 27
Featured author: Altonian with The Visitors. It’s fun to see the “bad” guys get co-opted. This is the hub for The Serialists, a meme for people who post original, serialized fiction on their blogs. If you have one or more posts you would like for us to read, please put the direct link(s) to the post(s) in the linky. Remember to visit one another and comment. We all want to hear from our readers.
Introducing Faire Miscellany
You many have noticed that the name of my Etsy store had changed. It went from Alice’s Etsy Store to Faire Miscellany. The reason for this is that The Girl and I have become partners in selling our handicrafts. We are gearing up for a fair where we will be selling from a booth. Over the next few weeks you will see not only more of her earrings, but some of my sewing efforts. No quilts this time. I’m still […]
Plant of the Ape
Jill’s Mom: Hey, Sis. Thanks for calling but I’m busy right now so I have to get off the phone. Aunt Gertrude: What are you doing? Jill’s Mom: Remember when we all went drinking a few nights ago, including my daughter and my no good son-in-law? Aunt Gertrude: Yep, yep. I remember. You got so drunk we had to carry you out. Jill’s Mom: Well, never mind that. Jack borrowed some money from me to get more beer, then called […]
Revision Hll
Rough waves of adversity crash into daily routine turning all concepts end over end endlessly when does adversity become the norm over the years all the sharp-eyed eagerness of youth wear to a dull roar endlessly turning, dreams and beliefs to pain and regret while hard memory crashes into waves of revision until everything is worn smooth The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a story in exactly 55 words. Flash Fiction 55 is hosted by […]
13 Words for Jack and Jill
For many years now I have participated in a blog hop called PhotoHunt. Every Saturday you are supposed to post a picture that relates to a word they provide. Only, I don’t do it the way you are supposed to. I do it as fiction. Hey, author here. What do you expect? Usually I make a joke of it, frequently puns based on the word they provide. But lately I’ve lost interest in the words provided, have only two readers […]
Suzie’s House 299 : Name Game
“Ponder me this; what’s the best way to make a boy and a girl who are already in love get serious about each other?” Tracy dropped that comment at the lunch table, then looked around to see if anyone noticed. “Ponder me?” Kate gave Tracy a weird look. She heaved a sigh. “Can’t you talk like everyone else?”
The Serialists of Feb 20
I would like to thank both Ann Pino and Old Egg (Robin) for sticking in there with me last week. Love you both. There have been a number of serialists who fell inactive. This does not surprise me in the least. Writing a serial is a serious challenge. Very few people are able to keep it going for very long. I have moved the buttons of the inactive from my sidebar to the Serialists page, where they will remain until […]
Tooth
The Girl is still loosing baby teeth even though she’s already in high school. She lost one recently that had us worried. It spontaneously broke. It wasn’t smashed or jostled or anything. The only thing is that it dried out. Seems to me a tooth shouldn’t fall apart just because it gets dry. We took it to the dentist and asked about it. She said she had no idea why it did that, but she wasn’t concerned because the teeth […]
Jack and Jill – Make a Suggestion
Apparently I can’t do PhotoHunt Jack and Jills anymore. I’ve been trying, but for the last three weeks I was unable to come up with something. I think part of the problem is that I’ve been doing Jack and Jill for so long now that I already have perfectly good posts up for most of the kind of words you would use in PhotoHunt. I think part of the problem is that I can’t seem to get a roll going […]
My Valentine
“Flowers? Didn’t I tell you I didn’t want any?” Theresa stifled a groan. So embarrassing. Everyone in the office stared and grinned. “B-b-but your friend said I should get them.” Awkward, eager, Will’s eyes begged her to accept. “You just wait. I’ll make you carry flowers around all day tomorrow. Ever hear of an amaryllis?” The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to write a story in exactly 55 words. Flash Fiction 55 is hosted by the G-man, […]
