Spell (A word guessing game for two or more players, played with coins or counters)

Round One - Player One: Can you guess my secret word? It begins with D. Player Two: Dog? Player One: No. D-O-G, that’s three pennies to me. The...
Cherry

Life and Death in Venice

Go home Charlie Knight.

The Eternal Tree

with her I’ll be reunited

Frustrated Aspiration

11 small lines.

Take A Step Back … but (IP)

Take a step back the better to see, take a step back, look up at the whole, take a step back – eye the wood, not each tree: but …

Smogocalypse (or, "expect highs of cloud 9")

sure, Ashland smoulders under a smog-red sun, but it’s a sunny decade: cold-war icicles melting, green, grassy, manicured yet groovy. Yes, all you Dada daddies: All is high:
Cherry

Clinic Visit.

A lifetime of summers and 20th century fireworks had not lost their warmth as the old man stroked her arm underneath the blanket tucked into the wheelchair. It is humbling to watch this love
Cherry

The Lunch Date

Phil Erskine was not what you would call elegant. He was in fact a rumpled man with all the grace and sophistication of an unmade bed.

Off the Deep End

She awoke early after a restless night of semi sleep, and vivid dreams. The room was hot and she was covered in a thin sheen of sweat.

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