Picks of the Month
May
Triumphant Folly In The Park

My Thoughts Dear diary... Embodiment of esteemed antiquity delivered through energetic spring; dappled light emerges in resolution where trembling...
- Read more about Triumphant Folly In The Park
- 28 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 2794 reads
The Fish on the Hill

My April, the first of two parts, and restricted to 100 words per day so that I can’t be accused of banging on about it.
- Read more about The Fish on the Hill
- 18 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 2737 reads
April
I am the stillness

I am, not in the way fire roars, but in the hush between storms. I am the breath the forest holds before the wind remembers how to move. They rush,...
- Read more about I am the stillness
- 13 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 2373 reads
It's obviously a plot behind the human race's back

“Do you know who I am? Do you still recognize me?” asks Super Mario. The Plumber walks into the living room. She waters the plants. When she turns...
- Read more about It's obviously a plot behind the human race's back
- 3 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 962 reads
March
Chapter 25

Chapter 25 (No missing chapter. I extended chapter 23 and split it into two.) Alice stirred, sensing a presence in her room before she opened her...
- Read more about Chapter 25
- 9 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 1501 reads
Killed By Cows

This is not the time to wonder, as they thunder towards you, whether they are cows or bulls. Just run. You have wandered into a zone that seemed...
- Read more about Killed By Cows
- 14 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 2815 reads
February
A series of horses decreasing in size

My parents had at least three children it’s difficult to put a final number on it one of them was me the others were not My childhood was punctuated...
- Read more about A series of horses decreasing in size
- 14 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 2746 reads
Goose-Stepping Down Main Street

I’m too old to start goose stepping. Duck walks I can handle—my declining years having given me no choice. But it should make it easier to duck...
- Read more about Goose-Stepping Down Main Street
- 21 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 4296 reads
January
An owl, a pussycat

Deep in the rich woods
- Read more about An owl, a pussycat
- 5 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 2395 reads
December
Shower song
Is that you, whispering in the walls again?
- Read more about Shower song
- 9 comments
- Log in to post comments
- 2578 reads