WeWriWa – Drabble
Hello Warriors! I haven’t been around for any number of reasons. I’ve decided to post a drabble this week. A drabble is an extremely short work of fiction of exactly one hundred words in length not...
View ArticleThe Bench for Blogophilia 31.6
Photo by Susan Koenig August 1, 1963 Two workmen carried the seat from their truck to the grassy knoll. Hal wiped his forehead with a blue bandana while Denny drew in gulps of air. “I really must give...
View ArticleThe Hanging for Blogophilia 33.6
I don’t like loose ends. And that’s what got me into trouble. I couldn’t trust the hangman to do the job right. I mean really he’s not the brightest crayon in the box; it’s the lowliest job in the...
View ArticleScents and Nonsense for Blogophilia 37.6
The day opened with a clash of cymbals, the timpani keeping a beat in the background. After that spectacular introduction, the sky parted apricot and lavender clouds to emerge in a beatific blue that...
View ArticleU is for Unknown
Welcome to a tour of my blogs written for the A-Z challenge. Today is April 24th and the Unusual letter U Actually this story has a long history which I won’t bore you with *** The Unknown We...
View ArticleAlone for Blogophilia 45.6
Photo by Susan Koenig The water barely rippled as she entered. Sure in its footing, fate accompanied her naked body. Clouds meandered across the bright sky, the moon’s reflection danced in the calm...
View ArticleThe Old Man for Blogophilia 48.6
Artist Sandra Andrijasevic Baraci I struggle into the wheelchair for our daily constitutional down the hallway. My care-giver, Rosemary, wraps a blanket around me. I loathe the helplessness. I...
View ArticleThe Visitor for Blogophilia 50.6
Art by Sol Siegel The view from my seat in the park appears as an out of focus photo, or a surreal painting, the green of the ground blending with the azure of the sky. Red and yellow blotches dot...
View ArticleHark for Blogophilia 51.6
Hark – photo from Google It’s the Christmas season, not that I have anything to be cheery about, I’m still living on Church Road in my cardboard box. ‘Hark the Herald Angels Sing’ blares through the...
View ArticleThe altercation for Blogophilia 52.6
Google Image As Stone and Quinn retrieved their books for the next class, their attention was drawn to the high pitched voices at the other end of the corridor. The green shade of the lockers lining...
View ArticleAdvanced Reviews for the Bench
The Bench is not published yet – hopefully in March bits of two reviews “The Bench” by Sue Koenig gives us an artist showing no fear in giving us her many different faces. There is something for...
View ArticleThe Meeting for Blogophilia 5.7
Painting by Robert Kingsley “There’s one story I only tell when I’m drunk.” The vampire looked around the church basement at the rest of the group’s members, “but now that I’ve decided to join...
View ArticleExcitement
flash fiction! I couldn’t resist but I can’t figure out how to get the badge in here. Anyway Answer the question – What’s so amazing that keeps us stargazing? in 42 words exactly Mostly we...
View ArticleAmbulance for Blogophilia 6.7
Google Image On the other side of my eyelids buzzed the yellow glow of emergency lights, but it was not yet time to wake up and have to face the doctors’ questions. A couple of kids hiking found me...
View ArticleGargleblaster for blogophilia Week 7.7
As some of you may know I love to write flash fiction. Flash fiction is a style of fictional literature or fiction of extreme brevity. There is no widely accepted definition of the length of the...
View ArticleSplishing ‘n’ Splashing
I had so much fun last time with this group – am doing it again And maybe got the badge right this week? Answer the question - Who dunnit? in 42 words exactly Crash! Mother rushes from the kitchen...
View ArticleTogetherness
this seems to be addictive – am doing it again Hope it’s not too “off the wall” Answer the question - Do you see her much? in 42 words exactly Hand in hand she is always by my side. Never far from...
View ArticleThe Rescue for Blogophilia 8.7
Google Image Me and Steve were just hanging around. No school for us, both kicked out. The bridge was old, crumbling and rusted. What little of it survived the conflagration two years ago so I placed...
View ArticleFor the Points for Blogophilia 9.7
Charles Babbage Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Charles Babbage a mathematician and the founder of the modern computer. lived during the golden age of music and considered telegraph machines to quickly...
View ArticleThe Visit
Couldn’t resist trying this challenge again. Answer the question - Have all your clocks stopped? in 42 words exactly I sensed a change in the air, a tranquility. “Hello Susan.” The rocking chair...
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