To the casual observer, Jacob Jr. was just a kid galumphing through puddles in his galoshes. But, I knew better.…
Stories
Original fiction, poetry and other creative writing
AFTER THE LONG, HARD WINTER (PART EIGHT)
This tale began seven imaginative writers ago. I added my bit to extend it. Part One (Teresa): Winter had been…
Pandora’s Pillbox
Gerrie Shamba, Keeper of The Pandora Pillbox, shimmered into Siberia on June 29th, 1908. She removed the time-traveling hat from…
In the Immortal Words of Muriel Humphrey
Ancestral burial rites foreshadowed the vanguard of human recycling. From the elaborate funerary practices of ancient Egyptians, to the Terracotta…
Bandicoot Terror
Spoiled by the erstwhile sublime environment of the New Guinean rain forest from whence they were “harvested”, the half-dozen bandicoots…
A Morning with Abner #HuntForAFreshPerspective
Abner woke to the harsh reality of his smelly pillow. It and the newspapers were the only things between him…
Xenia Gets Got
Tonight, Xenia intended to enchant her ugly-ass boyfriend, Harold. She only put up with his broomstick-thin, Jack-o-lantern gapped-tooth goofiness because…
Awesome Business Opportunity
So, I decided to go to Yet Another Ground Floor Once-in-a-Lifetime Make Money Fast Pyramid Scheme. As I walked into…
The Cracked Mirror
Detective Ragbone shook a small amount of graphite onto the frame, while marveling at the unnaturally uniform craquelure of the…
Monkeyshines
The gods were angry. They had been told that they were as no more than a grain of sand in…