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The Greatest Crime
I wrote this piece of flash fiction about two years ago in answer to a challenge by Thane in Vain to write a 500 word fiction using the phrase “the greatest crime.” I think an argument can be made that the crime detailed in this story is the greatest crime because it led to so many crimes down the road. I hope you enjoy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Delighting in the beauty…
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Sleeper on the Loose!
Sleeper on the Loose!
I grew up on sci-if books and movies. I love ’em! It was great fun, then, for me to take a writing challenge and fashion a sci-if tale from it. This story was written several years ago. I hope you enjoy! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “What do you mean we’ve got a Sleeper on the loose? Christ, Lowenstein, how the hell did that happen?” I sighed and ran a hand through my short…
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The Last Yodel
There is nothing I like better than a bit of horror. In this story, written three years ago, an insomniac gets more than he bargained for when sleep eludes him… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Blame it on the insomnia – that damned inability of mine to sleep through the night. I’ve always been a creature of the hours after midnight. It’s the reason I ended up at The…
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The Things That Matter
The Things That Matter
This is a little story about big things ~ the things in life that seem (to me) most important. I wrote this story three years ago in answer to a challenge by Keith Channing to write a story based on the photo below. If you get a chance, you will want to check out Keith’s blog (here) – he has a lot of good stuff there, including some great limericks. But for now, settle back and let me tell you…
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The Client
This quirky little story is a bit of fiendish fun. There are some clients no public relations firm should take on… . I hope you get some ghoulish delight from this tale, written three years ago. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Let me get this straight, sir,” I said, setting the teacup aside. “You wish to hire our firm to babysit your daughter?” Smoothing back a lock of silver…
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C is for Cassandra
C is for Cassandra
‘C is for Cassandra’ is part of a series of stories I am writing call ‘The Alphabet Soup Stories.’ Psychics have always intrigued me. I can’t say I put much faith in them, but I do know that from time to time law enforcement officers make use of them. Sometimes when I drive by a house with a sign in the window advertising ‘readings,’ I always wonder about the person conducting them. What kind…
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Second StarTo the Right...
Second StarTo the Right…
Today’s story is one I wrote several years ago. I had great fun writing this fanciful tale about the famous boy who never wanted to grow up. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ No matter what Captain Kirk says, it isn’t space that’s the final frontier. It’s old age. I’ve been a resident at the Barrie Retirement Home…
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Jolene
This is a repost of an old story while I am on holiday. I wrote ‘Jolene’ about three years ago I saw this woman so clearly, and her good hearted generosity stayed with me. This story was written in response to a flash fiction challenge back then, but I think it holds up on its own. I hope you enjoy it! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jolene wasn’t like other girls’ mothers. When she’d pick me up from…
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Weekend Coffee Share: Friendship, Mickey Mouse, Flash Fiction & Waistlines
Weekend Coffee Share: Friendship, Mickey Mouse, Flash Fiction & Waistlines
Hi everyone! Another weekend, and here I am, writing a Weekend Coffee Share and connecting with all of my blogger friends. How was your week? Please feel free to share. Here’s a link (here) for anyone who wants to join us on the Weekend Coffee Share (hosted by Nerd in the Brain). This will be a relatively short weekend update as I am now officially on holiday for three weeks! Strike up the band…
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The Sully Award Winner!
I won an award! I am shocked, humbled and thrilled! I have never competed in a contest before and this was such a boost to me. This is the first Annual Sully Award. Please check out the other fine writers who participated. I think you will enjoy their entries! 😃
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Weekend Coffee Share: Sore Throats, Blindness & Dumping the 'Shoulds'
Weekend Coffee Share: Sore Throats, Blindness & Dumping the ‘Shoulds’
Like an uneasy thief bungling in the dark, plundering goodies belonging to another, I find myself surreptitiously stealing a weekend just for me. I am ‘chilling,’ as they say. Filling my weekend hours with self-indulgence and reckless, heedless nothingness. Truth be told, I find it just a little exhausting. I have trouble drowning out my internal list of ‘shoulds’ any time I attempt to steal a…
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Weekend Coffee Share: Dance!
Weekend Coffee Share: Dance!
Do you like to dance? I must admit, my senses love it, but my uncoordinated body seldom cooperates with the cool vision in my head. In the depths of my soul, a driving rhythm calls me out onto the dance floor. My heart and mind quicken, and I feel an overwhelming desire to move to the music, to give myself to it. To celebrate being alive! Alas, I am one of the unlucky few born without the ability…
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Square Dancing and Captain Kirk
Square Dancing and Captain Kirk
Well, Weekend Writing Warriors, here I am again! As usual, I am chiming in at the last minute with my Weekend Coffee Share. I hope you will forgive me for the lateness of the hour. Truth is, I worked several twelve-hour days this week, and then had to catch up with chores and everything else under the sun these past two days. I’m sure those of you who cram your writing into a few free hours on…
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Alphabet Soup Stories: G is for George
Alphabet Soup Stories: G is for George
“What’s with the dog?” asked James, settling into the folding chair near his brother. Stuart brushed the lapel of his Brooks Brothers coat before answering. “I haven’t a clue. He was lying next to the casket when I arrived. Fitting, though – just the sort of mutt George might have latched onto. Since when are dogs allowed in funeral homes?” The dog stared at the brothers. His milky, tea-colored…
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Weekend Coffee Share: Groundhogs, Girl Scouts & Stephen King
Weekend Coffee Share: Groundhogs, Girl Scouts & Stephen King
Can it really be the weekend already? Seems like I just posted last weekend’s coffee share. Time goes by much too quickly for my liking. Having said that, I’ll now backtrack. When it comes to winter, time cannot pass quickly enough for this Pennsylvanian! Seduced by a virtually snowless January and February, and caressed by temperatures in the balmy seventies several times throughout the…
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Weekend Coffee Share: Pleasure in the Little Things
Weekend Coffee Share: Pleasure in the Little Things
It’s Sunday night and, admittedly, I’m getting to Nerd in the Brain’s ‘Weekend Coffee Share’ (here) little late. I hope a newcomer can be forgiven. So, gentle readers, how was your weekend? Mine was rather nice – a mix of happiness and nostalgia. I’m never really sure where the weekends go. Friday night is always full of promise: On Saturday and Sunday, I’m going to work on my short stories;…
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All the Time in the World
All the Time in the World
Okay, I am going to be upfront and just admit it: I have fallen in love with a BLOG. Mitch Teemley has one of the best blogs I have come across since I have been traveling around the blogosphere. Mitch describes himself as a story teller (writer, filmmaker, public speaker). He brings a lot of his heart to his writing and his Christian perspective. He is never heavy handed – I like that. He makes…
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