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#ThursThreads – Week 275 #Flashfiction #WIP Snippet
This is a snippet from my current work in progress, which works great for a Thursday Threads entry. (The title was The House of Scarlet Lane,...
July 20, 2017
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#ThursThreads Week 256 – Why don’t you answer?
The hissing voices around her were maddening, demanding she pay attention to them as they stood at the edge of the salt circle. Jimin concentrated,...
March 2, 2017
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That Makes Two of Us – #ThursThreads Week 245
Vermillion clouds blazed in the morning sky as shades of purple nuanced to the west toward the glowing moon. The air stung their cheeks as...
December 15, 2016
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#Zombie Apocalypse Flash Fiction Contest 2014
Marshall sat up, unaware of his surroundings. He stood and stumbled to the window, pulling the blinds open to see the intersection of 52nd...
July 20, 2014
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#ThursThreads – The Challenge That Ties Tales Together – Week 121
She could not quell the feeling of being watched and opened her eyes. Despite her efforts to be of the shadows, someone always seemed to...
May 29, 2014
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#ThursThreads – The Challenge That Ties Tales Together – Week 114
The loose handcuffs teased him with freedom. Cole contorted his hand and slipped it through the metal loop, leaving it dangle from his other...
March 27, 2014
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#ThursThreads – The Challenge That Ties Tales Together – Week 112
Each woke to a new day and started their routines. At first, none noticed that the world they knew when they fell asleep the...
March 13, 2014
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#ThursThreads – The Challenge That Ties Tales Together – Week 111
Finally, he had made it to the Shaver Hotel—his corner room looked at the street and a small park. He let his cat out...
March 6, 2014
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#ThursThreads – Month of Love Sci-Fi Theme – Week 110
The moonlight trickled into the room with a slight breeze that made the sheer drapes dance on the polished wooden floor. The white satin...
February 27, 2014
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#ThursThreads – The Challenge That Ties Tales Together – Week 100
He strolled through the town. It looked like all the others he had seen on his journeys down the coastline. The only difference was the...
December 19, 2013
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#ThursThreads – The Challenge That Ties Tales Together – Week 66
“I don’t want to be an imposition. I understand men need their time and…” “I wouldn’t mind the company.” We walk the main street. “Where...
April 11, 2013
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#MotivationMonday – Dawn of a New Day
The events transpiring had happened before. I knew exactly how this would end. I have no choice in the matter; all I can do was...
January 7, 2013
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#ThursThreads – Week 52
“I swear, I’m totally sober,” he said, looking over his shoulder. “There’s this girl you see.” He turned back to the officer. “Well at least...
January 3, 2013
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#55WordChallenge – Week Forty
The clouds pulse and stir above me as I soar through the air. The branches shake in the surges of cold wind below me but...
January 2, 2013
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#ThursThreads – The Challenge That Ties Tales Together – Week 44
I am not like the others that they tracked easily. I do not fall under an outline or profile of what is expected. I leave...
October 25, 2012
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#TuesdayTales 63 – recusant
The blood, I demand that it not get on my pretty dress but it is recusant and goes wherever it pleases. With every slash, more...
October 23, 2012
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#ThursThreads – The Challenge That Ties Tales Together – Week 43
“You knew the price when you asked for my assistance,” Contessa’s dark eyes flicked over pile of coins on the table between them. “But it’s...
October 18, 2012
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#MotivationMonday – Never Forget
“I will never forget the sacrifice he made, nor let it be in vain,” Saul said. “But you were caught by Great Pig anyway. It...
September 17, 2012
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#MenageMonday Challenge – Week 47
This is the house. The seasons have changed from hot to cold and back again since it happened. Not much has changed with it since...
September 17, 2012
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#FridayPictureShow ~ Week 40
Silence after of hours of chaos. They sat barely touched by the turmoil. The soot and smoke swirled around them as they looked over the...
September 7, 2012
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#ThursThreads – The Challenge That Ties Tales Together – Week 37
He just stared out the window. What else was he to do but wait? How long had it been? She said she would only be...
September 6, 2012
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#MenageMonday Challenge – Week 45
“Tonight is the full moon,” he said. “My spell will be remembered for centuries to come.” “Sounds like a stupid spell if you ask me,”...
September 3, 2012
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#TuesdayTales 55 – CONFLUENCE
The fountains of water erupt, pulsing higher and higher into the sky. In an act of rivalry, one turns into the other with splashes forming...
August 28, 2012
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#TuesdayTales 54 – Crypt
The night was dark, but it did not matter; he did not need light to see. He had followed this path many times; he...
August 21, 2012
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#MotivationMonday – Let’s [Not] Make a Deal
If I hadn’t opened that door, would things be much different? I would still be without my family, who were lost to the dark...
August 20, 2012
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#ThursThreads – The Challenge That Ties Tales Together – Week 34
The clouds covered the night sky making it darker than I liked it when I walked this road through the woods. I heard a...
August 16, 2012
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#55WordChallenge
He staggers down the street, without noticing that he no longer sees color. People skitter out of the way so they don’t come into...
August 15, 2012
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TuesdayTales 53 – Prolific
At the edge of the water, crowds gathered to watch the event. They had never seen the creatures that writhed in a ritualistic dance...
August 14, 2012
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#MotivationMonday – I told you so!
“How did you expect me to react with a confession like that?” she demanded. “I’m very angry that you didn’t tell me before. I...
August 13, 2012
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#MenageMonday Challenge – Week 43
I got a strange feeling when my parka filled with air. It wasn’t a good feeling either. We reverently scanned the cemetery. I heard...
August 13, 2012
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#ThursThreads – The Challenge That Ties Tales Together – Week 32
“Is that really the story you wish?” she asked. She looked at him with a caring expression. “There are so many other stories that could...
July 26, 2012
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#TuesdayTales 50 – obsequious
His obsequious nature disturbed me. It seemed contrived, however, I could not determine exactly if it was or not. He easily lured the girls with...
July 24, 2012
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#MotivationMonday – Week 37
The sign read, “No howling”, that hung from the large glass pain in the door. I shook my head and entered the lodge. The thin...
July 23, 2012
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#MenageMonday Challenge – Week 40
My eyes flutter in a dim room. Outside the window, I can see the pipe buildings of Arabelle. How did I get here? I try...
July 23, 2012
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The #FridayPictureShow ~ Week 36
The dark being with the badly formed metal bird mask stood in the doorway. I concealed myself as best as I could in the shadows....
July 20, 2012
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#ThursThreads – The Challenge That Ties Tale Together – Week 31
The spears poked into my flesh. There was nowhere for me to run at the moment. I had another trick up my sleeve, if I...
July 19, 2012
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#TuesdayTales 48 – Bandersnatch
The bandersnatch chased her through the catacombs. She did not understand why it chose today of all days, her wedding day, to show itself. She...
July 10, 2012
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#MotivationMonday – This is Why I’m hot!
“You’re on fire!” she screamed, sitting up straight in the woven pool chair. He glared at her with a chilling smile. “Oh course I am...
July 9, 2012
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#MenageMonday Challenge – Week 38
I’d been in trouble before, but nothing like this. There was no way I was getting out of this alive. Time was running out...
July 9, 2012
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The #FridayPictureShow ~ Week 34
People call me creepy but I don’t care. I like what I like. I don’t judge them on their past-times or…fetishes. I used to...
July 6, 2012
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#ThursThreads – The Challenge That Ties Tales Together – Week 29
“They take this seriously—the game that I put together—very seriously. I find it all too interesting, watching them toil and mess with each other,...
July 5, 2012
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The #FridayPictureShow ~ Week 33
The sky was dark and scarred with clouds. She held on tightly to the strings of the brightly colored balloons as she floated high into...
June 29, 2012
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TuesdayTales 46 – Distinguished
The distinguished gentleman strolled by us again. He never seems to notice our splendor of glowing yellow as he speeds by leaving us in a...
June 26, 2012
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#55WordChallenge – Week Fourteen
“You gotta get outta here,” Marc said to the little boy. “This place is way too dangerous.” Marc stood on his hind legs to look...
June 20, 2012
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# TuesdayTales 45 – Exoteric
I wrote the exoteric script and handed it to the Chief Correspondence Editor. One would think that it would’ve been more difficult to adjust to...
June 19, 2012
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#MotivationMonday – Can’t We all Just Get Along?
“You don’t need to fight over me, I will be both of your friends,” he said with a gleaming smile. The two in the...
June 18, 2012
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#MenageMonday Challenge – Week 36
How does one go from full on creativity to none what so ever? I’ve been asking myself that question for a few days now....
June 18, 2012
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#FridayPictureShow Week 30
Today was the day. Pete felt nervous. He did not know what to expect as he walked down the street with the arraignment gripped in...
June 8, 2012
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#ThursThreads – The Challenge That Ties Tales Together – Week 26
They stepped across the threshold not knowing what to expect. The gloom of their world was all they knew; never before had they seen pure...
June 7, 2012
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#TuesdayTales – Week 43 Concoct
She concocted many things throughout the years but this had to be the best; invisibility. She did not consider that it was not infallible. She...
June 5, 2012
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#MotivationMonday – On an Encouraging Note
“It gets better, you know.” She choked back a tear. Her blue eyes appeared electric. Nervously, she brushed her blond hair behind her shoulder. I...
June 4, 2012
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#MenageMonday Challenge – Week 34
Legend says that during a full moon strange things happen. I for one do not believe in such fanciful explanations. I am a man of...
June 4, 2012
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#MotivationMondays Week 29
You’ll find monsters where you least expect them or when you least want them. Look at me, I blend in perfectly; I wear the same...
May 28, 2012
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#ThursThreads – The Challenge That Ties Tales Together – Week 24
She looked at her reflection in the window. This wasn’t right. She grimaced. But what wasn’t right? She had memories of her life that just...
May 24, 2012
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#55WordChallenge Week 10
She waltzes down the stairs, hearing the doorbell. She smiles at the man behind the door. She stands next to him as he lifts himself...
May 23, 2012
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#MotivationMonday – In loving memory
I can’t believe she’s gone. My world shatters as I see that the beast has ripped her soul away. I scream into the fading light...
May 21, 2012
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#ThursThreads – The Challenge That Ties Tales Together – Week 23
It was so long ago, but the memories hadn’t faded. I still want revenge and it looks as though I will finally get my wish....
May 17, 2012
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#TuesdayTales Week 40 – Hindsight
The sweet smell of spring reminds me of the things I left behind. How, on that one regretful day, I left behind everything that...
May 15, 2012
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#MotivationMonday – Get Over It
I can’t wait that long and remain calm; I smell them and the hunger bangs in me demanding to be filled. How is it possible...
May 14, 2012
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#MenageMonday Challenge – Week 32
It just didn’t feel right. I’ve ridden this close to fifty times and the scrapping sound was never part of it. She knew it too;...
May 14, 2012
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#ThursThreads – The Challenge That Ties Tales Together – Week 22
She turned slowly, her face turned up, in the middle of the field. The sun made her face glow with warmth. I watched with fascination...
May 10, 2012
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#55WordChallenge – Week 8
My tattered boat rocks in the water. There is no place for me to dock along the rocky cliffs. I have floated along the coast...
May 9, 2012
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#TuesdayTales 39 – Equivocate
Her glossy silver skin offset the brightness of her red dress. She sat and waited, as she always did, for him to arrive. She looked...
May 8, 2012
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#MotivationMonday – Week 26
“I’m out of toilet paper.” No response. “Hello? Did you hear me?” Not even the sound of footsteps. “My ass is gonna go numb. Hello?...
May 7, 2012
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#MenageMonday Challenge – Week 31
Around me, the images are in flux. I did this with the vow. I had a choice to walk away and allow fate to run...
May 7, 2012
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#FridayPictureShow ~ Week 26
The maelstrom screamed around her. The unknitting process began rapidly. She felt the fibers of her existence unravel and shred. A voice in the distance...
May 4, 2012
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#ThursThreads – The Challenge That Ties Tales Together – Week 21
His final wishes…we looked at each other with amazement. We knew that he would not rest if we did not do as he asked....
May 3, 2012
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#55WordChallenge Round 7
She followed the trail of sweet purple flowers up the stairs. With her sword drawn, she stepped onto the platform amid the ruined palace. She...
May 3, 2012
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#MotivationMonday
I don’t want to die. The pact I make ensures that does not happen. I will live forever and be there to witness the Trinity...
April 30, 2012
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#FridayPictureShow ~ Week 25
Her head lolls on her chest as she slowly wakes. The light in the forest recedes, stretching shadows around her. Her eyes flutter open and...
April 27, 2012
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#ThursThreads – The Challenge that Ties Tales Together – Week 20
I awoke. My eyes were dry and the pale green hue of the room caused halos to dance at the edge of my vision. I...
April 26, 2012
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#TuesdayTales 37 – Synchronicity
Her eyes blurred in the silvery blue sky as her feet crushed the dried weeds of the past. Dizziness flooded her weakened body and she...
April 24, 2012
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#MotivationMonday – While It’s Still Called Today
It’s too late to apologize. What would be the point? I watch the sun go down over the streets and I pray for the luminescent...
April 23, 2012
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#FridayPictureShow ~ Week 24
Silver lightning illuminates the room with a pop and flicker, then is gone. The thunder growls, moving small glass decorations from their positions on the...
April 20, 2012
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#55WordChallenge
I hear it scratching on the hardwood floors. I cannot move as the slightest sound will alert the pyseritrix. Click-clack, I hear it come closer....
April 18, 2012
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#MotivationMonday – Let’s Play
He loved to play the game as much as me. There is nothing like playing cat and mouse. The prey, charged with anticipation, knowing...
April 16, 2012
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#MenageMonday – Week 29
The aroma of old paper filled her nose. It had been a long time since she had been in here and the dim corridor was...
April 16, 2012
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#FridayPictureShow ~ Week 23 Special Edition
I look back at the twists and turns of my long past with no satisfaction, except for the days with my dear Fine...
April 13, 2012
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#ThursThreads – The Challenge that Ties Tales Together – Week 18
Oh, look at them, the “young, dumb, and full of cum” brigade. I remember being like them. The nights were long and sweet. I could...
April 12, 2012
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#TuesdayTales 36 – Affable
I see her searching for me out the window. I know I will receive a warm welcome from her with no questions; all I...
April 10, 2012
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#MenageMonday! Week 28
“Think of all the carnage there would be,” Pete says to me as we drive down the freeway, “if a bomb like that went off.”...
April 9, 2012
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#MotivationMonday – Good News
“We never thought we’d see him again. After hanging, a person should be dead but not him. He twitched and quivered at the end...
April 9, 2012
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#FridayPictureShow ~ Week 22
I always feel cramped during the full moon and I wake in strange places, this morning on the boardwalk. I sniff the air, smells nice...
April 6, 2012
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#ThursThreads – The Challenge that Ties Tales Together – Week 17
Once upon a time, he owned me. He treated me like the garbage in the bin. He beat me and locked me away in the...
April 5, 2012
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#MotivationMonday – Celebration
The streets teemed with people cheering; some even throw confetti in the air. My senses hone in on my next meal. The ones that stand...
April 2, 2012
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#FridayPictureShow ~ Week 21
My heart beats heavily in my chest in unison with the thunder of the boots rushing towards me in the woods behind me. Hounds howl...
March 30, 2012
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#ThursThreads – The Challenge that Ties Tales Together – Week 16
He stood with his back to the door panting. The run up hill had wiped him out and he knew that his physical exertion was...
March 29, 2012
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#TuesdayTales 34 – Scatological
“And now, Dr. Markson will discuss something interesting,” the busty-blonde news anchor smiled as the newsreel of the parkouring graffiti artist piece faded from the...
March 28, 2012
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#MotivationMonday – A Tempting Offer
“I can give you all of this all you have to do is vow to me.” I do not see what is hissing these words...
March 26, 2012
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#MenageMonday Challenge – Week 27
“Things are spelled weird in this universe,” I say, driving down the street. “Um, I don’t think that is correct even here,” Maria says, glancing...
March 26, 2012
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#ThursThreads – The Challenge that Ties Tales Together – Week 15
He read the texts and the prophecy. “That has to be the dumbest thing I have ever heard of,” he laughed. The woman sitting across...
March 22, 2012
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#TuesdayTales 33 – Cycles
The bright lights dance to music of the Wurlitzer as the carousel gently glides through its cycles. The stoic animals dip and bob on polished...
March 20, 2012
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#MotivationMonday – In His Shoes
We try to be like him but of course, that is impossible. He is a force all of his own. The only way we can...
March 19, 2012
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#MenageMonday Challenge – Week 26
A fair has the street closed. I grumble as I cross the street to avoid the people setting up their tables with tacky handcrafted wares....
March 19, 2012
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#FridayPictureShow – Week 19
I have no control; all I have is the instinct to feed. I feel as though a swirling current pulls me closer and closer to...
March 16, 2012
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#ThursThreads – The Challenge that Ties Tales Together – Week 14
I finish feeding and leave their remains on the floor of the tunnel. I stand, looking across the pool, then return my gaze down the...
March 15, 2012
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#TuesdayTales 32 – Taciturn
Does she now think me taciturn because of my abrupt departure when she spoke her introduction? I cannot speak to her when the hunger overwhelms...
March 13, 2012
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#MotivationMonday – It was an act of mercy
“It was an act of mercy,” is what the Darkness tells me to think when I anger over my countless victims. “We took them out...
March 12, 2012
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#MenageMonday Challenge – Week 25
The swampy water in the canal reeks, reminding me of the smells of London before the fire. I choke back the urge to vomit. I...
March 12, 2012
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#ThursThreads – The Challenge that Ties Tales Together – Week 13
It is alarming that they come so close to me and find places to hide. Do they not feel my eyes burn into them? Do...
March 8, 2012
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#ThursThreads – The Challenge That Ties Tales Together – Week 12
Jerome’s breaths are harsh and rattling, dried blood is caked in his ears. His fingers and toes are black with necrotized tissue. Reynard cries out...
March 1, 2012
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#TuesdayTales 30 – Abscond
Oh, look at them standing on the beach, making out in the sunset’s fiery light. Should I warn him of his ultimate fate? After all,...
February 28, 2012
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#FridayPictureShow ~ Week 16
The double barrel stared at me. I froze as it expected. Its bullets would not kill me; it did not change the fact of the...
February 24, 2012
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#ThursThreads – The Challenge that Ties Tales Together – Week 11
A soft murmuring came from behind me—the same I heard before sleep. My assistant was not here yet and the doors locked. The feeling of...
February 23, 2012
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#TuesdayTales 29 – CANARD
“I told the neighbors we are having canard for dinner.” “You are such a liar.” She glared at me. I knew the look in her...
February 21, 2012
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#MenageMonday – Week 22
“It’s almost time,” she whispered in the dark tunnel. He stared out the opening and shivered, anticipating going into the frigid land. The cold air...
February 20, 2012
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#FridayPictureShow ~ Week 15
Colors flow freely from her. Her every movement encapsulates a different hue. She spins around, head titled back, a large smile on her face,...
February 17, 2012
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#ThursThreads – The Challenge that Ties Tales Together – Week 10
Finally, they caught me. I have never been more excited about anything in my life. “I cannot believe you did this,” the Darkness squeals with...
February 16, 2012
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#TuesdayTales 28 – Cupidity
My cupidity for her is humongous. I follow her everywhere. I love her. I need to be close to her, but not too close, I...
February 14, 2012
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#MotivationMonday – That’s What I Like About You
What a way to spend that special day, in jail with three guys that could be named Bubba. All I wanted to do was get...
February 13, 2012
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#MenageMonday Challenge – Week 21
Everything had to be perfect. I planned for weeks. I took time off work to build the arbor and hid it behind the garage. I...
February 13, 2012
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#FridayPictureShow ~ Week 14
They swayed in the wind that blew through the windows and turned their bright heads to giggle to one another. Finally, they mastered control of...
February 10, 2012
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#TuesdayTales 27- Euphoric
The water splashed at her ankles, its coolness contrasted with the warmth of the sand as she ran along the beach. He would be here,...
February 7, 2012
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#FridayPictureShow ~ Week 13
The waves crash around me with force, but they cannot penetrate my hold as I am of stone and mortar. Still they persist, breaking against...
February 3, 2012
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#ThursThreads – Week 8
“No doubt it’s a murder.” “Really? You think?” I glower at my new trainee. “What gave you the first clue? Was it the slashed throat....
February 2, 2012
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#HumpDayChallenge WEEK 33
It is a perfect gift for my tank and me. The Devil’s Hand Coral cost me copious amounts of money but it was worth...
February 1, 2012
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#TuesdayTales 26 – Brouhaha
The brouhaha crescendoed as the visitors in the pink illuminated orb descended closer. Could they be the saviors to help mankind clean up the mess...
January 31, 2012
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#MotivationMonday – See You Later Alligator
I’ll never forget that smile, it was totally a crocodile grin if I ever saw one, when the kittens finally left the incubation chamber. My...
January 30, 2012
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#MenageMonday Challenge – Week 19
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. With his mysterious ways, he did this in seven days. Well, that is what...
January 30, 2012
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#FridayPictureShow ~ Week 12
“What the hell?” I curse at the signpost. I cannot believe my eyes. This is impossible; I cannot be at the crossroads. I check my...
January 27, 2012
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#ThursThreads – The Challenge that Ties Tales Together – Week Seven
I’ve seen her several times since I escaped the catacombs below the city. I watch her from a distance; I cannot believe how she...
January 26, 2012
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#NIGHTGALE – Writing is Immortality
The everlasting word written by the deranged hand, never does it leave. The darkness and lightness portrayed lives on, long after the creator’s demise....
January 26, 2012
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#HumpDayChallenge Week 32
Angles attempt to free themselves from the tangled web those dark forces ensnare them—trophies to sell they laugh with glee at the ease of capture...
January 25, 2012
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#TuesdayTales 25 – legion
The roads are closed because of the ice and freezing temperatures. The cold from the outside is seeping around the windows and doors. The heat...
January 24, 2012
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#MotivationMonday – Enter the Dragon
People call them dragons but I am not sure about that. Since they arrived, people have been curious about them and their hard leathery...
January 23, 2012
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#MenageMonday Challenge – Week 18
The “Irish Pub” is the best place to gather information that would normally never be found. I walk in and the place is empty, except...
January 23, 2012
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#FridayPictureShow ~ Week 11
“Which key?” I screamed. “Which damn key? Panic surged through me. Not much time. They all look the same. I took one in my sweaty...
January 20, 2012
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#ThursThreads – Week Six
I have no idea how this happened. One minute I was waitressing at what I loving call Brews for Coos, the next minute I’m standing...
January 19, 2012
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#NIGHTGALE – To Die and become one with Nature
I toy with thoughts and twist them into tales of slaughter; I see the presence of the countless I have tortured and murdered in...
January 19, 2012
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#HumpDayChallenge Week 31
“Oh darling,” Ruthie exclaimed. “Let’s take holiday in the Caribbean.” I should abandon my thoughts of arguing with her about it, but I could...
January 18, 2012
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TuesdayTales 24 – Pulchritudinous
Through my half-open eyes, I watched her dress in the leafless willows. Her pulchritudinous skin transparent in the fog swirling and eddying around her. Carefully,...
January 17, 2012
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#MotivationMonday – I Have a Dream
We just wanted to be free of the mildewed catacombs below the city. We wanted to be able to feed freely on the warm flesh...
January 16, 2012
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#MenageMonday Challenge – Week 17
My head felt as though it would explode as I stumbled through the courtyard. The Darkness revolted in me at the sight of the statue...
January 16, 2012
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#FridayPictureShow ~ Week 10 FRIDAY THE 13th EDITION!
The full moon beckons, my body responds to the calling. I feel the pull of the tide within me; it is my night, I am...
January 13, 2012
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#ThursdayThreads – Sure you are, tough guy.
The moment I thrust the chair across the room, smashing into the bar, I knew I was in trouble. People say I have anger issues;...
January 12, 2012
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#NIGHTGALE – Immortality comes to you, you do not go to Immortality
My immortally is eminent. How could it not be? My soul has left a mark on universe that cannot be erased and others, besides...
January 12, 2012
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#HumpDayChallenge – Week 30
Entry #1 The television’s picture turned snowy with black lines zagging to the bottom right. The picture cleared showing a black and white jungle. A...
January 11, 2012
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#TuesdayTales 23 – Defiant
The scene looked like something from a horror movie. The room a mess, clothes and toys scattered haphazardly, pages of books ripped from the spine....
January 10, 2012
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#MenageMonday – Week 16
“Blame it on the rain…” Fred’s singing was interrupted. “You sing that song one more time,” Jim glowered. “I swear to god, I will kill...
January 9, 2012
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#MotivationMonday – A Sword, a Stone and a Girl Who Changed Everything
“Starlight, star bright, the first star I see tonight…” “You’re such a dork. You know that doesn’t do anything, right?” “Whatever,” the younger girl protested....
January 9, 2012
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#FridayPictureShow ~ Week 9
The ivy sent charges of electricity through her delicate skin. She felt awakened by its touch. Its caresses were soft and reassuring. She did not...
January 6, 2012
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#ThursThreads – The Challenge that Ties Tales Together – Week Four
He walked in the night, down tree-lined streets. He did not look left or right, just straight ahead of him. He had a secret and...
January 5, 2012
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#NIGHTGALE – Through Hemlock
I tease myself with the idea of the end of my life. It keeps me up at night and seethes in my nighttime visions...
January 5, 2012
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#HumpDayChallenge week 29
“How much more conservative could my outfit get?” I thought as I popped the last rhinestone from my boots. It would be worth looking unremarkable...
January 4, 2012
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#TuesdayTales 22 – HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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