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  • When I Grow Up

    “When I grow up I want to be an astronaut! I want to go up in the sky, travel the universe and make friends from out of this world. They’ll be fun, with their green skin, long antennae and several eyes. Or else, or else… Their loooooooong skinny body and big head with 2 black Read more

  • Fiction: Perfection

    Perfect? Heck no! I am not! This post was written in response to the Sometimes Stellar Storyteller Six Word Story Challenge: Perfection. If you like it, you can vote for me on the comments of her site. ;o) Picture from Pixabay.com   Read more

  • The Artist

    When he was still on diapers, he drew his first squiggly line. A wind blew and a piece of colored yarn flew squiggling past him. As a toddler, he would draw clouds, and the wind would bring some clouds to an otherwise clear sky. As a kid, he would draw cars, and his parents never Read more

  • Library

    He lives in the streets. No mom. No dad. Steals food to survive, but doesn’t like it. The other boys are bad. He doesn’t want to be bad. He learns how to read from a homeless sir he befriended. He would read anything and everything. His dream is to attend school. He asks the mailman to give Read more

  • Six Word Story Challenge – Suspicion

    Arrived ring-less, after not answering phone. This post was written in response to the Sometimes Stellar Storyteller Six Word Story Challenge, with prompt word SUSPICION. This is based on a real story, where the suspicion did not confirm and the subject was not guilt. That was actually me. I lost weight and my wedding ring became too Read more

  • Isolated

    They lived in an isolated island. The rest of the world was very close, though, separated from their island by a narrow canal. In years past, some tried crossing the canal to the other side, but were swallowed alive by the sea creatures that populate the passage. But it hasn’t been like this forever. Legend says that Read more

  • Six Word Story: Sin

    We’re not sinners. The priest was! This post was written in response to this week’s Sometimes Stellar Storyteller Six Word Story Challenge , with the prompt Sin. Writing a story in only 6 words sometimes is really hard. This week I wanted to tell a real story. The story of my own wedding. I guess I managed to Read more

  • Six Word Story: Accomplishment

    Thirteen miles, and no foot pain. This post was written in response to the Sometimes Stellar Storyteller’s Six Word Story Challenge. It is a true story, actually. In 2013 I tried that same race and at halfway I was struggling to decide if I’d call my husband to pick me up because I could barely step Read more

  • Six Word Story Challenge: Return

    Hurtful words. Leaving to never return. This post was written in response to Six Word Stories: The Return of the Challenge. Image from pixabay.com (Foundry) To see other 6 word stories inspired by the same prompt, click the blue frog below: Read more

  • The lion and me

    In this area of the land live a lion and me. I’m slightly smarter than him, he’s MUCH stronger than me. It’s an open land and we get the visit from several other smaller or not very smart animals. We feed on them, sharing the load. They satisfy us so I don’t need to bother the Read more

  • Restriction

    She was a single mother of 4. Girl#1 and Boy#1 were good, healthy kids. Girl#2 was not healthy. Boy#2 was not good. He wasn’t bad either. But he had the bad habit of always getting in trouble. At 17 he was dating a crazy girl. She was trouble! Of the bad kind. They had a love Read more

  • Sun

    The Summer was hot and dry. The sun was implacable. Not a little distraction would be gone without being noticed by it and light up into a fire. The mountain tops were ablaze. Sometimes closing in to residential areas, forcing people to evacuate from their own houses. As the flames leapt skyward, the quality of the Read more

  • 10 cents

    She lived a life that some would describe as being on edge. For being adventurous, but also for getting into financial trouble after her adventures… One day, she could not believe her eyes, when she saw a sign announcing a 5 acre lot on sale for 10 cents. 10 cents????? She didn’t think twice and bought Read more

  • 3-in-one: Take these flowers away. And the balloon, too!

    This week, I’m busy planning a RV trip, so I’m trying to combine 3 challenges in only one story. Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, with a picture of balloons as this week’s prompt Literary Lion, with the word Flower as a prompt Color By Words, with the prompt Sleeping beauty, to write about a comatose Read more

  • Blue sea

    The last thing I remember was asking the waiter to bring my burger with no cheese and no bun, but wrapped in lettuce instead. Then suddenly I was flying over a crystalline blue sea. Or maybe it was a lake, as it was very round. The color was the prettiest blue/turquoise color I have ever Read more