The Mortar and Pestle – a fable

11 Jul 201723 Jul 2017

  or, A Little Psychology Goes a Long Way "How you wear me down." grumbled the mortar to the pestle "It is all very well for you my dear." remarked…

Into the Unknown FFfAW

11 Jul 201723 Jul 2017

Thanks to Grant-Sud for the photo promt for this week's Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers Into the Unknown Life, he realized, was a game of brinkmanship. Each decision led to…

A Fable – Red Flower Yellow Flower

16 May 2017

Once there was a flowerbed filled with clusters of vibrant flowers. "I am the perfect color!" boasted the red Chrysanthemum "I beg to differ." retorted the yellow. "I prefer my…

Sunday Stupidity

10 Apr 201710 Apr 2017

Miss Moppet arose at the usual hour of 2.30am to begin her day. She tie-dyed the bed sheets a charming vermillion shade and draped them purposefully over the hydrangeas, being…

The Savage Mask – A Fable

2 Apr 201713 Aug 2017

There once hung upon a wall a very large savage mask, or at least that is what the current master of the house referred to him as. The mask had…

Strange Gyrations – Flash Fiction

30 Aug 201630 Aug 2016

"I specifically told Eunice not to drink absinthe while taking cold medicine." "She never listens" "Well now who is going to fly the helicopter?" (silence) "We could jump." "Well 'apres…

Uncustomary Attention – A Lowenbrau Tale

21 Jul 201621 Jul 2016

Grandmamma and Grandpappa Lowenbrau, Mother, Little Wendy, the Danger Twins, and Great Aunt Eunice were exploring the Sensoji Temple. Oblivious of the social niceties they had inadvertently shocked the collected…

The Holiday – Flash Fiction

17 Jul 201618 Jul 2016

“I say chaps! Who’s for some fried eggs?” “This is hardly the time for such a question Bertie, what with the horse dead and the girls gone.” “Well I just…

Fully Booked – A Lowenbrau Tale

21 Jun 201621 Jun 2016

Grandmamma and Grandpappa Lowenbrau, the Danger Twins, Little Wendy and Mother were being shown Oxford by Mother’s friend “The Don”. “Observe the Chippendale stools made especially for this library.” Unfortunately,…

The Wiped Away World

19 Apr 201619 Apr 2016

Flash Fiction on a Tuesday and a break from the poetic...   The sails of the windmill turned and, Marie, crouching behind the flour sacks, waited. The cries beyond the…

A Family Portrait – Lowenbrau Family

25 Mar 201625 Mar 2016

A good Friday at home and a chance to write for Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers, Friday Fiction for Ronovan Writes, Cee's Compose Yourself Photo Challenge, Photo 101 and French…

A Peculiar Mess

29 Feb 20161 Mar 2016

"You, my dear, are exactly like a puddle." "I beg your pardon?" "A puddle! You know, those annoying puddles that you get when you knock over something hard to clean…

Flash Fiction – Tonight You Die

19 Feb 201619 Feb 2016

I had come to St Malo for inspiration, a fugitive from my past, starting a new life as an artist. Standing on the causeway between St Malo and the Grand…

Unattended

16 Feb 201616 Feb 2016

Friday Fiction prompt from Ronovan Writes this week invites us to contrive a short fiction piece using a favorite line from a film. As my favorite line from a film happens…

Golden Earrings

29 Jan 201629 Jan 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWnVg5eidq8 There’s a story, the Gypsies know is true, that when your love wears golden earrings, love will come to you. And so, after many fruitless hours driving through the…