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…

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…

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…

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…

National Oyster Day

7 Feb 20167 Feb 2016

  The amazing oyster beds of Cancale in Brittany. You can buy oysters by the dozen on the shore but beware! We all know what that can lead too! ...oOo...…

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…

Haste Makes Waste

18 Jan 201618 Jan 2016

Barbara could not resist “Motto” ware, so when she heard of a particularly good example appearing in the window of Isinglass and Snood’s Antiques she naturally hurried to gain the…

Short Story – Larrkardiy (boab)

9 Jan 20169 Jan 2016

  Prologue For the Aboriginal people Larrkardiy always had a special strength and power. The dreamtime stories tell that this power had made the trees so arrogant that at last God…

All for Nothing

8 Dec 20158 Dec 2015

Monsieur D’Aubignay looked contentedly at his face in the pier glass. Behind his immaculate figure was reflected the exquisite Art Nouveau details of his delightful apartment on the Rue Cardinal Lemoine.…

Driving Lesson-A Lowenbrau Tale

10 Nov 201510 Nov 2015

Grandmamma and Grandpapa Lowenbrau, Little Wendy, and Great Aunt Eunice sat in the back seat of the 1975 Chevrolet Caprice. “Bertie” the Danger Twin and Mother were in the front about…