fiction When You're Right, You Write... Okay, let's start with the explanation. I've had this woman saying this line in my head for a week. It spun off of a funny exchange Brent and I had. I've tried to figure out what scene or story she belongs in but haven&
fiction The Future Mrs. Peters... "Cynthia, how many restraining orders did you..." "Objection. Assumes facts not in evidence." "Your honor, to present our case we must be allowed to bring in evidence from before. That is the entirety of our complaint." "I will allow it. For now. Objection
fiction Supplication... The Old Gods Before Legend had it that ambrosia was the food of the gods. But it was actually Deadre's chocolate chip cookies. What? You thought that Toll House invented those? Gift from the gods. Literally. Today she held a plate of freshly created cookies and went in
fiction Before... In the beginning (the true beginning, not the one you've probably heard about) In the beginning there were a lot of gods. Which makes sense when you think about it. A lot needed to be done. It's not easy to create something and when you are
fiction The Old Gods... Deadre played cards with her sisters. She was a very good card player. The problem was so were her sisters. It wasn't surprising considering they had been playing cards with each other for thousands and thousands of years. There wasn't much else to do. When they
fiction Warranty Work... "We've been trying to reach you about your extended warranty..." click She hung up the phone. She'd gotten so many of these calls lately. Her phone number must have been sold to a whole new collection of scammers. It always seemed to come in
fiction Quite the Character He did not have main character energy. He knew that about himself. He didn't even have wacky side kick energy. The most he thought he could muster was concerned bystander. But even that was probably a stretch. He was more the background of the background. The people you
fiction Charmed, I'm Sure... Angelica answered the door. "Serena, what a surprise, please do come in." Serena crossed the threshold carefully. "Can I get you anything? Some tea? I have cookies in the oven that are almost done. You have impeccable timing." Serena stayed by the door. "There is
fiction Special People... (I know I don't normally do this but I'm giving you a content warning. Every once in awhile I go back to my fist love and write a horror piece. It's what I thought I wanted to write when I was much younger and
fiction Dreams... I dreamt of you last night. It wasn't anything special. Nothing unusual, more accurately. We were kids. I think it was supposed to be the time we set up the lemonade stand. Do you remember that? When we realized that most kids weren't allowed to walk
fiction The Affair... The affair started when I was 35 years old. I can tell you all of the reasons why it happened. I was feeling unappreciated at home. I was feeling unattractive in a body that had changed from giving birth multiple times. I was lonely in a house full of people.
fiction They Say... They say that Pandora was too curious and couldn’t do as Zeus told her and that’s why she opened the box unleashing all the world’s evils. They say that Eve was fooled by the serpent and that’s why she disobeyed God and ate the apple. They
fiction The Not Bright Knight 2... The Not Bright Knight Part One It was a full three-day journey to get to the thicket of thorns. Though he could smell the roses on day two. That’s how many roses there were. How thickly they had grown around the old castle. At the end of day
fiction The Not Bright Knight... Everyone said he wasn’t very smart. Well not everyone, his mother always said that it wasn’t that he wasn’t smart, it was that he saw the world differently. But honestly, that was probably just a mother’s way of saying he wasn’t very smart. But he
fiction Time After Time... She crept closer to the crazy man on the corner. He was in the middle of a fiery speech. Not a lot of people were listening. Just a small handful. But they were listening closely. She could see reflected in their eyes what was to come. The power he would
fiction Scary Stories... “What I really want to do is write horror like Stephen King, or Dean Koontz, or Grady Hendrix. But I can never seem to capture that feeling of impending doom.” “I think it’s because you are too lighthearted. I think to write really good horror you have to be
fiction The Year of the Snake The problem with studying the ancient prophecies was the language. Nobody spoke those languages anymore. They had all fallen to time. They translated by tracking backwards from modern language to what they replaced to what they replaced to what they replaced to eventually the ancient language the prophecies were written
fiction On The List... "Oh yeah, I have to see that movie. She's on my list." "On your list?" "My free pass list." "Not following." "Your free pass list. The famous people that you have a free pass for, that you could totally
fiction Perspective “Oh, I love this song! Have you heard it? Great lyrics.” “Maybe. It’s all about perspective isn’t it?” “What?” “If lyrics are great. It’s all perspective.” “Not following.” “Okay, so…there's this old song that my dad used to sing and love by George Jones.
fiction Loyalty... There was no loyalty anymore. That’s what she was thinking as she worked to pack up her mother’s things. Everyone who had worked for her had disappeared. Run off really. She should have help packing up the office, but instead it was just her here in an empty
fiction New Year Promise January 1 dawns full of hope This year is the year of changes Plans put in place January 2 dawns full of promises I will start tomorrow. It's still the holiday really. January 3 dawns and Mondays are better Who starts at the end of the week? Fresh
fiction Final Resolutions... "Okay, Ms. Jamison is it?" "Yes." Alice looked at the person sitting across the desk from her. She had never been exactly sure what to expect, but this wasn't it. "I see here that you left a lot of things unfinished." "
fiction Holiday Visitations... "So if you could do it, would you?" "Would I what?" "Get visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past?" "Okay, first off how dare you. Scrooge gets the ghost treatment because he's an asshole. Second, he didn't get to
fiction Forwarding Address... "Hey, you got an interesting piece of mail today." "Oh yeah? How so?" He shuffled through the stack of cards, "Look, it's addressed to you with your maiden name. Maiden name. Is that right? I mean, I know it's what we&
fiction Homecoming Christmas... "Are you heading home for Christmas?" "I am home." "You know what I mean. Back to your hometown. Are you going back this year?" "I don't think so. I think I'm going to go back for New Year'