Happily Ever After - Lightning Quick Reads

As a baseball fan, I was pleased to step in and pinch-hit as guest author over at Lightning Quick Reads. (That's about as "athletic" as I get!)

The theme - "Get Schooled" - was open to interpretation, and as my regular readers know by now, that often leads my dark and twisty imagination to places we don't want to travel without a flashlight. And maybe a crossbow.

Happily Ever After has no girlish giggles, no dog-ate-my-homework hijinks. It does have a baby, a homeless woman, and a sense of madness. And there is a schoolhouse. Just not the kind you'd ever want to attend . . . .  

Derelict - 101 Fiction

*****

An empty house. 

The theme? "Underground."

A homeless woman.

The word count? Exactly 100 words.

Playmates from Hell.

The title? One word only.

Derelict. 

Where? 101 Fiction, Issue 9.

*****

IWSG: We Get By With A Little Help From Our Friends

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I'm sure you've all noticed the talk lately about how blogging is dying - we're utilizing other forms of social media to connect and to promote, we've run out of things to say, we're too busy writing and/or living to write our own posts and to reply to comments let alone read other blogs and comment on those posts.  

And while some things have changed - here's one that hasn't: YOU. 

So, I'm taking this opportunity to thank all my blogging buddies and all my readers for the encouragement and for the support and for giving my stories - the ones with heart and soul, the ones with fangs and fur - room to breathe and corners to crouch in. 

Thank. You.