Author: Rachael Ritchey

• September 29, 2015

  Ride the Dawn

  #BlogBattle “Ride” Week 29, Genre: Contemporary? Ruth knew better than to stand in the front yard. Every time she did, the neighbor across the way would stare at her with those piercing eyes. She couldn’t really see his face, but she could feel him watching her. As unnerving as it was, she fought the urge…

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  September 29, 2015

  #BlogBattle Week 29 “Ride” Entries & Voting

  #BlogBattle 29 Story Theme: Ride Cool Trivia: Week 29 falls on the 29th day of the 9th month. 🙂 (basic rules at the bottom of the post) Look for everyone’s stories using #BlogBattle on Twitter, too! Wednesday, the poll gets added. Be sure to read them all. All the links will open in a new window…
• September 23, 2015

  Persepolis: City of Persians

  I recently wrote a fictional western tale that had to include a theme word: Persepolis. When I was doing a quick word study of Persepolis I became enthralled with the history of the palace and the people connected to it, in part, because it seemed to line up with the book Esther from the Bible. Much…
• September 22, 2015

  What’s for Lunch

  #Orchid #BlogBattle Week 28 There’s no excuse for what I’ve done. I can only say it had to be done. The way I see it, I had no other choice, and maybe that sounds like an excuse, but when you know the whole story, I think you’ll agree. See, it was a day like any…

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  September 22, 2015

  #BlogBattle Week 28 “Orchid” Entries & Voting

  #BlogBattle 28 Story Theme: Orchid (basic rules at the bottom of the post) Look for everyone’s stories using #BlogBattle on Twitter, too! Wednesday, the poll gets added. Be sure to read them all. All the links will open in a new window so that you can easily navigate back to this list. RULES for VOTING:…
• September 22, 2015

  Persepolis West

  (This is a short story I wrote for a #BlogWar. My required genre was Western, my required word was Persepolis. I’ll be writing a post to explain the history behind my theme word and why I chose to go the route I did for my story in a day or two.) There it was, Persepolis, shining like…
• September 15, 2015

  Distant Longings

  Theme: Distance         Genre: Romance Distant Longings Touching. Such an underrated thing. Energy passed from one to another. Transcendence of physical into the spiritual. That’s how she felt about him. There was nothing on earth which could change her mind. Everything in her wanted to touch him. The picture on the screen…

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  September 14, 2015

  #BlogBattle Week 27 “Distance” Entries & Voting

  #BlogBattle 27 Story Theme: Distance (basic rules at the bottom of the post) Look for everyone’s stories using #BlogBattle on Twitter, too! Wednesday, the poll gets added. Be sure to read them all. All the links will open in a new window so that you can easily navigate back to this list. RULES for VOTING: Anyone…