Category: short stories

• April 12, 2016

  The Show Must Go On

  #BlogBattle: Ticket Some people make it through their entire lives without incident. ‘Some people’ were not Gloria VanGlidden. No, Gloria was a walking, talking disaster of an incident. Not a day went by without something sidelining her activity. And it didn’t seem to matter how well she kept her day planner organized either. “Oh, snot…
• April 5, 2016

  Door Number . . .

  #BlogBattle 56: Indiscriminate genre: fantasy/mystery/suspense There are one or two small liptrips but otherwise here’s a silly recording of the story!  The lights were bright, blinding her, but the sound of the crowd cheering drown out all her insecurities. She shielded her eyes with one hand and waved to the audience with the other. Brigitte…
• March 29, 2016

  Leviathan Deep

  #BlogBattle Week 54 “Leviathan” A herald of a time long since passed. A whisper of the days to come. Its breath fills the air with heat but leaves the bones of men chilled with unutterable fear. This is the story given from generation to generation. It was a story Kepheus had heard over and over from…
• March 15, 2016

  Egging You On: A Reprisal

  Happy One Year #BlogBattle Anniversary! So, “Egging You On” was my week 3 #BlogBattle story, and while I’m partial to my strange addiction to Mad Mona, I’ve decided to pull this one out of the file instead. When I wrote it I wanted more from the story, so why not revisit it a bit and…
• March 8, 2016

  Chocolate Deception

  #BlogBattle 52 Theme: Hair — Genre: Drama/Romance — Part 3 Meet Teresa, or Terry as her friends call her. Terry is a smart, savvy, and rather clumsy confectioner. Her candy shop is called the Corner Confectionery and over the course of the last year she’s built up a strong business. But Blaine Industries’ up and…
• February 16, 2016

  Lord of the Lollipops

  #BlogBattle 49 Lollipops genre: Drama/Comedy/Romance “Oh lollipops and sugar plums! Where on earth did I put that thermometer?” Terry mumbled just before smacking the back of her head against the cupboard frame. “Ouch!” She dropped the metal lid with a clatter. She grabbed the base of her skull with both hands, slowly retreated from within…
• January 12, 2016

  Secrets Eat Away Like Worms

  #BlogBattle 44: Worm genre: drama The beast within growled and clawed, leaving marks on the walls of Sam’s heart that would fester if left untended. But she didn’t care. She was tired of being taken advantage of by swine who called themselves men. Where had all the good men gone anyway? “What? You think you can just…
• December 22, 2015

  Flake Trail

  #BlogBattle 41: Flake “Well, what is it?” “Hold your horses, Luke. I’m still trying to get the lens to focus.” Luke stamped his foot, full of impatience and a burning need to know what exactly it was they’d found. “Well, I’ll be.” “What, Phil?” “It’s a flake of gold.” That made no sense to Luke.…