I haven't been able to look at a swamp without a feeling of dreadful sorrow, not since my earliest memories as a child, memories of pain and loss, from an experience that left me forever scarred. I look at the scene before me and a single name pierces the last sanctum of my troubled psyche. … Continue reading Terrible Memories – 3LineTales
Category: Stories
Come and Stay a While – 3LineTales
Exits signs usually come in two varieties, red or green. The former always makes it seem like you're fleeing a disaster, the latter, on the other hand, is like a go signal that you've been waiting for all night, a chance to escape social confinement. Geri thought pink was a much more welcoming color, a … Continue reading Come and Stay a While – 3LineTales
My First Official Mystery Publication!
If you've been reading my blog for a while, you'll probably recognize the name Storm Hamilton. He's become a favorite character of mine, and also a favorite for many of my more dedicated readers. Well, as I announced some time ago, one of my Storm Hamilton stories has found it's way to Over My Dead … Continue reading My First Official Mystery Publication!
3LineTales – Finding the Answers
Libraries were once the sanctuaries of knowlege, shining citadels that long stood against the darkness of ignorance, though in our current times they have fallen out in favor of the instant gratification of shimmering screens. But Susan knows well, the faster your gratification, the faster you get found out, so she scours the dusty shelves … Continue reading 3LineTales – Finding the Answers
Whose Kingdom? – 3LineTales Week 133
"Dad took me to Overlook Rock and he said, 'Everything the light touches will be yours someday.'" "He did?" Kwame asked apprehensively. "Yeah, but it was night time, so I couldn't see anything!" *Written as a response to the Three Line Tales Week 133 photo prompt. It's been a while since I did one of … Continue reading Whose Kingdom? – 3LineTales Week 133
Darkness Wakes – 3LineTales
Midnight came crashing upon the empty street, silence its vanguard. A lone figure struggled across the broken blacktop; each step stronger and more surefooted than the last, each heavy breath bringing a new memory of times old. She did not know where she was going, could not remember who she was, other than that she … Continue reading Darkness Wakes – 3LineTales
Eternal Segregation–3LineTales
No matter how hard she strained, she could not reach the green trees beyond the beach; the sea always pulled her back into his ancient embrace. She had seem them grow from saplings to giants, tall and beautiful, close but untouchable friends. The ultimate curse of being a water elemental was separation. *Written as a … Continue reading Eternal Segregation–3LineTales
Sun-shaded Self — 3LineTales
Yellow was the color of the fiery sun; it was his color--or her color. He was no longer clear on which it should be. He was Apollo, god(ess) of the sun and charioteer(ess?) of the sky, after all; what did it matter the form she took? *Written as a response to the Three Line Tales … Continue reading Sun-shaded Self — 3LineTales
In Memoriam–3LineTales
The display was a secret code, a hidden lamentation right there at the corner of his desk. Two books representing two camps, three roses for three like-hearted comrades. And the spools of thread...those were for the prisoners he had failed to save. *Written as a response to the Three Lines Tales Week 107 photo prompt.
The Furthest Star – 3LineTales
She looks to a sky filled with stars, searching for the one that holds for her the most meaning. It is a distant place, her home, further than she can ever imagine, for she knows not how she ended up here, on this quaint little planet in a backward part of the galaxy--likely an experiment … Continue reading The Furthest Star – 3LineTales
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