Not Exactly a Cut Above

via Daily Prompt: Above Word count = 395 / reading time = 1 minute, 40 seconds I rated this 2 of 5 stars on Goodreads, where this review is also posted. During the first few dozen pages of Bone Music, the writing was so bad in places that I laughed aloud. The plot throughout the …

Anticipate

via Daily Prompt: Anticipate Strange Practice by Vivian Shaw After Goodreads featured Strange Practice so prominently a month or so ago, I got on the waiting list for the ebook at my awesome Nashville Public Library, anticipating an enjoyable read whenever it became available. Boy, was I let down! Life is too short, and my …

Side Job

via Daily Prompt: Glaring This is the 3rd, and at 2,221 words, so far the longest, in a series of related short stories.  If you enjoy this enough, friends and fellow Bloggers, to check out the related short-short story and short story I posted previously, the hyperlinked words within this story (except of course for …

Riding High

1,315 words Colt Jackson pedaled his secondhand Schwinn 10-speed along the shoulder of Seven Hills Road as fast as he could, glorying in the breeze of a sun-soaked, late spring day.  Graying hair streaming from under his helmet, he marveled at the endless blend of color flashing by on his right as he sped past …

Morning Flight

via Daily Prompt: Gate As quickly as she could after the scalding water caused the ancient pipes to start their rhythmic clanging, Jeriko scrubbed her face and armpits before shutting off the water.  The pipes gave a long, loud squeal of protest, and she held her breath, listening for any sound of movement from the …