The screen door creaked open and slammed back into its frame. The sound cracked like a bullet across the sky. … More
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๐๐ Bells ๐๐
The village was tucking in for a winterโs night sleep, yet still windows glowed with Christmas Eve candles burning, and … More
๐ค Polly Canโt Sleep ๐
Polly could not sleep. She was exhausted, her eyelids were heavy, her little body was full of yawns. Sleep just … More
๐๐ฅง๐๐ฅง Wishing to be Pumpkin Pie ๐ฅง๐๐ฅง๐
There were pumpkin babies wiggling in their nest of vines, in their September fields, in the harvest afternoon. ‘Hey, Petey,โ … More
๐ฉธ๐ฉธ๐ฉธ The Kingโs Head ๐ฉธ๐ฉธ๐ฉธ
The doors of the royal chamber creaked open and out rolled the crown of the king. The bedazzled coronet came … More
๐ A Place That Meant Very Little ๐
It was a warm winter here; the green grasses and red cliffs poured across the land to the sun in … More
The Woolly Worm: A Very True and Real Story
โOh, Iโm at home in these woods,โ she sang, twirling through the last leaf greens, the new yellows, the old … More
The Phones
The smell of gunpowder makes its way into my nose. God. Youโd think a cop wouldnโt mind the smell. Might … More
The Day Moon Before Allhallowtide
The early morning stirs its way into the dawn’s dark sky. And the evening moon, which became the night moon, … More
The Farmer, the Skeleton
The window over the sink, the one with a late-day sun coloring the kitchen. Through it, the farmer watched the … More