On Balance

My six sentence story https://girlieontheedge1.wordpress.com/2023/11/05/sundays-six-sentence-story-word-prompt-287/ Balancing on the low brick wall seemed a great idea to Alessandra; breaking her arm, not so much. One minute she was living in the dream in glorious technicolour, imagining the tightrope across the grand canyon. The next, flat on her back, pain powering through her veins. ‘You okay?’ GeorgeContinue reading “On Balance”

Innocent

Written for https://sammiscribbles.wordpress.com/2023/11/04/weekend-writing-prompt-336-search/ Dave’s hand covered the bible, as he read his statement. It wasn’t like he was a believer – there was nothing to feel guilty about. This evil predator deserved to be in prison. What did it matter he was innocent of this crime? There were many other women who suffered at hisContinue reading “Innocent”

Fibbing

Written for https://pensitivity101.wordpress.com/2023/11/03/fibbing-friday-3rd-november/ 1. Who’s home planet is Skaro? The man in the moon lived there before he migrated to the moon. 2. What would you expect to find in Dinotopia? Every dinosaur thought to be extinct lives there to avoid humans. 3. Who was born on Krypton? Dracula was born there, it is whereContinue reading “Fibbing”

The Best

Written for https://lifeafter50forwomen.com/category/what-do-you-see/ Too tiny to haunt, their elders would taunt, bigger screams they would flaunt, when trick or treater’s smash the midnight air. One Halloween night with their combined height and their ghostly figures alight an idea struck which would give them the edge. With their most frightening boo, they yelled at the crew,Continue reading “The Best”

Sadness in Profanity

Written for https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2023/10/26/reenas-xploration-challenge-304/ There is a sadness in profanity – Tom used to say that to his friends, before he would go into the recesses of his muddled mind. An amazing person, always there when you needed him, struggled to do a good turn for himself. Tom’s mobile would ring into infinity when he didn’tContinue reading “Sadness in Profanity”