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SHORT STORIES

Payback’s Bitch

The Lark (Medium), 2022

Two old ladies, their nest egg and a new pastor. What could go wrong?

Is That All There Is?

The Short Place (Medium)
Winner, November Contest, 2021

Following the prompt It happened in a song, this story is loosely based on Peggy Lee’s 1969 recording of  “Is That All there Is?”

Children of the Night

The Lark (Medium)

Halloween, 2021

How far will a young girl go to protect her family?

Time Capsule

Short Fiction Break

Grand Prize Winner, 2021

After decades of anticipation, Sport and his family are finally opening the time capsule they sealed as children. But will they discover what they remember inside?

A Mile in Her Shoes

The Lark (Medium)

2021

By mysterious means, a man follows his wife, whom he suspects of cheating. Just when he thinks things couldn’t get worse, he comes to a sinking realization.

The Day I Became an Angel

The Lark (Medium)

2021

Two strangers make a meaningful connection on a hot bus ride home.

POETRY

I’m of Two Minds

Evolve (Medium)

Self-criticism isn’t worth the effort—try empathy instead!

(Background image by Ivana Cajina on Unsplash)

Limbo

iPoetry (Medium)

No one told me meditation would look like this!

(Painting by Nancy Ward, acrylic. “Lifehouse,” 2021)

Ode to Unspoiled Fruit

Evolve (Medium)

Entered in the November poetry competition, addressing “evolution, growth and change in your own life.”

(Image by StockSnap/27555 at Pixabay.com)

You Are the Light

iPoetry (Medium)

Following the prompt It happened in a song, based on Marvin Etzioni’s “You Are the Light” recorded by Lone Justice, 1985.

(Photos by Jonas Denil and Thomas Stephan on Unsplash)

November’s Query

iPoetry (Medium)
October 30, 2021

At an afternoon tea, a question is asked.

(Photo by Yanuar Putut Widjanarko at Pexels)

Autumn Cabaret

iPoetry (Medium)

October, 2021

Can you hear the call of the great horned owl in the rhythm?

(Photo by Agto Nugroho on Unsplash)

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