The Prestigious Pigeon Chasers of Emoclew Square
It was ridiculous to believe, I understood that. No matter how absurd the notion, I couldn’t shake the foolish idea from my head. The cow was judging me. If…
Gone Baby, Gone
The mother, holding back tears, frantically pulls at blankets and sheets. The effort is in vain but required by maternal instinct, as is the glance around the…
The Lullaby
A mother walks past her sleeping infants room when she hears a strange tune and a young girls voice. The voice was singing calmly and quietly. “Hush little…
Arabesque, Suggest, Acquiesce (Version 1)
Roderick took the quiet mumbles as permission to continue his self expression, which he did with gusto. His mother flopped down at the dining room table…
Aspirations Among the Low Places
The toad found a hole, a combination of sunken earth and the gaping maw of a half buried log. All in all, the place was lowly indeed but a step up from…
The Dollies Are Cross
A string of coarse language eminated from the nursery with such force as would have made any sailor cross himself and possibly utter a small prayer. Being more…
Unwanted Visitor
There was a knock at the door. It echoed throughout the foyer. The matriarch mouse took a deep breath. She opened it to the witch. “Where is your daughter?”…
Visitors
“Momma!” screamed the little mouse. “She was in my window!” Her skittering hind paws slid across the floor as her little hands found purchase upon her mother’s…
Princess Leah
Soft blonde hair Baby blue eyes That witnessed as her mother died I can’t even imagine the way she must feel inside The horror she witnessed The jaded world…
The Knocking
“Did you hear it that time?” Sandra elbowed her husband in the ribs, “Bill?” Bill was rigid, the corpse-like rigor gripping his body made her stomach clench…
(Day 58) Ants: A Retrospective
“You know where ants come from?” My son sat the ground between my feet and his small, pudgy hands were streaming sand and dirt down to the ground like a human…
Problem Child
The reason I’m depressed now is you. I understand the past. I’ve reasoned it out. He was insane, you were blind, and that’s the cause for everything. People…
My Babysitter
The girl sat tapping her pencil in between her teeth as she decided what to say in her letter to the President of the United States. She needed to explain her…
Aimless-Caitlyn
Walking aimlessly Screaming randomly Panda hats and icecream boats Singing loud in sour notes Thats just a few things that we would do Well, mostly me,but you…
A Boy and a Man
“Hey son, ahheck!” “Uhm... You okay mister?” The shy school boy approached the old man cautiously. He was sitting on a cardboard throne, dressed in old clothes…
GOLDILOCKS-kid story-PART 10-FINAL
Goldilocks starred down at her curls. “Well, I guess that’s alright.” So Mama bear pulled out a dull knife and sheered her hair right up to her ears. Then…
GOLDILOCKS-kid story-PART 9
“Does your mother know where you are?” Mama bear piped up and Goldilocks shook her head. “Does your father know where you are?” Papa bear asked and she again…
GOLDILOCK-kid story-PART 8
Papa bear looked down at the rumpled blankets scattered across his bed. “Someone’s been in here for sure.” Mama Bear huffed as she tried to straighten up her…
GOLDILOCKS-kid story-PART 7
Now the bears were approaching their home and saw that the door stood wide open. They cautiously entered the kitchen and examined their surroundings. “What…
GOLDILOCKS-kid story-PART 4
Goldilocks looked up at the bright red wooden door that towered over her and pressed the doorbell. “DINGDONG” it rang. She waited, “DINGDONG” it rang again…