Christmas time
When the lights twinkle and excitement thickens the air. Laughter, anticipation, joy, innocence. Behind the children singing in their mother-made costumes…
Notorious Christmas Letter
Rogan stared at the blank parchment before him. He was having trouble deciding what to include in the dreaded annual Christmas letter. His family were well…
The Koch's Greetings B
_You love your job. Being a part of the process of bringing life into the world inspires you every day. The nurse gestures for you to pass the baby off so it…
Entry 9: "3-Word Prompt Chain" Youth, Delusions, Fruitcake
For some, the holiday season is a depressing time. I sit by the cold hearth where the reunion is to take place in a week, lost in memories of my *youth*…
Coals Burning Bright
Snowflakes wafted and careened through the air, to swirl around and under the passage of three carriages. One, bearing Jaine and myself, outpaced the others by…
Perfect Christmas?
The icing sugar snow that covered the village was falling again; every snowflake, a fairy glowing with enchantment. Home baked gingerbread scented the air with…
Thanks Santa
I eagerly rushed to my Christmas stocking wondering what Santa had brought. It looked like quite a few pieces whatever it might be. I dumped out the contents…
By the City of Oslo
“By George, it’s enormous!” “Quit using my name in vain, would you?” Martha was due to be back soon, she’d quiet Mary down. “No, really,” she pulled my arm…
Revenge
Rushing around the living room, the young boy laughed and yelled while pressing all the buttons on his new Cacophony 3000. After the boy made several circuits…
Left or right?
The red and green lights blinked outside the frosty window. Shadows danced on the dark bedroom floor. He stared grimly down at his bare feet, toes curled into…
The Night Before Christmas
Oh, how it snowed in Schenectady that year. Clouds touched the treetops with gray clutching fingers and enveloped our neighborhood so deeply in white that it…
Snakes On A Sleigh
“So we bring Sam Jackson back as FBI Agent Neville Flynn for the action sequal to Snakes on a Plane,” the screenwriter was telling me. “This time it’s all…
One Little Christmas Tree
The streets were dim, the sun having not yet risen. The apartment was as darkened as well, save for one small, rotating Christmas tree in the corner of the…
Christmas Conditions
“Hey boy, I’m talking to you.” A nudge accompanied the voice. Dreams of Clara faded into the ugliness of Camp Sumter. A hollow face took shape- Bryan, an enemy…
Christmas Returns
Jesse never should have listened to George. Now he was sitting on his unmade bed in the dark staring at the floor. It wasn’t the floor he was seeing. It was…
Christmas Gifts (Wishful Thinking)
Socks, Sea anenome soft, Bought For Christmas Wrapped In a BIG box With a BIG bow The size of a bungalow! Just so I can throw Them off the trail Of how small…
Photos Not Taken
It’s the photographs not taken that keep me awake at night, the memories of people and places not yet long forgotten, but quickly heading down that path. My…
Bastogne's Bastards
I can’t stop shaking. If there’s a hell in this world, it’s a place where the snow lies quietly and the mist moves along the ground in a fine cloud. Everyone…
Little Thoughts
The cold air bites at her fingers. It’s almost like Mrs. Richards’ little dog from down the lane, she thinks, because it hurts and nips at her hands and their…
Tradition is the Illusion of Permanance
The house is silent. No playing children, no christmas music; only the reminder of the fallen’s absense. Beverly, with a delicate, aging hand, holds strings of…