My cool regional online writing group has started a challenge - to write a story under 300 words following a prompt each Monday. I surprised myself by jumping on the first prompt and coming up with... something. This actually started out as a somewhat humorous story, but, it seems, it's easiest to take things to … Continue reading Microfiction Monday
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Park Ranger Love Story (Flash Fiction)
Park Ranger Love Story (Transcribed and maybe a bit altered from a maybe true story recounted by a ranger at Pacific Rim National Park) by Kilmeny MacMichael Once upon a time not that long ago, somewhere here in the Americas where mountain lion roam, a woman was out hiking. And when she came around a … Continue reading Park Ranger Love Story (Flash Fiction)
Oops, almost missed posting this week!
I will now share some random thoughts with you. One) I wish I'd written this article about "competence porn" in film, it's worth a read. Two) Find out if you have access to Kanopy through your library, and suddenly have access to obscure films even if you live in a small town. (I watched one … Continue reading Oops, almost missed posting this week!
Institution (a teeny story)
Eowanna was yawning when she saw the lady in the moon, the lady untangling her hair with her fingers and looking lonely in the dark. Then Eowanna reached up and gave the lady in the moon her favourite hair brush. It was a special brush, with its heavy handle and backing made of the universal ebony; with its stiff and sharp bristle teeth made from the edges of clouds.
Die Nummer sind ein Wunder/ Another rambling post and minor update
(Google translate suggests that Zahlen sind ein Wunder is closer to the "Numbers are a miracle" that I want to say here, but I have only mild confidence in this.) Man this hasn't been a great couple of days of me versus technology and the world. (Whining to come, but first, most of our original … Continue reading Die Nummer sind ein Wunder/ Another rambling post and minor update