Story written by Kilmeny MacMichael At the top of the road where the box canyon drops, there is a tall, grey chain-link fence. And an unreasonably large gate, locked against a precipice of grey rock, under a blanket of white fur from the sky. I’ve been here before. It is a place for poor family … Continue reading Advent (Flash Fiction)
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Reflexion (Flash)
There is a girl. You know it is a girl, although she wears clothes a boy could wear, a dark athletic shirt with no sleeves, white piping around the neck. Her arms are too thin for a healthy boy and nothing about her speaks of sickness.
Canada Day and Publication News
Image by Vlad Vasnetsov from Pixabay So lets get this over with first, it is Canada Day today, happy Canada Day. (Those guys in the picture look a bit tired. We are all a bit tired, I think.) It's been close to 40C for much of the afternoon here, which is about 100F. Many plants … Continue reading Canada Day and Publication News
Drop Stitch (a flash fiction)
Hello again! I've been told my poetry chapbook has moved into a second round of a competition. So, while I'm working on (hopefully close to actually final) edits to my cookbook, and maybe poking away at a short story about a castle, I've decided this a good time to try writing a poem a day, … Continue reading Drop Stitch (a flash fiction)
Kitty kitty kitty
Greetings again from the darker side - I have another short horror story out. You can now find Puss in the UK-based Roads Less Travelled Magazine: Issue One as published through Midnight Street Press. In a way, it is a companion piece to Grimalkins, a short speculative fiction of mine published in 2018 which also … Continue reading Kitty kitty kitty