Hello. I am continuing to participate in my regional online group's microfiction Monday's. (Mondays?) What happens is our dear leader gives us a theme of the month (which I usually ignore/forget) and a prompt for the week. We're supposed to limit ourselves to under 300 words, but I rarely do that. I am a chronic … Continue reading Microfiction Monday – Untitled
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Pole Nine by Kilmeny MacMichael
There is a man, relatively young the sand in the soil here dusting his green-grey work pants and his black t-shirt under hi-visibility vest we’ve got similar light brown loose-curl hair that shade that looks like it just missed. This man is digging a hole all by himself with a long-handled shovel and earbuds. I … Continue reading Pole Nine by Kilmeny MacMichael
The Leap of Shards and Hooves by Kilmeny MacMichael
Image by Joakim Roubert from Pixabay The Leap of Shards and Hooves . There’s a horse trapped in the shed what are you talking about I saw it that’s impossible it’s got a white face must have been a reflection maybe it’s a unicorn unicorns aren’t real if it’s trapped in the glass we have … Continue reading The Leap of Shards and Hooves by Kilmeny MacMichael
Lion – a poem
Lionby Kilmeny MacMichael Some mornings I wake up with a face of a lion no, not a lioness, I do not mean a lioness there’s too much mane for that mistake Sometimes I wake up with a face of a lion there’s something about how my hair and skin and the light hits just right … Continue reading Lion – a poem
Excerpt from “Crooks”
Back in February, I wrote a story prompted by the theme "love and loss" and the word "evening." A later draft of this story is currently out there in the world looking for a home. This passage, which will introduce you to the speculative romance's dorky and homesick main character, was cut from an early … Continue reading Excerpt from “Crooks”