This is part six of this nine part series. Please comment, question, critique, and criticize. With your help, I hope to work this into a successful story. ♦ Several Small Children Play With a soundboard of empty trees and yellow grass, school children played on the sand and asphalt of limitless dreams. Uninterrupted, a lazy […]
Weekly Writing Challenge: Clicking Through the Pages For this week’s writing challenge, put NextPage to work by breaking up your post into multiple pages. Six Janie Ahrens fell into her couch clutching the mail in one hand and her short, black, food-stained apron in the other. After lifting her feet to the coffee table, she […]
This is part five of this nine part series. Please comment, question, critique, and criticize. With your help, I hope to work this into a successful story. ♦ Stopped in her Tracks Sally walked to the fence separating innocence and experience. Her shoulders fell. She reached out to the chain-link barrier and grabbed hold. Her […]
This is part four of a nine part series I will be publishing over the next several weeks. Please comment, question, critique, and criticize. With your help, I hope to work this into a successful story. ♦ A Leisurely Stroll I decided to walk to the corner bookstore for a cup of coffee. I knew […]
This is part three of a nine part series I will be publishing over the next several weeks. Please comment, question, critique, and criticize. With your help, I hope to work this into a successful story. ♦ Lights and Sirens Sally walked up sunny 17th Street. She saw a flashing fire truck and an open […]
The Road Not Taken The road traveled, though seemingly less so at our start, is our path. The road not taken is our focus. Two roads diverged in a yellow wood / And sorry I could not travel both / And be one traveler When faced with choices, we can make only one. We are, […]
This is part two of a nine part series I will be publishing over the next several weeks. Please comment, question, critique, and criticize. With your help, I hope to work this into a successful story. ♦ Damn that Last Drink After about twenty-five cigarettes in about two minute’s time, I gave up. Poor sleep, […]
