“This is serenity itself.” Paul pulled his horse to a stop and let out a deep exhale. The gentle slope, the lush greenery;…

“Everyone, please be seated,” Michael said, followed by the sound of seats being filled and adjusted for comfort.  He cleared his throat, “God,…

The explosive boom from the basement shook the entire house. Dmitri handed the shot glass to his old friend Alexi, then licked the…

I cannot adult today. I’m not sure when being an adult became a verb, but it has, and I can’t do it. I…

“Your parents hid Jews in here?” Alexi looked around the old equipment shed in distaste. The sheer amount of neglect made him automatically…

Alaina watched the train pull away, then down to her ringing phone. Ugh. “Hi Mom.” “Well, hello! How are you? “Fine, I was…

Angell Brightmoon sealed the hatch to her pod and waited for the fluid that would turn her into a hydrostatic pilot. She plugged…

Wayne stared at the bushes in front of him, wondering where it had all gone so wrong. He hadn’t meant any of it;…

Mrs. Baker finished writing up the reports of her third-grade class. They had predictably seen several things in her picture of the moon….

“Beautiful!” Dame Alliandra looked at the intricately hand-carved railing curved up each side of the central staircase. Her new foyer was sure to…

“A three?” Five glared its little wooden glare at its neighbor. “You gave a three?” Three’s two outside dots moved up and down…

“You’re thinking about Don Quixote again, aren’t you?”  Skiff sat down next to Nell, stretching his legs out under the bright, summer sun….

“Sparklers,” Annie said as she watched the kids play. “Chasing the gloom away at the speed of light.” “What if inside each of…

Twas the evening of Christmas, and all through the wood, A soft snow was falling, just as it should. The scene, it was…

“There is too a Christmas Squirrel!” Virginia shouted at Jacob. “Look! He’s right out there. See? He has red fur! And he’s watching…

Morgan stared at the goat, its creepy rectangular eyes squinting at her with impatience. “Well, at least you’re not green anymore.” In response the…

“Is that a cassette tape Grandpa?” Jimmie stared the shiny brown magnetic ribbon peaking out the bottom.  Attic adventures with Grandpa were always…

There is no magic here, try as I might. I close my eyes to wish and I wave my pitiful little wand, but…

I come to this place because the trees welcome me. Perhaps they are the Entwives who left Middle Earth to shepherd the forests…

Kat parked her bicycle against the fence and opened the saddle bags. Some things never changed. Even after the apocalypse, pizza delivery was…

Jen grabbed the broom and began sweeping, pushing teh broom harder than was strictly necessary. “What’s the matter?” A worried face in the…

“It’s called The Pour of Generosity.” Mutsuro took a pinch of the salt and placed it on each corner of the square bamboo…

Less than five minutes after Horace opened his Time After Time shop, a young woman entered.  She looked different from most of his…

“Greetings, graduate!” the skull said, smiling. At least smiling as much as possible given that it was missing a lower jaw… and flesh….

 “Those hay bales sure were cool, weren’t they, Gramma?” “They were indeed,” she said pulling the covers tight and giving her grandson a…

I was born in a place humanity has not yet seen.  In crowded system of others just like me, I watched time pass…

“Paper files?” Roz sat back in her chair, pulled out a half-smoked Camel cigarette and re-lit it. She took a long drag before…

“I can’t believe this can and string trick actually works!” Penny giggled as she hid in her tree house. She and her best…

I found myself standing in front of a wall of keys. To my right was a door, the same to my left.  I…

I love water so clear that it can’t hide secrets. Especially the dirty little ones. You had a dirty little secret once. You…

“What’s this?” Joe knelt down brushed away the clippings from the last time the city had mowed the median. “Joe!” His supervisor called…

“Don’t! Stop! I mean Stop! Don’t!” Jonah stayed still, feeling ridiculous half-way bent over, his arm extended to pick up the stuffed toy. …

I saw you that day. Crazy as it sounds, I saw you. You were walking away from your own funeral.  I’ve never told…

“Unicorn colors?” Simmons said. “What’s next? Puppies and Hello Kitty?” Deanna shrugged. “It’s an art school thing. Whose name was on the back…

As I write this, I’m staring at a setting not unlike this week’s prompt. I’m visiting family and reveling in reuniting with the…

Image by Ri Butov from Pixabay “Carry the four….” Kate looked up from her book. “I thought you were reading music, Doctor?” “I…

There are entire cultures who will not let you take their picture. They feel that photographs take part of their soul. Most photographers…

I stand guard as I have for millennia. The bitter wind and snow is a constant reminder of what happened here and there…

Harvey stood at the edge of the peer, marveling at the colors of the sky. “Grandpa, can we go back tomorrow?” He bent…

“Stop.” “Stop” my robot vocalized. “To halt, cease, conclude, desist, pause, or terminate. Can otherwise be used to plug, seal, stem, stay,-“ “I…

“I’ve done it?” Professor Brandt nodded, continuing to stroke his long beard. “We’ll have to make sure the proper heat is applied. Otherwise,…

“I’m not going in there!” Agnar stared at the old stone house. “It’s a horror movie waiting to happen!” Brunhilda grabbed him and…

The buds promise springThey drink the food of the rootAnd reach for the sky Spring has always been my favorite time of the…

He paced the aisle of the ghost train, waiting. Each time he welcomed a ghost, each time he comforted a murdered woman, he…

“He’s judging me. Your dog looks just like that when she’s judging me.” “Maybe he doesn’t like your shirt.” “It’s a Thor shirt….

“Three portals are now closed,” Onayo said, materializing from the book.   Jenna nodded. “Agreed.” “Four remain open.” “Agreed.” “The contract remains in…

“Spring you say?” Harvey nodded as the wind whipped up the snow in the pasture. A moment later it formed into the undeniable…

“Molnija?” I asked as I picked up the watch to inspect it. “Yes, Ma’am,” Fred answered. “You know them?” “Soviet company. They started…

My sister looked at the foot bridge in a fair amount of disgust. “Wow, so much for ‘over the river and through the…

This probably breaks the canon from the movies. Sorry. This story would not leave my brain. “Grandpa, what’s this?” Jim stepped over the…

Bradon swam up to the cage and evaluated the new Merslave. The webbing between his toes had begun to climb up his legs,…

“Mystery? You think I’m ready for mystery?” The portal stretched out before Kaleen. She was about to become a book-surfer. A real book-surfer….

“Good morning, Miss Evelyn” “Officer Reynolds!” Frail, seventy-five year old Evelyn Saunders answered brightly as she looked up from her book. “What brings…

Like so many mornings before, Calnea dropped a handful of dried corn at the edge of the woods, then lugged the last bit…

A squirrel longs for bird food. But a cat stands guard. He gives up and jumps away. This is not only really bad,…

I am a truth pointer. I tell you the truth about the world. It’s all I do, but it’s important because it’s how…