It was November, it was definitely November. Rachel looked out the window. Rain was pouring down from the grey almost black sky. November. What a month. No light. Rachel grabbed her bag, her umbrella and glanced at her feet. The shoes, that she was wearing were most certainly not going to help her keep her … Continue reading The darker season
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Ship – S – A to Z Challenge
The continuous humming that had accompanied us for the past weeks, suddenly stopped. It was eeryliy The continuous humming that had accompanied us for the past weeks suddenly stopped. It was eerily quiet when we woke up. Out at sea, it was always quiet, but now, we realized that the sound of the engines had … Continue reading Ship – S – A to Z Challenge
Queue – A to Z Challenge 2019
"Sorry" the woman behind the counter apologised, not sounding apologetic at all. I looked at her with a quizzical look. What was she pretending to be sorry for? It wasn't the queue I had waited in for the past two hours. "Miss, I must tell you that you have waited in the wrong line." My … Continue reading Queue – A to Z Challenge 2019
Omnipresent – O – A to Z Challenge 2019
The images couldn't leave her mind. They would not leave her alone. However hard she tried to forget the atrocities she had seen during her childhood. During the warfare in her country of birth. The streaming blood, the grey and cold limbs covered in dust. Where always there. Haunting her. She rearranged the flowers. It … Continue reading Omnipresent – O – A to Z Challenge 2019
King – K – A to Z Challenge
"We want to see the new king!" "We want to see our new king!" "We want to see the new king of our country!" The crowds outside were deafening. The new king didn't want to show his face, he wanted to sleep. To sleep of the grief, the shock, the excess alcohol he had ingested … Continue reading King – K – A to Z Challenge
Journal – J – A to Z Challenge 2019
Journal Jessica opened her journal. Without reading the writing on the pages she flicked through to the first blank page. Today, she didn't want to write about what had happened in recent weeks. She wanted her creativity to kiss the page. She wanted the darkness of the past few weeks to evaporate. "You are beautiful," … Continue reading Journal – J – A to Z Challenge 2019
Delivery – D – A to Z Challenge 2019
Jean peaked out of the windows, through the closed shutters he could't see much. The road snaking up to the village was still empty. He pushed his small palms against the windowsill and let his bare feet quietly touch upon the ground. Would today be the day? Trying not to make any noise he hoisted … Continue reading Delivery – D – A to Z Challenge 2019
He Knows When You are Sleeping by Trent P. McDonald | Advent 2018 Day 11
He Knows When You are Sleeping By Trent P. McDondald You awake up there? Of course! How could I sleep tonight? What time is it? 11:52. Eight minutes until midnight. So Santa will be here in eight minutes. What? You think Santa enters every house at exactly midnight? Ha! Why not? There are hundreds of houses in this town … Continue reading He Knows When You are Sleeping by Trent P. McDonald | Advent 2018 Day 11
Letters to Santa by Solveig Werner | Advent 2018 Day 2 – 1st Sunday of Advent
Letters to Santa by Solveig Werner The postal elve frowned. Something like this had never happened to him since he started his long career many years ago. He called his colleague without taking his eyes of the two neatly written letters on his desk, "Cristel, come and look at this!" "What is it, Sam?" Cristel … Continue reading Letters to Santa by Solveig Werner | Advent 2018 Day 2 – 1st Sunday of Advent
In Santa’s Shadow by Trent P. McDonald | Advent 2018 Day 2 | 1st Sunday of Advent
In Santa’s Shadow By Trent P. McDonald Voices where emerging from the kitchen. Loud voices. Chet knew that Mom and Ty were arguing. Again. He couldn’t make out anything more than single words here and there, little blasts of clarity through the heated rumble. His stomach turned over and twisted into knots. Why did they have to do this on Christmas … Continue reading In Santa’s Shadow by Trent P. McDonald | Advent 2018 Day 2 | 1st Sunday of Advent
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