New Year
The new year feels like a mistake waiting to happen, a haircut with bangs that are too short, the wrong lipstick, a red that’s too blue, when it should be [...]
9
Jan, 2026
2
Jan, 2026
Gifted
Every week when Lindsay came home from the grocery store she’d find a special treat in her brown paper grocery sacks, a gift from the flirtatious bag boy who seemed [...]
19
Dec, 2025
Orange, Yellow, and Deep Blue Red
Written with the prompts: in the autumn of life, hitch a ride home, how would she know to stop, orange, yellow, and deep blue red, the ocean waved, my home, difficult [...]
21
Nov, 2025
Only Energy
Written with the prompts: book on the table, the dead refuse to talk, floating on a star, Mickey a good surgeon, morning routine, Natalie was bored with it all, [...]
14
Nov, 2025
Watercolor
Written with the prompts: bright red lips, cave dwellers, something to read, everything was not okay, fast forward six months, can’t save everyone, jelly jar glasses, sanctuary, I’ll come back [...]
7
Nov, 2025
Future Island
Written with the prompts: maniac, nostalgic, random lines, every head turned, Melba looking at books, lights flickered, dairy dog, Jimmy heard, we can have pets, future island, bad shit going [...]
31
Oct, 2025
Becoming a Crone
This is a reprint of a Halloween favorite. Enjoy! Pearl became a crone gradually. It started when she shed her pastel, party-mint-colored clothes, the pinks, the baby blues and [...]
24
Oct, 2025
Naming a Coyote
Written with the prompts: dreams don’t come easy, blended spirits, can I kiss you, change your name, Gloria quacked, not a nice person, new guy in class, on our bellies [...]
17
Oct, 2025
October Shift
Written with the prompt: secret colors Climate change is jerking Marilee around. Day before yesterday it rained. Not hard, not steady, but enough to force her into her hooded barn coat and [...]
10
Oct, 2025
Twyla, on Facebook
Written with the prompts: thank God none of this is real, write what first comes to mind, caffeine, cats and cuss words, false red lips, stop, I needed contact with those [...]