The leaves rustled with the wind’s delicate fingers combing through them. Slashes of sunlight penetrated to the forest floor here and there, highlighting fleeting glimpses of fauna in motion. In the distance, birds clicked their mating calls and were answered with almost identical sounds. A squirrel darted up a tree with its booty [...]
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Micro Fiction – Samantha and the Fallen Tree
Posted in Micro Fiction, tagged blood, death, fallen trees, fauna, forest, iron, nuts, samantha, squirrel on January 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dilapidated Little Girl
Posted in Draft, Short Story, tagged alone, dad, death, dilapidated, doll, earthquake, flame, forest, girl, home, house, mom, orphan, snow, snowglobe, young on January 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When the rain stopped, Katherine laid there for a long moment, contemplating whether rising was in her best interest. With a sigh, she realized that if she wanted to eat today, it would have to be.
Like every day before today, she rolled off of her bedroll tucked beneath the single cupboard of her barren little [...]





