The Forest Dingle

Image by Jean-Louis Servais from Pixabay The farmer in the dell Went for a walk in the wood Then came back home With quite the story to tell He strayed off the path To pick a pretty flower Then spied a butterfly And followed it to the heath He was going to turn back But …

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Hiking in the Wilderness

Dave was regretting his heady behaviour last night, and groaned as he forced himself out of bed, reaching immediately for a bottle of water, and grimacing when he flicked on the lantern. Getting up before sunrise was difficult enough without the added challenge difficulty from having a hangover, but this was what was necessary if …

Finding Recruits

It was drizzling the evening that Zach Kane, investigative journalist, visited the carnival, so he tucked his camera further inside his beige trench coat, and tugged his black fedora a little lower on his forehead. Despite the rain, there was still a decent crowd enjoying the various games and amusements, which meant that Zach was …

Mirror, Mirror

Mirror, Mirror, Hung in this Forgotten ancient hall, Who will accept Adventure’s dangerous call? Mirror, Mirror, Can you foresee Their future fate? Shall they face The undead army's hate? Mirror, Mirror Shall your curse Be broken? Shall your human form Finally again be woken? This poem was inspired by dVerse's quadrille prompt: mirror A quadrille …

Frog Leg Soup

This story was co-written with one of my tutoring students, Gage. Enjoy our combined chaotic and wacky humour in this story. The deck chairs huddled together, plotting their revenge. There was a frog who liked eating chairs, and it enjoyed them so much it ate them every day. The surviving chairs soon realized that they …

Zach Kane and The Handmaiden

This story is a precursor to The Detective and the Damsel, and introduces how these two characters began to be in regular contact with each other. Zach Kane, investigative journalist, was frustrated. He had exhausted all available leads for his current case, but still hadn’t solved it.   There was an unopened letter with ZK written in …

Moon Bed

cradled in comfortdreaming in a sea of starssleep beneath glass skies Image by Mythical Designs This haiku was inspired by this challenge from Jude at Tales Told Different, who posted four different images of moon beds, asked the readers to write a haiku inspired by one of the images, and then Jude would guess which …

The Chaos of the Tempest

Image by Enrique from Pixabay the chaos of the tempest within the forest of clouds cannot be constrained the commotion just increases no gods it appeases but one who loves anarchy and the mischief it inspires watching what transpires with glee when lightning flashes he sips a cup of strong tea laughs mercilessly and grins …

The Detective and the Damsel

A figure in a long, black leather trench coat, face bent and shrouded in shadow, slipping in and out of sight behind the conveniently parked trucks that blocked the view of the sidewalk, quietly approached the newspaper office, and despite the fact that it was well after the posted working hours, entered it with ease.   …

Viona

Viona didn’t remember much of her early life. She’d never had a father to speak of, and her mother worked quite a lot. They lived in a small home on the edge of the reasonably priced residential section of the city. Her mother taught her to read and would take her to visit the library …