STEVEN HOLDING: Somnambulist | 50-Word Stories
Some BS name. Sleepwalker’s easier. I’d stir. He’d have disappeared, down to the backdoor, eyes closed, trying to get out. …
KARLIE TAYLOR: Ability of the Flesh
The rugged stone face sneers overhead, eyes fixed on a distant point, perhaps a different time. Covered in cracks, its …
CHELSEA ALLEN: The Librarian and the Time Machine
She dozes at her desk as they hustle about, with handfuls of calculations and headfuls of complications, in the secrecy …
LINDA BRISKIN: The Ws | 50-Word Stories
Whispering is the wind in the treetops, the murmuring of discarded clothes in the attic, the sharing of sisterly secrets …
On “A History of Christianity in Asia, volume 1” by Samuel Hugh Moffett ****
If you want a book about world history from about 0 to 1500, as processed through the lens of the …
CHRISTA PLANKO: Unplugged, Recharged | 50-Word Stories
She followed the blue-marked trail into the woods. Soon nature engulfed her. The deeper she got, the more distant her …
STORY OF THE WEEK: May 28
The story of the week for May 15 to 19 is… Wisdom by Carol Reeves Source link
On “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” by Ron Hansen *****
Perhaps I ruined this book by watching the movie a few months ago, unwilling to wait to see something that …
KEVIN A RISNER: An Apocalyptic Easter Sunday, 2030, or Any Year After the Current One
Chartreuse sky, intermittent lightning, air like the rock over Jesus’ tomb. I sit, hurricane in hand, sunglasses on, inhaler nearby, …
CAROL REEVES: Wisdom | 50-Word Stories
When I was young, I thought all birds sang, all plants bloomed, and all hearts loved. Then I learned some …