Moonrise Kingdom

If I told you that Sam (Jared Gilman), a man in uniform, was in love with Suzy (Kara Haywood), a woman who lived in a lighthouse on the edge of a New England island, and they were going to run away together until a hurricane approached, you would say, “Don’t we have enough crappy Nicolas…

#fridayfictioneers via rochelle – 2/15

Every Wednesday RenShui Wisoff-Fields posts a picture prompt challenging writers to create a 100-word story, poem, or whatever works for you.  After posting your work on your blog,  go back to her site and add your link on her Friday Fictioneers post.  Place.  Page. I’m going to try to keep up with this, as should you.  Give it a…

Post #500 – fridayfictioneers via rochelle – 2/8

Every Wednesday Roger Wisoff-Fields posts a picture prompt challenging writers to create a 100-word story, poem, or whatever works for you.  After posting your work on your blog,  go back to her site and add your link on her Friday Fictioneers post.  Place.  Page. Please read the notes after the story.  It’s important.   Well, to me, because it’s my 500th…

Looper

Breakthroughs in technology are usually exploited in two places:  commercials and porn.  Combine the two, and you get a bastardized version of the Mob.  When time travel is both created and then outlawed by the year 2073, the Mob in the future uses it to transport their intended murder victims into the past where a…

Your Weekend Horoscopes 2/2

Aries Someone will try to scam you.  Send me $50 and I’ll tell you who. ______________________________________ Taurus Good time to make that confession to your spouse. Relax.  His/hers will be waaaaay worse. ______________________________________ Gemini  Know what it means to “cauterize” a wound? Better look it up. Quickly. ______________________________________ Cancer I’ve never seen fingernails ripped out…

The Misguided Conversation about Guns

I like to think of myself as intelligent.  I like to think of you as intelligent as well because I can’t imagine you are reading this unless you have an above-average ability to think and do.  One of the greatest characteristics or qualifiers of intelligence is the ability to know when you don’t know something,…

#fridayfictioneers via rochelle – 2/1

Every Wednesday Rodin Wisoff-Fields posts a picture prompt challenging writers to create a 100-word story, poem, or whatever works for you.  After posting your work on your blog,  go back to her site and add your link on her Friday Fictioneers post.  Place.  Page. I’m going to try to keep up with this, as should you.  Give it a…

Zero Dark Thirty

Zero Dark Thirty opens with actual audio of people trapped in the World Trade Center after the planes struck on September 11, 2001.  Then we see words that have caused some controversy:  Based on first-hand accounts of actual events.  To some people, this is a proclamation that Zero Dark Thirty is virtually a documentary or…

Your Weekend Horoscopes 1/26

Aries That cigarette you’re holding will finally be your last one, but it’s not because you’re quitting. ______________________________________ Taurus At least you’ll still have the other two children. ______________________________________ Gemini  Sorry, but statistically, someone has to drown. ______________________________________ Cancer For your whole life you’ve called her “Mom.” That’s about to change. ______________________________________ Leo “What goes up must…

#fridayfictioneers via rochelle – 1/25

Every Wednesday Roughskin Wisoff-Fields posts a picture prompt to challenge writers to create a 100-word story or poem or anything that works for you.  After you post your work on your blog,  go back to her site and add a link to your post on her Friday Fictioneers post.  Place.  Page. I’m going to try to keep up with…