Faith If it had been only the first or second time Burt had rung for the nurse, he wouldn’t have been as upset. Five unanswered rings was too much. He had tried every angle of his tongue, the corners of a sugar packet, and a chewed-off fingernail, yet nothing dislodged the shred of…
Just as UFO’s seem to only show themselves in rural areas instead of those with a more dense, and perhaps more intellectual population, so goes The First Phone Call from Heaven, when phones begin to ring in Coldwater, Michigan, population not a whole lot. On one particular Friday, a day of the week considered rather…
A preface: I occasionally look at other reviews before writing my own because – let’s face it – sometimes we miss things during a two-hour film, and it helps to check around. This time, however, I haven’t missed anything. Of the reviews I’ve read, about 95% have been very negative. Of those 95%, about 100%…
Hero when an individual either gains a super power or uses great ability to accomplish something Drama just the human element of drama, but not the drama queen kind Sports Drama with or without balls Death Drama when a movie sucks us into someone life, and the only way to end the story is with…
Every Wednesday Madison Woods posts a picture prompt to challenge writers to create a 100-word story or poem or anything that works for you. Then post your work on your blog. additionally, on friday, you go back to her site and post a link to your blog entry in the comments on her Friday Fictioneers post. I’m going to try…
As if writing a book review isn’t hard enough, it’s even harder when you didn’t really like the book and you try your best to sound fair and you’re not disliking it’s about a war and you’re very anti-war. It gets even harder still when the book seems to be high up on many people’s…
I’m not a rule breaker, but I am a rule-find-a-way-arounder. The 100-word writing challenge from Madison Woods isn’t supposed to be submitted until Friday on her website, but that doesn’t mean I can’t post mine on Thursday here on my blog. I had a lot of positive reactions last week, and I gained a bunch…
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