October 31, 2017
A lone hill, a substantial bump on the otherwise flat prairie, overlooked the town. A barrier fence of barbed wire circled the hill. It was hardly needed, for no resident of the town ever dared to consider for a moment setting so much as a boot toe on the hill’s flank. Terror of the hill […]
October 29, 2017
the creature’s eyes pig darting incompetent buffoon and don’t get me started about its hair
October 28, 2017
A tree tries on its Halloween costume.
October 27, 2017
The young lady was given the lake of her choice and 3 million dollars when she revealed her partner had been dead for the last three days of the dance.
October 26, 2017
That couple #51 on the left won this dance marathon was amazing because: a. the young lady managed to convincingly drag the corpse of her partner around for the final three days. b. the other three couples mysteriously died all at once. c. the young lady ate nothing at all and drank only what she […]
October 24, 2017
The great brick castle on the hill wore a mantle of magic ivy. In winter the leaves were white. In summer and spring they were green. In autumn they blushed red as red. The people at their labors in the village and fields below paused from time to time to gaze with pride at the […]
October 23, 2017
“When my granddaughter Anne was about five, she said to me one day: ‘Grandmamma, when I grow up, I think I shall be a witch. There are too many ladies, don’t you think?’” from Period Piece, a memoir of a Victorian childhood.
October 22, 2017
The Chamber Pot Murders Tea and Strumpets
