of Stardust and the Beasts
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Six Sentence Story #23 | Prompt Word: DUST
This week I wrote two stories for the Six Sentence Story blog hop: one for the SSC&B collaborative world and this one here because I enjoy writing the mini stories with the restraint of six-sentences. It’s cool and sometimes a bit… challenging. The host of the hop is Denise aka Girlie on the Edge, and on Sunday she provides the prompt. On Wednesday, the link-up goes live and many awesome authors add their sixes there. Do check them out, even if you didn’t fancy mine, as all writers are different and you may find something more of your cup of tea; even some on-going stories ;). Umm, musically??? Imaginary Friend and Cruel Devotion by Night Club were playing in the moment, no wonder the six became something like this… and instead of Zinfandel I had Puglia. I love the primitivo…
dVerse OLN #2 | Autopsy of Inheritance
This is my second entry for the dVerse Poets Pub Open Link Night. If you enjoy poetry or prose, whether you liked mine or not, you can find many more poems over at dVerse , where they regularly post different prompts and blog-hops, or you can explore the other participants at the OLN link-up . Autopsy of Inheritance To separate you from me,I drove a hatchet straight into this chest of mine,split it open in the shape of a Y —performing an autopsy of inheritance. But as I pulled back the fleshand reached insideto disconnect the veins from the lumpthat forgot how to beat at the mention of your name,I found that you were not in my heart at all. It is in the marrow that you reside. So I sat down at the vanity,holding a bone saw in one hand, yetwhen I take a closer look at myself,I still…
Ten Thing of Thankful #6 | Family, Creativity & Community
Another week has passed and it’s Sunday again, so it’s time to share my weekly thankfuls for the Ten Thing of Thankful blog hop. This week, I am also adding some photos to the end of the post so you can perhaps have a little peek… into the things I am talking about. The thankfuls of other participants can be found at the link-up for TToT Blog-hop . Ten Thing of Thankful #6 First — Six Sentence Blog Hop Community. This week I wrote for and took part in something completely different: the SSC&B community, where I was invited by Clark and Chris . Clark and Denise , who hosts the Six-Sentence Story challenge, were also kind enough to send me some information about the story-line and…
Short Story | Pianoforte
This is a short story of mine born from a night of listening to Chopin’s Nocturnes on repeat. This one too is actually one of my personal favorites. Short Story | Pianoforte With her fingers lightly gripping the quill, the black ink smeared on her fingers and across the paper, if I may paint her clumsiness and lack of etiquette, she tried to write him another letter. But what was there for her to write about? After all, they had never met. She had seen him once from the crowd as she watched his fingers dance across the keys of a pianoforte while clutching her mother’s hand to calm her nerves. Her father told her to behave well, for she could meet a well-dressed lad. But she only had eyes for the old man behind the piano, and it felt as if the musician was laying his fingers across her…
Poetry On the margins of the First Draft #13 | Foolish Girl
Part of my poetry and reflections project, Margins of the First Draft—2-5 percent reality, and the rest is theatrical melodrama. I was a huge fan of William Shakespeare back in the day, and I wanted to incorporate that style into my writing at the time. This is why the whole collection perhaps feels so old and disconnected from how most people write nowadays. But it was part of my evolution as a writer, so the contrast here is actually quite striking when I compare the two poems. (Authors Note) Foolish Girl My foolish heart, Like my mothers favorite vase Plummeting from the shelf I could not reach And beneath my feet A thousand tiny shards With my tears, flowing from my eyes My love, a…
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Six Sentence Story #18 | Prompt Word: HELP
Yet another week has passed, and it’s time to share another six-sentence story. However, this week’s prompt word made me derail into a psychologically dark theme. So, a small disclaimer before I let you read: if you are someone who may be triggered by domestic abuse…
Poetry On the margins of the Second Draft #3 | Bad Poetry
The pieces here aren’t really poems—I’m not doing as much poetry or reflection as I am just… writing. The Second Margins were meant to be more of a messy, experimental corner of my blog—something that might ignite my imagination and lead me back to poetry. However, if…
Ten Thing of Thankful #2 | Discovering Gratitude & Community
Another week has passed, and it’s time for my second entry in the Ten Thing of Thankful (TToT) blog hop. It has been an interesting and very tiring week, but now I’ll try to find ten things I was grateful for and also please do check out the others and the hosts at…
Six Sentence Story #17 | Prompt Word: FLAG
Yet another week has passed. If I’m honest, I’m always waiting for the Thursday blog hops so I can share my Six-Sentence Story of the week and read others and get out of my studies for a little bit (which I love but I need something more to life). Musically, I’ve been…
Ten Thing of Thankful #1 | A New Tradition
Since my blog and creative work often lean toward the dark and gloomy, I thought this blog hop might be a lovely chance to show, and also remind myself, that there are still things to be grateful for. So this is my very first entry for the Ten Thing of Thankful (TToT)…