Double-length flash tale - "Late"
Blowing Rock, North Carolina
Christine runs. The childish footwear, pink flowered sandals, slow her down, and so she...
2021-11-04 12:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post
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New Commission - "The Reason" - out today!
I'm delighted to publish "The Reason", commissioned and imagined by Fossil, in full today. 🍰👦🚸 I hope you all enjoy this Parkdale tale - so...
2021-11-03 13:55:04 +0000 UTC View PostNovember flash tale #1 - coming Thursday! 🌼👧
with a double-length tale inspired by special helper Byron...
2021-11-02 20:10:14 +0000 UTC View Post
October Exclusive - "Bobbing" - Part 4
FOUR
They fall asleep in each other’s arms. No bedtime story, no lonely snowman or Snow White. It’s already so late, such a special night, but they must get their sleep, they don’t want to be grouchy at nursery tomorrow, do they?
... 2021-10-31 17:31:00 +0000 UTC View PostOctober Exclusive - "Bobbing" - Part 3
THREE
It doesn’t take long.
The night lasts forever.
Trick-or-treating is over in half an hour.
Because Robin and Lucy are so young, and just the length of the street, two handfuls of homes, is more than enough. All the...
2021-10-31 16:55:12 +0000 UTC View PostOctober Exclusive - "Bobbing" - Part 2
Robin has skived a lot of school since his dad walked out. So perhaps he missed the lesson when kids are taught what to do when they get younger. When there’s magic. When they’re left the same size (maybe a little smaller) than their baby sist...
2021-10-30 17:18:54 +0000 UTC View PostHalloween Blast from the Past
I'm not able to post the rest of this month's exclusive until the weekend, so in the meantime, here's a favorite Halloween tale from before to tide us over, "Ditzy Dinah". (The rest of "Bobbing" is coming Saturday and Sunday)
2021-10-28 17:25:14 +0000 UTC
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October Exclusive - "Bobbing" - Part 1
ONE
Bobbing for apples is for babies, like Lucy, already in her Halloween costume (a pink, polyester mon...
2021-10-25 19:01:56 +0000 UTC View Post
October Flash #1 - "Charming" 👸🎃🤴🥃
We can't celebrate Halloween without a Berry Swirl tale...🧹
Halloween
Maynard, Kentucky
Ka...
2021-10-20 12:23:27 +0000 UTC View Post
November story ideas - time to vote! ❎😎
I asked my special helpers for "7 Deadly Sins" ideas, and you responded. Thank you! ⭐Time now to vote on the idea(s) that you like the most. This vote ...
2021-10-16 21:33:36 +0000 UTC View PostOctober Flash #1 - "Croc" 🐊🎃🧒
A bonus-length flash tale to kick off one of AR's favorite holidays. Let me know if you like it!
Halloween 2021-10-14 12:18:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Reminder - November story ideas needed!
A reminder, patrons, that we're looking for November story ideas, this time based on any of the 7 Deadly Sins (Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy, Pride).
Please share you ideas 2021-10-13 15:12:36 +0000 UTC View Post
November story ideas needed - "seven deadly sins" 🍎
Hello, special helpers! With October's Halloween tales in the works, I would love to see your AR ideas around the theme of:
the 7 deadly sins - Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy, Pride 2021-10-07 12:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
September Exclusive - "Drop-Off" - Epilogue
When Toby gets home from work, he finds two girls waiting for him on the porch. Both wearing pajamas designed for the under-fives. Both wanting to show off their daycare masterpieces they painted. Both wanting hugs from Daddy.
He picks up ...
2021-09-26 13:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostSeptember Exclusive - "Drop-Off" - Part 3
The wheels on the bus are no long going round. No more music, just the sound of voices, footsteps, and Grace’s own heartbeat before she opens her eyes.
Grace wakes up to find herself in an ordinary daycare room. Except for the children.<...
2021-09-26 12:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostSeptember Exclusive - "Drop-off" - Part 2
The wheels on the bus continue to go round, all through the town.
“I’m…oh, I’m so sorry.”
She has wet herself. She has created a puddle on the floor. Her face burns with humiliation. A fainting spell, a heart attack, anything...
2021-09-25 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostSeptember Exclusive - "Drop-Off" - Part 1
The drive to the new daycare has already taken forty-five minutes. Over an hour, if you count the journey from Grace’s apartment to pick up her niece. ...
2021-09-23 20:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
October "Halloween" ideas👻🎃🦇 - time to vote! ❎
Thank you special helpers for submitting such spookily creative ideas! ⭐ Now everyone, it's time to vote for your fav...
2021-09-18 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostFlash tale - "Secure"
Ah, let's just read it now 😊
There were ten sessions. After each one, Dan returned home, and his wife asked, “How’d it go?”
... 2021-09-13 13:47:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Flash tale - "Première"
A little pretentious, attending a movie premiere.
Okay, more than a little.
John and Cindy won the tickets when they donated to th...
2021-09-11 14:59:52 +0000 UTC View Post
October story ideas needed - "Halloween" 👻🎃🦇
Hello, special helpers! With September's tales already in the works, I would love to see your AR ideas around the classic AR theme of:
halloween
Please comment here with your ...
2021-09-09 16:32:56 +0000 UTC View PostAugust Exclusive - "Sparkly Objects " - Part 3
You’re too stressed. You need to take a break. You’re going to burn out.
This is not what Nathan hears from Julia.
“What a wide-awake boy! Look at those bright eyes!”
It’s nothing but positive feedback from Jul...
2021-08-30 23:24:27 +0000 UTC View PostAugust Exclusive - "Sparkly Objects " - Part 2
They get back home late afternoon. After sweating in the heat to clear up the things not sold in the yard sale and bagging them up for Goodwill, Nathan has a shower and Julia calls out for Mexican food.
Once Nathan is full of California burr...
2021-08-29 16:59:03 +0000 UTC View Post