A short story by Cynthia Jeub (now known as Artemis Stardust), written before my lighthouse girl story last June. Reprinted with permission. It thought it was a brick. The brick was chipped, so it didn’t quite fit in with the other bricks in the shipment. It thought maybe the builder would cast it away forContinueContinue reading “The Lighthouse and the Pirate”
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The Lighthouse Girl
There was once was a little girl, raised in the Village. The Village was a utopia, walled off for protection and insulated from the world. Even the families in the girl’s section of the Village did not see each other very often, but lived peaceably, like hermits, in accordance with the Code. When the girlContinueContinue reading “The Lighthouse Girl”
The Herdsman, the Maiden and the Coyotes: A Fable
Once upon a time, a little girl sat in a field releasing the fuzz from seeded dandelions and watching the wind gather the wisps into the sky as it tousled her hair. Sometimes, she danced with the wind, her blue skirt swishing to synchronize with its rhythm. One day the whimsy of her dance ledContinueContinue reading “The Herdsman, the Maiden and the Coyotes: A Fable”
Fear of Failure: Write a letter to your deepest, darkest fear
In November 2011, the online teen/college writers’ group that I was in, CleanPlace, posted a weekly prompt that asked us to write a formal complaint letter to your deepest, darkest fear. I found it again today and thought I’d leave it here on the blog. To: FailureRecurring Nightmare #9The Clammy Caverns of My SubconsciousContinueContinue reading “Fear of Failure: Write a letter to your deepest, darkest fear”
Eleanor Skelton 