The story had got out about the fisherman and his wife, but the part everyone remembered was that there was a magical wish-granting fish residing somewhere in the lake near the rotting ruins of the hovel where the fisherman’s old … Continue reading
Category Archives: Storytime Sunday
Many thanks to Alison Elise Pedaggi for the prompt for this week’s story! Bartholomew reached into his coat pocket and nervously fingered the two worn and bent tickets, rubbing them together with slightly sweaty fingers. In his other pocket, he … Continue reading
Like everyone else, she was a person of six arms, four forgotten but not atrophied. Like everyone else, she was also haunted and hunted by a darkness. The darkness was oily and oppressive, snaking toward her, slow and at ease. … Continue reading
Sterla’s mother always told her she was star-kissed. On the night of her birth, she would say in her special story-voice, a star flew down from the heavens and kissed her head, sprinkling her face and hair with stardust that … Continue reading