Bram put the glasses he had worn under the magnifying glass. He could see the scratches in the metal around the rims. The lenses were polished dark glass. He had theorized that they were probably made of obsidian. Next to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ron shook the manager’s hand as he smiled. The interviewing manager greeted him with a similar gesture. The man introduced himself as Justin Keller and had worked for the Alias hardware for over twenty years. Although recently, they had gone[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Roween flew quickly toward the fairy ring. She had been there only days earlier. Nearby, a Hawthorn tree grew. The tree was a source of power for fairies from long ago according to Roween. Although fairies no longer relied on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Sasha Placed the large hat on her head, adjusting it in the mirror. She looked and spoke, her voice filled with the sense of command, “Of Earth, Fire, Water and Wind, no one enters this house without permission.” As her[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The moving truck scraped against the mailbox as it tried backing into the driveway of the tiny house. The neighbor walking her dog was watching and alerted the driver to what he was doing. The man could be heard gruffly[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
What’s up with the mysterious junk collector- What was he selling? I met with Talbert Scraplin the other day, Tuesday, August 9th. I couldn’t get over the business cards the man handed me. They were worn, almost as if he[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
A horse-like form pushed the brush aside, its teeth nibbling on the tender shoots from the ground before the air filled with a contented sigh. “Ah, these tender leaves do taste wondrous. I am happy that nixie knew where to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ron had agreed, so he waited. The old man’s truck was easy to find. It was hand-painted the word “Scrapply’s” on the side. It wasn’t long before Ron exited his truck when they arrived at the man’s house. Tal was[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Ron parked the truck and waited before opening the door as he watched a woman wrestling in a giant stuffed animal into her small car. There was a sense of irony seeing the animal more enormous than the woman herself[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Roween zipped through the trees, her morning duties already finished. Ron had been kind enough to keep his promise of maintaining the forest in the areas that people visited. She had seen to the rest. Nature was at its best[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
