Tag: #fantasy
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They All Fall Down
Excerpt from “StormWeaver the Novel” / PHOTO PROMPT © J Hardy Carroll She paid two hundred for a small bottle of phosphoric acid. Rose knew exactly how and where to apply the acid from reading books. Yes, that’s right, she read books, science books. Rose, the wild girl of the woods, whose mother pulled her…
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Patchwork Armadillo Cupcakes?- StormWeaver #43
I pluck off the seed and fling it. She laughs and I think we’re going to be okay. Yes, we will. We just need to find our way. Then an armadillo with a patchwork quilted back waddles down the path. Chloe reaches out. “Oh,” she says. Her hand comes away with a smear of colors,…
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Seeds of Trouble – StormWeaver #42
A bird flying low, erratic, escapes the flower field. Is it the evil twin or the benevolent helper? A dress hangs from its beak, waving like a flag, pure white. It once had a colorful print. The dress drops into Chloe’s outstretched arms, slipping over her head. My mind releases from thoughts of rolling in…