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Drabble Wednesday: Bad Relationships

Sorry for the long absence, but between editing and a bout of the flu, time has not been my friend. But I’m back this week with three more dark drabbles about love gone wrong, so enjoy. Upon The Throne A kingdom cursed, they say, the rumours and the whispers, our prosperity laid waste by a... Continue Reading →

Drabble Wednesday: Virtual Pitches

Three more Frankie and Joni stories today, as our gang of misfits look for new programming ideas. Enjoy. Once Upon a Time “Picture it,” Frankie’s voice dropped, and his hand swept out in a half-circle. “It’s a dark and stormy night. A lone traveller is walking the road, desperate to escape the weather. Suddenly, he... Continue Reading →

Drabble Wednesday: Temple Dreams

Three dark drabbles for you today. Enjoy. Novices Walking the Red Line they called it, this rite of passage for temple novices where eager recruits walk between rows of elite guards, entering the temple surrounded by their silent, crimson-cloaked ranks.It was exhilarating and intimidating.Every temple novitiate aspired to be one of the Elite Guard.I know... Continue Reading →

Drabble Wednesday: Revenge, Cow Style

Some more antics with Oswald and the cows. Enjoy. Glitter is the Best Revenge “How did Arabella even find two bags of artificial pink feathers and glitter glue?”“I don’t know.” Frankie shook his head. “I think Doctor Quakenboss helped her. Poor Oswald. He soaked in the tub for three hours to get all the stuff... Continue Reading →

Drabble Wednesday: New Year’s Drama

After a holiday break, the drabbles return with a little Frankie and Joni virtual drama. Doctor Quackenboss’ New Year Personal Log: Entry 1260I must record the events of this turning of years for posterity, for even now the sad repercussions echo through these virtual walls. Poor Arabella, sadly thrown over in affections, after a wicked... Continue Reading →

Drabble Wednesday: Christmas Party

Some light holiday drabbles with Frankie and Joni, so enjoy. Also, there won’t be a post next week as it’s Christmas, but we may be back on New Year’s Day. Making a List “Who should we invite to the Christmas party? It’s Eric’s and Oswald’s first holiday here, and I want to make it special.... Continue Reading →

Drabble Wednesday: Cold Hearts

Three more dark drabbles today, enjoy. Shades of Winter Shiver against the hush, as the snow falls, drifting softly along the strands of wind. The land withers in the icy clutch of rime, buried under the frozen tears of seasons lost. Life retreats beyond the cold, huddling elsewhere for meager warmth, for survival.They howl and... Continue Reading →

Drabble Wednesday: Despair and Darkness

Three more drabbles today. Some madness, revenge, and a touch of eldritch horror. Enjoy. Morality “Do you want me to burn it all down?”I don’t look at them as I speak, my finger rubbing the side of the detonator, but I hear the frightened whimpers. One man replies, “No.”I look at him, my lone, brave... Continue Reading →

Drabble Wednesday: Dark Days

Three more drabbles for you today. The Women In the darkness they raged, the collective voice of bloodied ghosts. Howling generations of repressed pain, eons of abuse, screams reverberating transformation from the void. Echoes from the abyss, from victim to victim, weaving their words into flesh and bone.“We are here. We never left.”From history they... Continue Reading →

Never Again

Never Again Why did they bleed and diefor your freedom? Never again, we saidyet hate wonand you threw it all away Why did they bleed,among the poppies, row by row? Their ghosts will haunt your choicesall the victims, old and newThey are your consequences Why did they bleed for you? When you cast their sacrifice... Continue Reading →