Marian Allen's Blog, page 9
May 24, 2025
24 May 2025 Chickie’s Monstrous Afternoon
This post is part of StoryADay May (https://storyaday.org/) #StoryADay #StoryADayMay @storyadaymay #freeshortstory #Caturday #cats #catsofinstagram #cats_of_instagram #blackandwhitecats #Chickie #MamzelleChickieLaSilk Chickie’s Monstrous Afternoon by Chickie Allen I little thought, when I rose that morning, that I would confront not one, but two monsters. As I walked…
May 23, 2025
23 May 2025 And Yet
This post is part of StoryADay May (https://storyaday.org/) #StoryADay #StoryADayMay @storyadaymay #freeshortstory #FridaysForFuture #ClimateStrikeOnline And Yet by Marian Allen The roads weren’t worth driving on. The cars weren’t worth driving. The pay wasn’t worth earning, and the goods weren’t worth buying. The debates weren’t worth…
May 22, 2025
22 May 2025 Steffie Takes Tea
I couldn’t get started this morning. Some days are like that. This post is part of StoryADay May (https://storyaday.org/) #StoryADay #StoryADayMay @storyadaymay #freeshortstory Steffie Takes Tea by Marian Allen Steffie checked the address against the coupon she had been mailed. This was the place. The…
May 21, 2025
21 May 2025 The Second Front
This post is part of StoryADay May (https://storyaday.org/) #StoryADay #StoryADayMay @storyadaymay #freeshortstory The Second Front by Marian Allen There were two fronts to the war in Richmond in the spring of ’69: the humans against the roaches infesting the kitchenette in the dorm basement, and…
May 20, 2025
20 May 2025 From Brussels With ….
This post is part of StoryADay May (https://storyaday.org/) #StoryADay #StoryADayMay @storyadaymay #freeshortstory #FoodTuesday From Brussels With …. by Marian Allen That was the month she pretended to be Mark Watney. You know, from THE MARTIAN, by Andy Weir. It’s not much of a spoiler to…
May 19, 2025
19 May 2025 It’s In the Details
This post is part of StoryADay May (https://storyaday.org/) #StoryADay #StoryADayMay @storyadaymay #freeshortstory #NailArt #nails #Maniology #HelloManiology #ManiologyAmbassador #MomGoth10discountcode #writingprompt It’s In the Details by Marian Allen “How did you know?” the bridesmaid asked, adjusting the bride’s hat so it sat straight and not at an…
May 18, 2025
18 May 2025: Holly Meets Mam Part 2
This post is part of StoryADay May (https://storyaday.org/) #StoryADay #StoryADayMay @storyadaymay #freeshortstory #HollyJahangiri #Llannonn @hjahangiri.author For those who don’t know, years and years ago, I wrote a novel (currently out of print) set on Llannonn, a planet where courtesy is literally the law. When I…
May 17, 2025
17 May 2025: Caturday: Tipper, King of the Sniffs
This post is part of StoryADay May (https://storyaday.org/) #StoryADay #StoryADayMay @storyadaymay #freeshortstory #Caturday #cats #catsofinstagram #cats_of_instagram #whitecats #Tipper #TipperLordSnowbottom #SirSniffsalot King of the Sniffs by Tipper Allen The handsome king rejoiced, and the whole kingdom rejoiced with him. The king loved to leave the palace…
May 16, 2025
16 May 2025 Fridays For Future, Climate Strike Online
Returning to the Hot Flash format for this one. Just Then by Marian Allen It’s always darkest before dawn, and the field had never looked lovelier than just before the tornado hit.
May 15, 2025
15 May 2025 Steffie at the Wheel
This post is part of StoryADay May (https://storyaday.org/) #StoryADay #StoryADayMay @storyadaymay #freeshortstory Steffie at the Wheel by Marian Allen It wasn’t often that anybody got the drop on Steffie, but this small man with the Irish brogue had allayed her suspicions just long enough to…
