Tag: writing

Paper Mountain – #Flash4Storms

On Tuesday, I usually run a flash fiction written in response to the weekly prompt from Charli Mills over at Carrot Ranch Communications. Weekly flash fiction prompts are taking a break in the barn for the time being as we kick off this month’s Flash Fiction Rodeo over at the ranch. I still have a…

By Lisa October 3, 2017 Off

A Darkness Above

Before she opened her eyes, she took stock of her body, moving from head to toe in a thorough assessment of each muscle and bone. She was hurt, sore, but not broken – at least not on the exterior – and desperately in need of water to wash away the dry bitterness that clung to…

By Lisa September 28, 2017 Off

Anticipating Harvest

Where did he go, she wondered, when he left her? His retreat was much more than physical absence. No, this separation ran deeper. He left not only her, but himself and the world as well. While he remained in that suspended state, efforts to harvest even the slightest sprout of affection from him proved fruitless;…

By Lisa September 26, 2017 Off

Shattered

The house bore 300 years of family history in its hard stone walls, and while Miranda’s time here had always been joyful, she couldn’t help but feel that there was something caught here, something beyond the surface of the walls. The large plate glass mirrors in the parlor and the upstairs hallway in particular had…

By Lisa September 21, 2017 Off

Riptide

Sometimes when I stand on the rocks, the water is gentle. The sun throws splashes of daylight stars to tickle my feet. Other days, the water is playful. The breeze laughs, blows bubbles around my ankles and knees, pretending these small waves can topple me. On darker days, the water churns by swiftly, and it…

By Lisa September 19, 2017 Off

Breaking Radio Silence

I know. It’s been quiet here for a while – a long while. Nearly silent, in fact. I didn’t intend to go anywhere. I just…did. I said to someone last night that when I take a break from my writing, it tends to happen without my knowledge or my consent. This is exactly true and…

By Lisa September 13, 2017 Off

Some Exciting News

Hello, friends! I know, it’s been a while. I’ve been busy with a hundred things this summer – truly – and I promise I’ll be back in this space regularly very soon. For the time being, I’m excited to tell you that I have joined the team over at Open Thought Vortex Magazine as Author…

By Lisa August 11, 2017 Off

Finding My Summer Groove

Summer is here. We’re only five days in by the calendar, but around here it’s been summer for nearly three weeks since Zilla’s school year finished in the first week of June. It’s nice to be finished with packing school bags and lunches, scrambling for clean uniform parts, dealing with homework assignments and projects and…

By Lisa June 26, 2017 Off

In the Morning Light

Looking at Paris in this light, Jean-Luc mourned the passing of time. He sat easily on the park bench with one arm draped over the back and pulled a slow, hard drag from his cigarette. The slightest whisper of morning rose behind the trees and bathed the park in elegant rose-gold dew. As the hour…

By Lisa June 20, 2017 Off

The View from My Window

I can tell just by looking at the sky that it is a perfect early summer evening. My mind drifts from the droning conversation in the room – group sharing or something equally ineffective – and leaps instead to the tree branches the wind jostles playfully just outside the second-floor window. I can guess the…

By Lisa June 16, 2017 Off