Weekend Fiction

Prompt: Write a story with a wolf in it

Being ye traveling salesman in ye olde Englande is not as muche funne as ye may thinke.

 O sure, ye gets to tup ye faire milke maide from time to time, but ye must contende with… Read full post »

I woke up the is morning to see the message light blinking on our kitchen phone. When I picked it up there was a spooky crackle and the message "line in use" on the phone screen.

Since Kathie, my wife, was sitting across the kitchen table from me, and unless one… Read full post »

The Columbia Trail, a former rail line now converted to a horizontal or vertical park (I forget which), runs within several hundred feet of my house and is a favorite place for me to take my daily walk.

It passes through woodlands, swamps, meadows and along the river so it offers… Read full post »

OS Weekend Fiction, Anniversary Edition

Prompt: Write a story where a character goes back one year in time.

 “Dad, you can’t go back. You can’t change things. The laws of physics don’t work that way. The sooner you get that through your head, the soon… Read full post »

I came upon this picture of an Osprey in full attack mode on a birding site I "friend" on Facebook. The image just blows me away. The speed (Osprey dive at speeds up to 80 mph), the athletism (as they say in the world of human sports), the… Read full post »

OS WEEKEND FICTION 

Scene: A bench in Central Park, New York City

Cast: Ruth and Leo, an older married couple, eating lunch

   Two homeless y… Read full post »

I just read James Emmerling's May post which revolved around a discussion of Marx and Hegel.

Having read neither, I couldn't contribute to that discussion, so I related how we celebrated May Day back at St. Aloysius High School in Jersey City, circa 1960.

I guess you wouldn't call… Read full post »

New York-The latest work from the master minimalist poet, Gerald Andersen, has been setting the world of internet poesy ablaze since it was posted on Open Salon twenty minutes ago.

Here is the controversial work in its entirety:

 “Eat Me!

 “I would call it the most… Read full post »

Prompt: Write a story where a character's late arrival sets something in motion.

Inspector Dalton looked at his watch. It was nearly 8:45 AM on a Sunday morning in late March and Chief Inspector Rabbitt had not yet arrived to “pull the rabbit out of the hat,” as he liked to… Read full post »

As we get closed to putting our house on the market, my wife and I have begun discussing what we want in our next home.

This is despite the fact that we have not resolved, or even come to terms with, the issue of where we want to live. She… Read full post »

I’m sorry but I am not sending  you a card on Earth Day this year.

Its not because it is enviromentally unfriendly to do so, but because I am angry with you. I am so peeved that when my daughter asked me to recycle my water bottle, I responded: “the earth… Read full post »

A recent survey shows that 75 per cent of high school seniors think that Titanic is a Pokemon character.

 Here are some Titanic facts that might straighten things out for our misguided 12^th graders:

 . Titanic was a really, really big boat that sank one hundred years ago when… Read full post »

The Inspiration for this poem is Vincent Van Gogh's "Undergrowth with Two Figures."

 Let’s take a walk on this fine Spring Day

 As we used to do in the time far away.… Read full post »

The picture below is the prompt for Weekend Fiction this week 

 A Play in One Act

The time: December, 2016

The Place: Oval Office , The White House

Characters: The President of… Read full post »

I may be God.

This was my thought as I watched the majestic 170 yard seven iron shot I had just launched bounce onto the green.

Only God could move the golf ball from where it lay between my legs and cause it to magically reappear at the back… Read full post »

My four and a half year old grandson, Owen, has launched his own cooking show on YouTube. It was his own idea nnd he came up with the name: "Owen's Baking Soda Channel."

So far there have been three episodes and I suspect there might not be anymore given the state… Read full post »

Here's my contribution to Weekend Fiction

The prompt: Two people meet.  One of them wants to be someone else.  Write their story. 

 He stood at the counter of the village pet shop searching his wallet for a five-dollar bill to pay for the chew toy for his niece’s dog.… Read full post »

So, these two red necky dudes run around the countryside with metal detectors digging stuff up; when they find a rusty nail they jump up and down, kick the trees, shoot each other with paint ball guns, put on dresses and jump in the water.

This is “Diggers,” the new… Read full post »

My contribution to Weekend Fiction. The prompt: someone getting an award.

He had been practicing for weeks. Every night before turning off his light he would recite to the ceiling. Every night after… Read full post »

First let me say that I call these remarks impressions, not criticism or analysis, because I slept, drank, and channel surfed, through most of the Oscar proceedings. 

I should also point out that I was in a bad mood because I had cold roast beef for dinner, had a sore back,… Read full post »

(Note: This is my contribution to Weekend Fiction. Comments are encouraged and constructive criticism welcome. I hope you enjoy.) 

A PLAY IN ONE ACT

The time: 1974

The Scene: Empty Manhattan subway platform on the Lexington  Avenue line.

Characters: Three pre-teen Catholic school boys: Boy… Read full post »

Even as you are busy donning your boxer shorts with the hearts  on them, or your red thong, in anticipation of a day and night of pure dionysian pleasure with your loved one, the world marches on.

I am sure you are so busy writhing in bliss that you have scarcely… Read full post »