July 28, 2025Published by Peter J. Barbour at July 28, 2025Categories Fiction General FictionThe Mouse is Toast, a Mid-century TaleThe creature jumped onto a chair, then the table. Mop and broom wailed away. Chairs toppled. A basket flew in the air, sending napkins everywhere.
December 21, 2023Published by CLS Sandoval at December 21, 2023Categories Holidays Short NonfictionFireplace for Your HomeOpening scene: close-up on a fireplace. So hyper-real we could almost feel the embers and we could certainly see and hear it crackling. The extreme close-up lingered. We sat watching for several minutes. Evelyn was enraptured.