Brandon Tyler had a question to ask his girlfriend, Amanda. He found a perfect location that was in a remote area. Amanda adored flowers.Amanda was an artist and would appreciate the destination he picked. It would remind her of a...
Microfiction
The Blood of Flanders Lost
"Love triumphs over the losses of War"
Sitting in Flanders fields, Maria begins reading from Im Westen nichts Neues. Hearing her voice sets my heart aflutter. One-hundred years ago, both of us had lost relatives here, dying on opposite sides of a fruitless war.She catches my stare...
Trial and Tribute
"Winner takes all"
Troy crested the ridge, orange light from the twin suns illuminating weary features. He’d made it. Survived.The meadow stretched below him, prize as yet unseen on the central knoll.Negotiating boulder-strewn terrain he plunged into grass, shedding clothes as he advanced....
Ecstasy in Bloom
"Sometimes more than flowers are blooming..."
Two collaborating writers headed out to the field to find some inspiration. Just friends and colleagues, nothing more. He found a spot amongst the poppies and suggested they set up shop there. For fun, he plucked a flower and tucked...
Today, I looked into your eyes and saw you give up. Everything you ever held dear was now at my mercy. You jerked your head and tried to break away but you were caught in my grasp. Helpless, as I moved...
Staring at my laptop, I wait for the green light to let me know you are online. It's been two years and we are still no closer to our meeting than we were that first night. Why am I so consumed by...
Scarlet Muse
"Inspiration in scarlet"
He stares at the blank page—his typewriter silent. The sunlit field full of poppies where he sits should inspire, but the words won't come today.Then she appears. Her red hair and red dress evoke the flowers around her. She's stunning and...
The Wonderful Wizard
"Everyone needs inspiration for greatness"
Forty years old and he'd never done anything noteworthy. Then he met this farmer's wife blooming amongst scarlet poppies in fallow farmland whilst trying to write a young people's book."Honestly, young lady, I'm a writer," he insisted. "I'll put you in my book," he pled. "You'll be famous," he...
Heart Skips a Beat
"Sometimes longing for someone can be so intense..."
Sitting on the sand, I watch the water crash onto the shore, then roll back out. Sandpipers run along the wet sand, trying to keep from being swept away with the tide.I close my eyes and see you lean over...
I find myself reaching for my phone even though we both know I'm not alone.It's only a matter of seconds before you're making me smile. Just the way you always do.And only a matter of minutes before I'm pressing my legs together and...