I don't normally participate in writing challenges and prompts (because I usually have enough long term projects rolling at once to either keep me busy or make me feel guilty about neglecting them when I want to think about other stories; and I've certainly never done a daily writing challenge. Presently, though, I feel like … Continue reading My Word-of-the-Day Writing Challenge 2021
Sitting across from his mother, Eric Hardwood (aka superhero "Waveform") focused on suppressing the tremor in his hand as he forked a steamed broccoli floret. Hours ago, he had defused a deadly crisis at the reactor facility---or rather, what had been staged to appear to be a deadly crisis to everyone but the actors involved. … Continue reading Evil’s Entrance
Anton and I had originally wanted to go to Weeki Wachee Springs State Park and kayak downriver and then back, but we learned that the park might be busy that time of year because it had a water park and about the fee per person to use the kayak launch. So we took the vaguely … Continue reading Rogers Park Kayak Launch
A while back, if you recall, the little black Jeep that had been my first car was totaled. My brother and nephew were off adventuring in it across the US in it at the time -- neither were hurt, thank God -- and the trusty little Jeep limped them back all the way to Florida … Continue reading Detailing the Jeep
I SAT HUDDLED beneath a blanket in the cockpit of a small sailboat with a single mast. It was tethered to a bustling pier used primarily by large working vessels on a puny stopover port of an island. Around dusk the night prior, a sturdy passenger ship called The Maribel had sunk in a violent … Continue reading Mermaid Purses
I occasionally free write fiction when I have the urge to write but also have a mental/creative block that prevents me from getting any further on my current projects. Below is a free write that began as a random character pair up of a strong man/enforcer and a college student/barista in a place where their … Continue reading Free Writing – April 2021
In the garden center of a home improvement store, two young women browsed an assortment of fruit trees. One stopped to pick up a quaint banana tree in a black grower’s pot. “Another tree?” Her brunette friend laughed. “Dude, soon you’re gonna have a whole grove.” The woman with the tree shrugged. “Growing herbs and … Continue reading Arbor Dog
My new job is kicking my butt. It was a rushed hiring process but I now work in the dietary department of the hospital where my brother works. I started this past Monday, November 23rd. The HR reps had assured me that the first week was supposed to five solid days of in-class/at-a-desk, 8am to … Continue reading New Job
My university library was/is awesome. Browsing shelves without a time limit was my go-to reward for surviving exams. I occasionally took pictures of books (back then I had no interest of keeping track of all of the books I read; I only wanted to put their words into my brain). Anyway, I found a handful … Continue reading Forgotten Library Finds
Duri Rolvsson 