The smell of smoke heavy in the air, I made my way from the little camp store back to the campsite. The sun was just starting to set, a cool evening beginning, one that might call for a sweater and some extra logs for the fire. It's hard to imagine a more beautiful setting than this campground right next to Lake Tahoe; I had been looking forward to a small...
Watching the leaves tumble slowly, softly, silently to the ground, of course I thought of her. I thought of her beside me, snuggled into the hood of her jacket, pretending not to be cold. She would sit just looking at the trees; her eyes alight with wonder, like a small child. And she would run, kicking at the drifts of fallen leaves, laughing and gasping a...
This is my Mission Impossible: a story limited to 750 words, tackling two issues with which I have a strong personal connection. An upfront warning -- this is a very dark story indeed so if that's not your thing, please move on. There is no BTB ending either. Unless you've been living in a cocoon, you probably know that much of eastern Australia is devasta...
I had been thinking about it for some time. I was a supervisor on the second shift at a large utility company. The pay was good and I found the shift perfect for my needs. I could get a good night’s sleep and still do a few things before going to work at 3 PM. The only problem was that my wife was a legal secretary and worked the normal 9 to 5 job. It made h...
Thank you, Honey, for letting me spin this tale for you, for telling me how much you love it, and for encouraging me to share it. No wonder I'm so crazy about you. * * * * * There's a log cabin far out in the woods. It's in a clearing, surrounded by huge cedar trees. Trees thousands of years old. Mystical trees covered with snow, their branches bending to...
Fire was everywhere. Flames twisted and curled igniting everything they touched as the world turned into a fiery hell. The old tenement building was well alight and glowed like a furnace against the blackness of the midnight sky. Below, surrounding it like flittering fireflies, the rescue and containment continued apace as small groups of Fire-fighters ente...
In the darkness and dense nothing, Lynn put her hand to her face but she could not even see her palm. "Not again!" She felt her body and became instantly aware of her nakedness. "Why does that keep happening?" Her feet were bare as she shuffled a foot over the ground slowly. It seemed to be sand, dirt and gravel mixed. A dry sandy crust surface broke when...
I Think We’ll Remember That Night In The Cabin It's snowing outside, and we've just finished a light dinner and have opened a bottle of red wine, a very good after-dinner Shiraz. You look outside the window and see drifting snowflakes fuzzy through the frosted panes. In spite of the snow, we're very warm here in the cabin. The fire is blazing, and we're str...
James couldn't stop smiling as he journeyed out into the woods. A soft breeze shook some of the branches overhead, renewing his sense of vigor. Sighing and taking in it all, he set down his tent in a grove and began to unpack. He was miles and miles away from civilization now, and plenty of time to get as much of the outdoors as he could. It really was the...
I had been riding across the prairie for the last five days. My horse was tiring fast and so was I. The bitter cold of late winter was starting to concern me. If this kept up and I didn't find shelter soon I was finished for sure, and that would really piss me off. I was approaching the foot hills of the mountains that I had to cross to reach my destination....