Difficult to Find One’s Way My legs were getting heavier with each stride as if I was dragging them up steep steps. In reality I was walking on a threadbare carpet caught between two rows of bookshelves. The rows didn’t end, looking forward and backward produced the same narrowing isle that disappeared into the distance.… Continue reading The Space Between Bookstore presents Letter “D” from A to Z 100 word stories
Commit Before I could move further into this strange bookstore an exasperated voice echoed from behind a row of books. “You can’t keep a fairy in your dollhouse!” The bewitched book forgotten, I stopped to listen. “I don’t KEEP her anywhere. She chooses to live there!” A fairy living in a dollhouse? Who are these… Continue reading Commit – The Space Between Bookstore presented by A to Z 100 word stories
Bewitched Books A bell jingled above the door announcing my entrance. I paused with my feet on a well-worn mat. Dim slices of light cut through the dust caked front window as coloured patches of light danced in through the stained glass behind me. In front of me were hundreds of bookshelves fit into more… Continue reading Bewitched Books – The Space Between Bookstore presented by A to Z 100 word stories
Anomalous Today riding the bus I saw a narrow aged stone building wedged between modernized store fronts. It had the potential to stand out or blend away. The small front window was obscured by internal layers of dust, and the door beside it was an ornate ancient wood with a bronze oval doorknob set in… Continue reading Anomalous – The Space Between Bookstore presented by A to Z 100 word stories
If we were having coffee… Recent ½ marathon time: 2 hours & 10 Minutes The scent of hazelnut is prominent in the room this morning. It’s a bitter sweet smell that is punctuated with subtle woody hints. The flavor, as it washes through the mouth, is simply creamy hazelnut. It is warm and welcome. Can… Continue reading Hazelnut Coffee & an Update
“Mommy I can’t sleep tonight. I’m going to have a bad dream.” The little voice cried from beneath the depths of blankets and stuffed animals. This was quickly becoming a regular occurrence that needed to be curbed. Hmm, I thought to myself as I looked down at the tiny form that was now reaching up… Continue reading Dream a Little Dream
This is my second year participating in the A to Z challenge. This year I wanted to try something a bit different with my posts. Last year I learned a few things by participating and by enjoying other participant’s posts. That said, my theme this years is flash fiction. My stories will be built around… Continue reading The Space Between Bookstore: A to Z Theme Reveal
It all started with my husband’s request for a birthday cake. “Yuck, CHEESE cake” My oldest son screamed. He was horrified. I could see his mind trying to fit together the idea of a moist spongy cake with that of all the various types of cheese that he was familiar with: cheese slices, melted cheese… Continue reading Horrified by Cheese Cake
We didn’t object to being sent to her house. Her front door had a silhouette of a woman holding balloon strings and floating. Her house was pristine, not a child’s environment. She ushered us toward a door that had a silhouette of children holding balloons and floating. “Off we go,” she said as she opened… Continue reading Balloon Children
It was another of those Cat in the Hat kind of days where we were stuck in the house with “Thing 1” and “Thing 2.” We needed something to do so I got everything ready to make a picture for my younger son’s bedroom. A side note here: My younger son had a large white… Continue reading Don’t Leave Me Out
Brewing Coffee, Twisting Words & Breaking Pencils 