Freshly Dusted

Love’s Carnage  Two silhouettes approached the firepit from either side of the forest, eyeing each other in the near darkness. Dusk had just sent its last light blazing through the sky, but the trees cast odd shadows that cavorted and danced across the leaf-filled ground. All around evidenced decay and darkness, but in the middle of the clearing rested a large and ancient...

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I decided to listen to what y'all were telling me, and photography is back!  Pictures one and two were taken at a local campground and pictures three and four just caught my fancy in the lighting! Which is your favorite? Let me know in the comments below! ...

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Thalassa Brytaye has been telling me for months now to upload some of my photography to my blog, but I haven't listened until now. My grandma gave me some of the sweetest roses ever for graduation, and they were practically begging for a photoshoot! So is my friend right? Should I upload more photography or should I leave it at this? Let me know...

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Hello everyone! I hope you are doing well and getting lots of writing done during quarantine! If you are looking for some writing prompts, be sure to check out this list I made. Zoe Brown at her website Truly Zoe nominated me for The Real Neat Blog Award! Thank you so much Zoe; I really appreciate the honor! (Be sure to check out her...

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Author's Note: I recently won first place in a narrative essay contest for the following work! Please let me know what you think in the comment's section below. It makes my day to hear from all of you. The Blank Page  I twirl the pencil between my fingers as I wonder what to write on the blank page before me. The brand-new page...

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Author's Note: I was poring through some old documents searching for my favorite short stories, and I rediscovered "Weaver of Words!" I wrote it some time ago, and my writing style has significantly changed since then, yet this award-winning short story still holds a piece of my heart. :) Let me know what you think in the comment section below. It makes my...

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From a window in the bank she saw a furtive figure dart across the alley. In the alley he eyed her face in the window. She pursued, he led and suddenly . . . they met. Why should Loki, the god of mischief, bother arguing with a teenage mortal? What are his motives? How much time does she have left to live? Debatable...

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Reconciliation  By Ashlyn Hayes and Thalassa Brytaye  A single breath holds the silence - “Let’s just be friends,” he said.  I agree with light defiance  And then my hope is dead.  Wars have raged with much less passion Than the fight burning within -  Heart and mind: their zeal and reason -  Nothing is as it should have been. What should have been...

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Idea: noun 1. a thought or suggestion as to a possible course of action. Writers, perhaps more than any other group of people, depend on their ideas. In fact, our entire livelihoods are built on them. Whether you are writing in a notebook or an online journal, feel free to write down those tiny bursts of inspiration that can come to you in...

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