The Christmas Barn

The Christmas Barn

This is a repeat from last year. I hope you enjoy it. The Christmas Barn The 200-year old barn was empty and lonely. No longer did horses stamp their feet inside his walls; cows didn’t warm the stalls with their breath; no sheep snuggled against each other to sleep the night away.      The barn […]

In a Shadowy Room

It truly was getting cold in this kitchen. Agnes decided she should light the fireplace. That is, when she could move again. She drank her cold tea. “And, it’s his ghost that haunts the place?”             As Clara nodded, the kitchen light flickered and went out. Clara, Candy, Maybelle, and Agnes sat in semi-darkness.             […]

What Ghost?

What Ghost?

Agnes shook her head. “So, Mildred bought a house that was haunted? If she truly believed that, why would she do such a dumb thing?             Clara sipped her tea. “Of course, she didn’t know that, at the time.”             Agnes chuckled. “So, who or what is supposed to haunt this place? And, by the […]

The House Sitter

The House Sitter

Agnes Clover set her broom on the porch and glared up at this monstrosity of a house. How did she wind up here, far from her home town and her warm, friendly neighborhood? Maybelle, her ever faithful hound rubbed against her, soulful eyes brimming with sympathy and wagged her tail.  Agnes reached down and patted […]

Unexplained and Mysterious

Unexplained and Mysterious

Street lights are blurred and uncertain;  familiar sights are alien beings. Swirling with misty fingers, fog lies across the town.  Fenceposts, half in, half out of sight, seem to float. Dampness beads mailbox and leaves. This is a mysterious landscape in which nothing seems to be real. All is hushed and waiting. What crouches here, […]

Sog and the Fly

It Happened One Summer by Blanche Day Manos In my neck of the woods, everything gets ornery in the summertime. Critters, humans, even bugs are easy riled. There’s nothing like the heat of a white-orange sun blazing down from a copper-colored sky to make varmints out of the most lowly of pesky, everyday things, particularly […]