Every year, sometime in August, the first yellow autumn leaf falls. Close inspection shows it is not a leaf blown off the tree by a storm, not a crumpled brown one that expired for some reason, but a . . . more

As everyone in Snippetvlle was enjoying Thanksgiving dinner a stranger entered town. He drove a white Mercedes and sported a blue and orange jockey suite. More to Come! more

Genre Shorties, week 16 Prompt: Genre is your choice. It’s time for Thanksgiving stories. Your story should include one of the following sentences: Why do I have to sit next to her? . . . more

Genre Shorties, week 15 This week’s genre is Sales Pitch . Your story can be as serious or light hearted or as silly as you like just so long as it’s 100 words or less and written for . . . more

The Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest is open to anyone who loves expressing innermost thoughts and feelings into the beautiful art of poetry or writing a short story that is worth telling . . . more

Hattie Larlham was the best damned cook West-by-God-Virginia ever produced.  Her Thanksgiving meals were celebrations of the joys of her kitchen and affirmations of life.  Ours was the spread . . . more

Here's a  link to the Univ. of East Anglia response to the CRU Hack. I've been wondering when this would show up, but if it has, I've missed it. But I have a problem with this response.  . . . more

WWE, November 25th 2009 Prompts: Pick a word and use it in as many positions/parts of speech as possible. That is, use the same word as a noun, adjective, verb, etc. Include an  epigraph . You . . . more

      That hissing in the kitchen? Snake!!! I saw this and had to post it for the ones that have not seen it. I would hate to go in my kitchen and find what that woman found. . . . more