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Talespinning by Susan Gibb is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Based on a work at susangibb.net.
Monthly Archives: November 2011
303/365 – OCTOBER SNOWSTORM
Word Count: 373 The morning hums of generators, those who have singing out to those who have not. The dark is expansive, extending to all edges of vision. Water, heat, but no lights. The odd storm of deep snow in … Continue reading
302/365 – THE DAY
Word Count: 302 The day flew by so quickly I don’t think I even enjoyed it. I’d waited so long, built such enthusiasm, made such plans, then it was suddenly here and just as suddenly gone. All that excitement and … Continue reading
301/365 – TOMMY
Word Count: 299 He was little, probably around five years old but looked younger because he was so small. Thin, bony, his eyes ringed with blue-gray circles that gave him a haunted and haunting look. He never spoke to me … Continue reading
300/365 – THE STORM
Word Count: 215 The old maple is split from the storm. Like a deer hit by a truck it lies sprawled on the lawn, bleeding its leaves into the ground. I don’t know what to do though it reaches its … Continue reading
299/365 – THE MOON
Word Count: 372 There’s a certain moon that only comes up when a once-forever love has passed on. It’s a moon pale as the skin of a sprite, with shreds of fine fairy hair wisping in clouds trailing behind it. … Continue reading
298/365 – OUTSIDE THE BOX
Word Count: 642 The man who thought outside the box was dying. I was sent to collect his last words. His skin was the color of the hospital sheets, his hair sparse and needle-straight on the pillow. His lips were … Continue reading
297/365 – DINNER THEATER
Word Count: 373 The dinner was just a disguise with tables and chairs as the props, the restaurant a stage where we dressed up and made small talk and pretended to still love one another. The waiters were bit players … Continue reading