What’s with the Catholics and Tolkien?
Author: GESS
This Time Last Year
Who knew that keeping the finances could be a fun chore?
The Slavery of Africans in the West
I’ve been thinking about the slavery of Africans in the West. I imagine you U.S. readers learned in grade school social studies classes about slavery in the U.S. You may have read the words of slaves and abolitionists. You may have watched Roots, or even read the novel. But how often are you reminded of…
VRAT Chat
May the Gods of the Sahara forever bless the inventor of the Voice Relay Arc Transmitter, but could she have made it indestructible?
An Eye Patch and a Note
PROMPT: A man receives a package with no return address. It contains a pirate-style eye patch and a note. The woman approached quietly. The fabric of her prim skirts and the soles of her simple slippers barely whispered on the rugs. She reached the burly wood table and waited in silence. She knew well Mr….
Generation X
Carissa was dressed like them but different somehow. Her skirt was shorter, her sweater was tighter, her blouse open one button more. She looked better than them, like her clothes were made for her body and not for a featureless mannequin.
Roses Lotion Tabasco Yogurt
roses euphemism engaging firecracker dogleg ruination gaggle Tabasco Theme: romance “Roses, lotion, Tabasco, yogurt,” Mason mumbled as he stepped between the automatic sliding doors. With a smile, he recalled the Sesame Street skit when Ernie repeated his short shopping list over and over and still forgot everything when he got to Mr….
Privacy
I recently saw the proverb “who gossips to you will gossip about you” in a restaurant.