This is an entry for therealljidol, and I hope you enjoy it! ~M.

Prompt: “I don't skate to where the puck is. I skate to where the puck is going to be. "
~Wayne Gretzky"Sometimes I think I could just live here forever," he mused that late afternoon. The waves gently shushed back and forth across the shore ( Read more... )

The following is a piece for the writing competition, therealljidol. Prompt: "Here's mud in your eye."Aaron raised his glass, and Melanie reached hers out to meet his. The crystal clinked lightly as they looked into each other's eyes expectantly ( Read more... )

The following is a piece for the writing contest therealljidol. Prompt: Love and LossShe didn’t know where to begin, or where to end, or anything in between. Like a boat that had lost its mooring, she just drifted afloat, motionless, the waves of the water pushing her body to and fro, with no input from her, no care for her wishes. When waves move you, it’s ( Read more... )

Steve squinted at himself in the mirror as his tooth brush swish-swished the plaque from his enamel. He picked up his phone. No new texts. It'd been a week since he'd heard from Michelle. He wondered how he'd managed to screw things up this time. He thought they'd been having a good time but now, he was just sitting in that phone tag limbo of ( Read more... )

the following is a piece for the writing competition, therealljidol~~Blue and white ( Read more... )

The following is an entry for therealljidol writing contest ( Read more... )

The following is an entry for therealljidol. Prompt: ChiaroscuroThe birch trees were split in half by the moonlight. The white snow glinted, looking for all the world like the stars had fallen from the sky and landed as pinpricks of gold into the blanket of snow. The other halves of the trees needed to be squinted at to be seen, their edges hiding in the ( Read more... )

"And you're sure you've got everything you need?" Minnie asked, sniffling and rubbing her stuffy face. She tugged the thick, downy blanket up a bit higher over her chest as she coughed.

"Yes, yes, of course, now stop worrying. Do you have everything you need?" he asked ( Read more... )

"I just wish you wouldn't talk to him at all anymore, and I don't know why you DO!" Kate shouted from the foot of the stairs, where she stood, hand on the bannister, staring at the innocent face looking back at her ( Read more... )

Two Sides to the Story"We need to prepare," the elders murmured amongst themselves. The Storm was coming. There were tales of a storm like this in generations past. The only indicator they had was the timing of it all. That seemed to be the Way Things Happened. The young ones looked out over the terrain, seeing no sign of it, not knowing what ( Read more... )