aka, The Abject Muse

Category: Fiction

  • Share Your World | 12/28/2020

    It’s time to Share Your World again. Hosted by Melanie over at Sparks From a Combustible Mind. Pick three words to describe this past year.   (please keep them PG. Thanks). a. anxiety b. loss c. apprehesion What were the best books you read this year?   Or the best movie you saw?   Hardscrabble Road by George…

  • Fibbing Friday on Saturday

    Fibbing Friday on Saturday

    It’s Fibbing Friday on Saturday! If you’d like to participate, check out Thoughts & Theories. Fun stuff! Why is there a small plastic baby inside of a king cake? Because a rubber baby would melt and stink up the cake. What is Three Kings Day? It’s the day that the Three Kings of Orient meet…

  • Windshield

    Windshield

    When I saw your truck parked in the driveway, for a split second my heart flipped: He must’ve gotten off early today… Then my heart plunged to the depths — splatting like a bug on a summer windshield. He’s not coming home not early not today not ever. The For Sale sign on your beloved…

  • It Goes

    It Goes

    It’s Prosery night at the dVerse Poets Pub! PROSERY IS a piece of short prose that includes a line from a poem. I will give you the line, and then you incorporate it into your prose piece. Your prose can be either flash fiction, nonfiction, or creative nonfiction. YOU CAN NOT WRITE A POEM for…

  • Fibbing Friday | 12/4

    Fibbing Friday | 12/4

    Here it is Fibbing Friday again! To join in, click here. What is a shoe horn? A shoe horn is when a rhinocerous horn begins to sprout from the toe of a loafer. This is a rare phenomena and when it does happen, you know it’s time for a new pair of shoes. 2. Where…