aka, The Abject Muse

Category: Writing Challenge

  • Apart from Genetics

      This week’s writing prompt for the Shapeshifting 13 Challenge is the word inherit. Exactly 39 words. *** I inherited my dad’s brown eyes and dark curly hair. I’ve got my mom’s straight nose, stubby legs and haughty attitude. Where my third arm comes from, no one speculates. That subject is double-dog taboo. There’s a story…

  • Haywire

    Where were you last night when it all went haywire?   When our daughter had “big math” homework and you know I’m number-dumb?   When your son’s buck teeth and stuttering became bully-magnets? When he came home black-eye angry in a tear-torn shirt? Where were you last night when dinner had been ready for two…

  • Bruno’s Lexicon & Cool Whatnots

    The Daily Post My dad was different.   He wasn’t like any other dad I knew. In addition to being my one and only Da-Da, here are a few of the things that made Bruno, Bruno. 1) When he went to his job as a Sheet Metal man each day, he carried his oily sardine sandwiches in a “lunch bucket”…

  • Boy Bounces, So Does Story

    The Daily Post My brother was involved in an alleged hit & run accident in the Chicago area, on January 19, 1959. At the adorable age of 2 months, I was too young to remember the event, but after digging around in the Chicago Tribune Archives online and coughing up $9.95, this fascinating piece of…

  • Kings & Queens

    The Daily Post King Farid of Transmorovia seemingly had it all, but au contraire!  Even a Porsche 918 Spyder and a harem of exquisite women didn’t matter. Actually, the car was pretty cool, but the women…Pffft! You see, Farid was expected to produce an heir, but was loath to ‘rise to the occasion.’ “Dang it!” he…