Ambition must be fed, and after a long labor, a newborn hardcopy coos in a repurposed gift basket. Myriad instars… Read more HINTS FROM HELPFUL HARRIET AT HOME
Category: Fiction
TWEETS 2020s
Born to slavery and loss, she issued her war cry at birth. The master blithely named her Karma, but her… Read more TWEETS 2020s
I SERVE THE GREY GODS
By Cecily Winter We await the song of the gray gods with heads bowed and hearts heavy. We await the… Read more I SERVE THE GREY GODS
THE PANIC BUTTON
A short autobiographical piece recently published by the CABINET OF HEED read here or at http://cabinetofheed.com by Cecily Winter… Read more THE PANIC BUTTON
CARELESS NATURE VERSE or something like …
A windmill’s wings turn to sing a creaking lullaby of ground wheat for rooks roosting in their sails. Stars blaze… Read more CARELESS NATURE VERSE or something like …
ZANE’S VERSION OF HAMLET
THE PHILOSOPHY OF HORATIO: Copyright and art by Cecily Winter Dec. 2019 “Anything is possible,” Hamlet used to say as… Read more ZANE’S VERSION OF HAMLET
A FLASHWORDS WINNER AT THE 2019 CRIME BAKE
A 150 word crime-flash using 10 prompts from the titles of Anne Cleeves’ novels. CORPSE WITH GANNETS by Susan B.… Read more A FLASHWORDS WINNER AT THE 2019 CRIME BAKE
A VSS365 TWEET ANTHOLOGY
Collected shorts poetic, dark, eerie, and amazing. See them (with one of mine) at VSS365 Anthology Volume One available on… Read more A VSS365 TWEET ANTHOLOGY
WARTIME SPARROWS
A post World War II mystery about American servicemen in Great Britain and the suspicious death of a local girl. … Read more WARTIME SPARROWS
TWEETS: BIGGISH SCORES
No need for sculling across her home sky, a god floats on her back. Perfectly white with no threat of… Read more TWEETS: BIGGISH SCORES