Itsy-Bitsy Spider, Audio Version
May29

Itsy-Bitsy Spider, Audio Version

The Big Freeze didn’t affect this spider and housewife. Marauding bands of cowards should heed the word of ladies protecting their nests….

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This Itsy Bitsy Spider Spews Venom
May14

This Itsy Bitsy Spider Spews Venom

They had left two days before.  Lynn’s job was to care for the house while everyone was gone.  It was an easy task, or series of tasks, unless something went wrong. The generator ran all by itself, fueled by two huge tanks of diesel in the garage.  It was barely audible.  In fact, unless she thought about it, she didn’t hear it at all.  If the generator quit, there was nothing to be done.  Lynn was not mechanical.  Not in the least....

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Zack, a Short Story by James Strauss
Mar15

Zack, a Short Story by James Strauss

ZACK Short Story By J. Strauss   Zack prepared himself for the confrontation. Winter had been hard.  So very hard. He hadn’t really been ready for that kind of cold. He’d thought he was ready, but it was the wind off that lake that nearly did him in.  He’d been saved by the boathouse. But everything was over. The owner of the big house up at the end of the old runway, which led directly down to the boathouse, had come back...

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