Day 80 – Love of the Living Dead

Frank pulls at the dead branches, cutting and breaking away the dead wood, fuming… for no real reason, but fuming. Bored and restless he’s tired of hiding out in this garden, hiding under Gloria’s protective wing. They don’t talk much about the zombie-ism but it’s always there, the fact he isn’t “normal.”

She’s tried to protect him, keep him away from prying eyes, maintain as normal a life as possible, but the fact is, this place is both sanctuary and prison. It’s no kind of life, not even for the undead. Continue reading »

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An Unexpected Romance

So, this guy I’m following on twitter started a site for “micro-tales of ash-cloud intrigue, romance, adventure, and/or ennui.” (an impromtu site arising from the Icelandic volcano disaster). Really neat idea! Very interesting to see the variety of things people come up with – and a great (volcanic?) fire under my butt to try and knock off a Really Short Story.

Fun challenge, it was great to flex my uncoordinated fiction muscles. Here’s what I came up with:

http://ashcloudtales.tumblr.com/post/537297682/an-unexpected-romance

(and Mom, it’s erotic, but there’s no sex, I swear!!!)

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