A Splash!
False calm hides danger.
A rock breaks surface smoothness.
Ripples spread outward.
(Featured image credit: Openclipart.org. No aspersions are intended on the pond pictured!)
False calm hides danger.
A rock breaks surface smoothness.
Ripples spread outward.
(Featured image credit: Openclipart.org. No aspersions are intended on the pond pictured!)
Sam (short for Samson, not Samuel), picked up the stein of beer he had just paid for, gave it an initial taste to savor the taste, and then followed with a gulp. He enjoyed his beer in the evening after a hard day of work. He took a quick look around the bar, searching for faces…
On the borders of the empire there was a minor noble. Not that he thought of himself that way. In fact, he was lord of all he surveyed, little though that was. But what he surveyed, he liked to keep in perfect order. He had a perfect wife, not too fat and not too thin,…
(See also A Fresh Perspective I) The church council didn’t know what to do. Well, that isn’t precisely true. Individually they did know what to do, but they didn’t all know the same thing, and no one plan of action was acceptable to all the members. This is a work of fiction. All persons, places,…
Gentle words bring life Perversity comes in Living spirit smashed. (Based on Proverbs 15:4) (Images used: Open Mouth and Warning Sign from Openclipart.org.)
A scrap of road Flung upon a prairie Ending Starting. After-man stops And looks, wondering Where from? Where to? Someone made it Wanted it to last Why? How? Someone used it Followed it to finish Something Somehow. Somewhere needed it Gave it purpose, ending Gone. Lost.
After some weeks on the mountain, the Lord looked over Moses’ shoulder. “In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” This is a work of fiction. Normally I’d say that all the characters and events are products of my imagination, lest anyone imagine they find themselves in the story and not like what…