Every Picture Tells A Story
AUTHOR’S NOTE: ‘Every Picture Tells A Story’ means I wrote the story based on the impression given to me by a photo or image.
Stories In The Collection
Further Below Are The ‘Available To Read Now.’
UPCOMING (For This Site):
Abaddon Rising (short, Horror)
Ask For The Dance (short, Contemporary)
A Time When It Was Fast (flashfiction, Nostalgia)
Born Different (flashfiction, Social)
Girl On The Moon (short, Sci-Fi Satire)
HALF (flashfiction, Contemporary)
Ink & Shadows / The Siren’s Sonata (flashfiction, Suspense, Paranormal)
Martha Vanderwayne (flashfiction, Superheroine Origin)
Sundown Dogs (flashfiction, humor)
The Ballerina in the Garden (short, Contemporary Inspirational)
The Girl In Blue (flashfiction, 1930s-era )
The Knocking Dead (flashfiction, Humor)
The Last Augur (short, Sci-fi, Suspense)
The Stars Above A Ramshackle Fence (flashfiction, Contemporary)
Through A Lens of Dark & Light (novella, Suspense, Twilight Zone’ish)
Waiting For My Witch (flashfiction, backstory scene, Fantasy)
READ NOW:
About THE CROSSING (with Episode 1)
A 7,000-word novelette (expanded from the earlier short story version), which I’ll share in seven installments. You’ll find Episode 1 included below.
TIDE-BURIED BONES
Note: Two comments on the cover above reference a version with a soundtrack and sound effects accompanying the story. Regrettably, the company I produced that web-server version with switched their business model, and the enhanced version is no longer available.
'That' Book...
From my ‘Every Picture Tells A Story’ Series: This flashfiction piece was inspired by a 1950s-era warning about the Cold War.
THE BENCH
They’d grown too old for their walks in the park, but he still remembered where they’d met decades ago. His life had changed on that splendid spring morning... the finest kind. His mind drifted back to when he was—they were—young.
LEAVING TAOS...
While looking through a collection of Depression Era public domain photos, one sparked some thoughts: What were the two men on the left talking about? And what about the man by the depot window with hunched shoulders; what’s up with him? That picture (used for the cover) became this flashfiction piece about an unexpected danger encountered by men on the…
Catch & Release
“You must know, my own love, that in each element there exists a race of beings, whose form scarcely differs from yours, but who very seldom appear to mortal sight… you now see before you, my love, an Undine.” ― Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué, Undine, The Water Sprite
WINGS
AUTHOR’S NOTE: One of my readers sent me a photo of a mist-shrouded forest, serene and ethereal. From her posts and comments, I knew a little bit about her. She was a single mom raising a child under challenging circumstances and sometimes struggled. She also loved
The Ladies of Sorrows & Pain
"A captivating tale that blends elements of horror, romance, and folklore. It delves into themes of immortality, morality, and the power of connection amidst darkness. Lowery's descriptive writing style and the story's intriguing premise make it a compelling read.
Watcher in the Window
“We stopped checking for monsters under our bed when we realized they were inside us.”