The ancient woods are vibrant with bees and morning birds, the early sun rays playing across the foliage of the oaks, ashes and beeches. We follow the path, almost a straight-line to the little hill where the mausoleum stands, white on virgin green and blue sky. There is a stile, then a sharp bend, and … Continue reading #FiveSentenceFiction: Breakfast
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#FiveSentenceFiction: Lipstick
"I have a new one" she said, looking at her lover triumphantly. He, knowing the ritual, smiled the way ancient gladiators used to smile when they entered the circus: at this moment she kissed him and, as she did, he tasted her unpainted lips. Slowly he knelt, all the time holding her gaze, once again admiring … Continue reading #FiveSentenceFiction: Lipstick
#FiveSentenceFiction: Bubbles
In the silent house she sits, and thinks of you, writes a letter - which you will never receive. Long ago you met, and you loved, in the silent house - and then you left. Her, in her poor, wounded heart, she cannot leave - she lives in the bubbles of her memories, for you … Continue reading #FiveSentenceFiction: Bubbles
#FiveSentenceFiction: Thief
For us this is sacred land, soil enriched by the blood of our ancestors, in their endless fight against invaders. As children we were told the stories, the lives of those heroes, alive today in the trees and our souls, and we were taught how to fight too. So, when they came, huge, fat and … Continue reading #FiveSentenceFiction: Thief
#FiveSentenceFiction: Flames
"Would he lie to me?" The insidious thought crossed her mind, lingered, before she recalled "he" had been gone for several months, in fact five months, and she was now free. It might have been a great passion, the kind of encounter that leaves one bruised, ecstatic, changed, all at once, but she was glad … Continue reading #FiveSentenceFiction: Flames
#FiveSentenceFiction: Waves
Tirelessly, we walk along the shore, the light reflected from the trees, as if attracted to your beauty, the sea breeze caressing your hair: a summer poem. Deep in the cove lie the lazy rocks, and, perhaps some deeper secrets, even a sea monster and her mermaid lover? We laugh: waves lick the sand, wooing … Continue reading #FiveSentenceFiction: Waves
#FiveSentenceFiction: S(team)punk
She's a great captain: in her world, perhaps the most decorated of them all, besides being a beauty. Sailing is her life, through the eery oceans of virgin planets, observed by multiple stars, and by alien, voracious and concupiscent eyes. Adulated by her crew - and what a crew! of crustacean giants, sea spiders and weird … Continue reading #FiveSentenceFiction: S(team)punk
#FiveSentenceFiction: Diversions
Together they studied the map, gathering their memories of the paths, the streams, the valleys: out of that landscape they worked out their best chance of escaping the monsters. For they knew the mountain was kind to those who respected her, and showed her their willingness to trust her, and patiently to explore her secrets. So, in … Continue reading #FiveSentenceFiction: Diversions
#FiveSentenceFiction: Family
For Racheal He woke up, immersed in the low hum of the ship, secure and relaxed in the familiar cabin he shared with Anna: she was already up, probably busy in the kitchen. It was his birthday: every earth-year Anna would prepare a surprise for him specially for that day, last year it was the … Continue reading #FiveSentenceFiction: Family
#FiveSentenceFiction: Memories #Wupatki National Monument #NativeAmerican
We stood, silent, our eyes fixed on the painted desert: then you talked to me in the tongue of your ancestors, it was suddenly as if we were transported in time. Children played on the circular ball ground, parents laughed, you spoke with them. I saw the house, as it was then, in its splendour, … Continue reading #FiveSentenceFiction: Memories #Wupatki National Monument #NativeAmerican
