I became more and more dissatisfied with my story the longer I looked at it. It needed something more, something that would give a few hints to where it was ultimately going. Back stories are tricky. Too long and they’re boring. They are not the actual story but they tell what happened before the story […]
Dec 14, 2020
A knock on the Door
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Miss Georgia Lee was fidgety. Maybe it was the way the wind was howling around the corner of her house. Maybe it was because Elmira had not settled down since supper. Usually, the little cat ate, curled up in a ball on her cushion and snoozed. Not tonight. Her nervousness was making Miss Georgia jumpy […]
Jul 9, 2020
Shadow on the Rock, Chapter 4
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Chapter Four, Shadow on the Rock Miss Georgia knocked on the Stone’s door and heard muttered exclamations inside. She was sure neither James Stone nor his wife was expecting anybody to drop by this late. James opened the door in overalls, shirt, and bare feet. It seemed strange not to see him dressed to the […]
Apr 21, 2020
The Sad Tale of Three Bears
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She had been following that tell-tale trail all morning. Surely, this time she would find the culprits. All those over-turned garbage cans, clothes stolen off clotheslines, food swiped from picnic baskets when no one was looking–it all had to stop and she was just the sleuth who could stop it. Looking down at the ground, […]
