Story: Be a Helper (part two)

Story: Be a Helper (part two)

        Be A Helper (part two)         Bede’s trees flanked a river that Pocketlanders called the Pebbleway; a viny, mossy, dewy forest, where rainclouds hovered for days after a sea storm had blown inland. For days, needles and leaves wept themselves dry. Bede loved his trees. His six hills, […]

The Public Waits for a Hint

The Public Waits for a Hint

Posted by ractrose on 2 Sep 2025 in Art, Poems

      The Public Waits for a Hint   They wait for a waking alarm Each day dispels from flailing hands that drag away the mask The vision of a stranger whose mind accepts Cannoned across the continent by a clanging chime He accepts, now you must stop rebelling Like the good of the […]

Are You Haunted (part seven)

Are You Haunted (part seven)

Posted by ractrose on 2 Sep 2025 in Fiction, Novellas

        Are You Haunted (part seven)           It was foolish, and dangerous, maybe, to hide. Guy had the girl…and she’d shut him up, whatever she said back when he raised his voice to her. She didn’t look to Powell like she cared whether Guy tried to run her […]