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LPF Week 17 - My Happy Place
Edric couldn't understand why so many adults in the village seemed unable to remember his name. He would often overhear people talking about him, but they never referred him as "Edric." Instead, they called him "that strange little boy," or "the weirdo," or even "the freak." When he heard this, Edric would helpfully shout "My name is Edric!" from ( Read more... ) -
LPF Week 17 - Salad Days
I think that most people can point to a specific incident in their lives that marked the end of their innocent youth. Maybe a beloved childhood toy came to life and ate one of their siblings. Maybe they experienced the joy of their first great love, only to have that love turn out to be exploiting their relationship in order to gain access to ( Read more... ) -
LPF week 16 - Inkling
Petra fondly remembered a time when the idea of attending the knitting circle didn't fill her with dread. For the tenth time that day, she considered simply not going. After all, what was the point if it wasn't going to be fun? And there again was the problem - it used to be fun, and maybe it could be again. Maybe Naomi wouldn't be there this ( Read more... ) -
LPF week 15 - Periphery
People like to think of the world as having definite boundaries. They want a line that they can see and point to and say "everything on our side of this line is the world." The truth is that the edges aren't fixed in place. It's more like the divide between a beach and the ocean, ebbing and flowing all the time. And yeah, we built a fence ( Read more... ) -
LPF Break Week - Thank You
I would feel bad if I didn't take this opportunity to sincerely thank everyone who reads, comments on, and votes for my entries. Your support means a great deal to me, and I'm sorry that I rarely have enough time to respond fully in kind. I do try to read everything every week, and I'm totally voting for things even if there's no corresponding ( Read more... )