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Moving to Dreamwidth
Because of Russia, I am now here:
https://troof-therry.dreamwidth.org/
I may still use this account to make comment on people's stories here, but that's it.
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Mouth to Feed
It was a Friday night, and everybody was having a party under the moonless, cool desert sky. The stars twinkled spitefully, washed out by the light of lanterns and the uproarious sounds of a toast being given and a guitar being strummed. While the wedding party caroused and stamped their feet, Leonard swore. It was a terrible night to be a gigantic ( Read more... ) -
Morgenmuffel
Mother, I moved in with him!
Sorry you had to find out through email, our schedules just don’t line up for a good phone call right now. Also sorry to directly go against your advice. I see your “he’s doing too much” and raise you a “look at Dad and Chris.”
I know it sucked even though it was 7 years ago, but Dad basically lived in the bathroom or ( Read more... ) -
Licorice
Laurel's deft, small hands weaving strands of rainbow into different spools by color, the first time Syl was able to watch her brother work the threads, left Syl breathless.
"Do you see how he uses each finger to guide a different color?" Syl's mother whispered, careful to avoid interrupting Laurel's concentration. The cool of the cave caused ( Read more... ) -
LJ Idol 3 Strikes Miniseason -- I'm in!
It's been a cold hour since I last did one of these things. Yep, I'm joining LJ Idol 3 Strikes Miniseason.
In case you haven't heard of me, my name is Troof Therry, which you say like "tooth fairy" except that your teeth are made out of oversized marshmallows. I haven't heard of me either, so you're not missing much.
The last time I played this game ( Read more... ) -
Sacrifice, Week 8
Hello, I bit off more than I could chew and am going to have to bail on the competition at this point. I wish you luck, and I hope you have many more good writings.
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Feckless
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Was I feckless?
She cheated on me and reported back, saying “When I argued with him over trivial things, I found that I had missed out on having someone disagree with me. All those years, and I never really had an argument with you. It was edifying to have someone violently disagree with me for once.” And we dissolved our marriage on those words ( Read more... ) -
What Walks
“Answer the riddle. Or try it, like so many of these other men, and see where you wind up. What walks on four legs in the dawn, two at noon, and three at dusk?” she said, a fierce glower in her cat eyes.
He hesitated, almost unable to breathe. “I am! I mean, I do that!” he replied.
“What?”
She had appeared on the roadway like a heat mirage made ( Read more... ) -
The Really Real
Just north of Dingle, before the first rays of sunshine crack the horizon, the bleating of a nightmare sheep crashes up and down the grassy hills, pulsating its own epitaph that goes ceaselessly unfulfilled. The song seems to be over only to start again every day, every morning. One could normally hear the crow of roosters at that time, but their ( Read more... ) -
Worm
The first sighting was during a nighttime storm in Florida. Lightning flashed through deep clouds every few seconds, backlighting for the undulating figure of something gigantic in the sky. Some people started screaming, hollering for their neighbors, their families, their lives. Thousands of people saw it, but no one that first night could get a ( Read more... )